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When you make drop earrings with a head pin, it is always best to arrange the beads off the head pin before you start to make earrings. By getting the combination correct before you have made them, you can ensure that you won't have to waste head pins by remaking ones you want to improve!
Drop earrings using a head-pin looks good when you have beads of different sizes. When you make drop earrings with the head pin, start with the widest bead at the bottom, and work your way up.This creates an interesting look when you make earrings with a head-pin, try using different widths and heights for the best appearance. Its really up to you the type of beads you use.
Materials
You will need the following materials to make earrings using the drop with head pin technique:
- Round Nosed Pliers
- Wire Cutting Pliers
- Two Earring Hooks
- Two Head Pins 4cm approx
- 2 large feature beads
- 2 medium feature beads
- 2 small beads
- 2 lamp beads
Instructions
- Take a head pin, and thread the beads on using the widest bead at the bottom.
- Once all the beads are on the head pin, leave 1cm of the head pin exposed and cut off the remaining metal (depending on the beads you use there might not be much left) with the cutting edge of the pliers.
- Clamp the pliers on the head pin immediately after the top bead, and bend the head pin so that it makes a ninety-degree angle.
- Reposition the pliers at the end of the head pin, and roll the head pin back over to make a loop. (Check our video out for assistance)
- Before the loop is finished, thread the earring hook through the loop.
- Close the loop with the pliers, and make sure that the earring hook cannot come out.
- Repeat steps 2-6 to make earrings that are a matching pair
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