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How to make a cute pair of threader earrings with dangling charms!
These earrings are great! They’re elegant, edgy and minimalist. I like wearing mine layered in multiple piercings, but they look great threaded through each ear too! What pretty gemstones will you use on yours? These ones feature amazing snowflake obsidian globe beads. (This tutorial contains affiliate links).
You’ll need the following tools and materials to make your threader earrings with dangling charms:
1: Pliers. I used my cutting pliers, flat nose pliers and round nose pliers for this design.
2: A file or rough sandpaper for smoothing the ends of the wire.
3: Two pieces of wire. I used this gold-filled wire and cut two pieces approximately 8cm long.
4: Two small head pins that match the colour of your wire.
5: Two beads of your choice. I used these round snowflake obsidian beads.
Follow these steps to make your minimalist threader charm earrings:
1: File the ends of the wire so they are flat and smooth, hold the wires together so you can keep them about the same length.
2: Place the wires in the jaws of the flat nose pliers. I did them together so they would be bent at the same length.
3: Bend one side of the wires around the pliers using your fingers to gently push them down.
4: Repeat this for the other side of the wires. Now your wires will have a square shape bent into the top.
5: Bend the wires gently into your desired shape (getting rid of any unwanted curves etc.) using your fingers. You won’t need to exert a lot of pressure on the wire to do this.
6: Now take the short end of the earrings and bend them gently to form a wide angle using the flat nose pliers again. This will be the start of your charm loop.
7: Create a loop at the end of each earring by bending the angled end of the wire into a loop using the round nose pliers.
8: Once you’ve looped both earrings, you can set them aside for a little while.
9: Add each of the beads to each of the head pins.
10: Curl the end of each pin using the round nose pliers to form a loop that secures the bead onto the pin.
11: Attach the bead charms to the loops on each earring, carefully bending them closed with pliers to keep the charms in place.
Now your pretty, elegant beaded threader earrings are ready to wear! How lovely are these for a quiet date night or for adding some glamour to your social isolation outfit?
Here’s another pair I made using silver wire and malachite and moonstone gemstone beads.
If you like this design, here are some other threader earring tutorials you might like:
- Minimalist silver wire threader earrings
- Chain threaders with star charms
- An arched single threader earring with a pearl charm
- Shell charm chain threader earrings
- Hammer texture arch earrings
- elegantly arched wire threaders
- Bead embellished wire threader earrings
- Pearl chain threaders
- Glass fruit charm chain threader earrings
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What do I do with these things? Here’s How to Make Earrings Using Charm Connectors
I’ve already showed you how you can use charm connectors to make a multi-strand bracelet, but I thought I would show you how to use them to make some pretty earrings as well! I like using charm connectors because they make simple pieces appear more intricate and complicated. So here we go… check out these steps to make your own cute earrings using charm connectors.
You will need the following tools and materials to make these earrings:
1: Pliers.
To make these earrings you will need to use round nose pliers, flat nose pliers and cutting pliers.
2: Two charm connectors.
3: Two head pins.
4: Two pieces of chain.
These pieces are each 9cm (3.5 inches) long.
5: Four jump rings.
6: Two earring hooks.
7: Beads of your choice.
For this design I used two purple jasper beads and four round snowflake obsidian beads (unfortunately the spots don’t show up very well in this image but they are very pretty).
The Steps:
1: Start by threading the beads onto each of the head pins.
2: Once the beads have been threaded, use the round nose pliers to bend the remaining pin at a right angle to the beads.
3. Trim the pins to approximately 1cm (0.4 inches) from the top of the beads using the cutting pliers. Be careful and try to hold the pin on either side of the pliers to prevent the trimmed end from flying away!
4. Use the round nose pliers to create a loop at the end of the head pins and secure the beads in place. Repeat this step for both of your beaded head pins.
5. Open each loop slightly and slide one head pin onto the center loop of each charm connector.
6. Use the round nose pliers again to close the loop and secure the pin onto the charm connector.
7. Open a jump ring using the round nose pliers (and the flat nose pliers if it is a strong one) and slide it onto one of the loops on the charm connector.
8. Leaving the jump ring open, slide one end of a piece of chain onto the ring. Once the chain has been attached, close the jump ring again using the pliers.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 to secure the opposite end of the chain to the last loop on the charm connector.
10. Repeat steps 7 to 9 for the other earring charm.
11. Use the round nose pliers to open the loop on one earring hook.
12. Slide the completed charm onto the earring hook loop and then close again using the round nose pliers. Repeat steps 11 and 12 for the remaining earring.
13. Now your charm connector earrings are complete and ready to wear with flair!
Here are some more charm connector tutorials that you can try:
- A delicate charm connector anklet
- a beaded bangle featuring a charm connector
- a charm connector toggle bracelet
- a braided charm connector stack bracelet
- Using charm connectors to make a multi-strand bracelet
- A multi-strand charm connector choker
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