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How to Make Pearl Tassels for Your Hoop Earrings
These pearl tassel hoops are a fun way to get on the pearl jewelry trend! Contains affiliate links.
You’ll need the following tools and materials to make your pearl tassel earrings:
1: Pliers. You will need round nose pliers and flat nose pliers to make these earrings.
2: A pair of small hoop earrings. I used these skinny silver hoops.
3: Two eye pins.
4: Six head pins.
5: Two jump rings.
6: Two pearl beads.
7: Mixed beads for the tassels.
Follow these steps to make your pearl tassel earrings:
1: Add the pearls to each of the eye pins.
2: Loop the ends of the eye pins using the round nose pliers to secure the beads on the pin.
3: Add beads to each of the head pins in your chosen design. Make two of each tassel so that your earrings match.
4: Loop the ends of each head pin with the round nose pliers to secure the beads in place.
5: Add three head pins to one of the jump rings and attach the tassel to the bottom of the pearl charm.
6: Repeat step five for the remaining head pins attaching them to the other pearl charm.
7: Slide a tassel on each hoop earring to finish them off.
How cute are these little hoops? Pop them on and turn heads!
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One hoop not enough? Here’s how to make double hoop earrings!
These hoops are special, they’re double hoops! This tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need the following tools and materials to make your own double hoop earrings:
1: Pliers. You’ll need round nose pliers, flat nose pliers and cutting pliers.
2: Two pieces of wire.
3: Two shorter pieces of wire.
4: Two jump rings.
5: Two earring hooks.
6: Beads of your choice. I used these green and yellow glass e-beads.
Follow these steps to make your double hoop earrings:
1: Create a loop at one end of one of the shorter wires using the round nose pliers.
2: Add yellow beads to the wire until there is approximately 1cm left unbeaded.
3: Create another loop at the other end of the wire to secure the beads in place.
4: Repeat steps 1-3 for the second short wire using the green beads.
5: Follow the previous steps for the two longer pieces of wire. Make one in yellow and one in green.
6: Form each of the wires into circles joining them at the end loops.
7: Attach the small green hoop to the inside of the large yellow hoop using one of the jump rings.
8: Repeat step 7 for the other pair of hoops.
9: Add an earring hook to the top of each hoop to finish the double hoop earrings. Now they’re ready to wear!
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Here’s How to make some Hoop Earrings with String and some pretty beads!
If you’re sick of the now ubiquitous shiny gold or silver hoop, here’s something a little different for you. These earrings are made using some synthetic string accented with some hardware. Affiliate links included in this post.
You will need the following tools and materials to make these earrings:
1: Pliers. You will need your round nose pliers, cutting pliers and flat nose pliers.
2: Two pieces of string, I measured mine by wrapping it once around my index finger. Cut the string using scissors or cutting pliers.
3: Four leather crimp ends.
5: Two larger jump rings.
6: Two earring hooks.
7: Six head pins.
8: Six beads of your choice. I used these plastic faceted beads in pink and green.
Follow these steps to make your cord hoop earrings:
1: Add a bead to each of the head pins.
2: Curl the top of each pin using the round nose pliers to secure the bead in place.
3: Add three bead charms to each of the smaller jump rings. Close the jump rings to secure the charms together.
4: Add the beaded charms to each piece of cord.
5: Add a crimp end to both ends of each cord. Secure the crimps in place by squashing each side around the cord using the flat nose pliers.
5: Attach the ends of the cord together using the larger jump rings. Close each ring to secure each piece of cord into a loop.
6: Add an earring hook to the jump ring at the top of each earring to finish them off.
Now they’re finished and ready to wear! What do you think of these hoop alternatives?
