If you want to start making your own jewelry, you can easily create a beautiful pair of beaded drop earrings to give as a gift, or to match with that special outfit.
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Find a headpin. Headpins have flat or rounded heads on the bottom, and are available in different sizes and thicknesses. They are available in a variety of metals to coordinate with your project.
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Add your beads. First, put a spacer bead at the bottom, then add the beads of your choice on the head pin. Experiment with different colors and styles. You can use spacer beads to separate colors.
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Continue adding beads until you have 1/4" to 3/8" (6mm to 1cm) of space remaining on your headpin. If you want your earrings to be shorter, use a pair of wire cutters to snip the headpin to the appropriate length.
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Use a pair of round-nose pliers to bend the top of your head-pin 90�??�?�º.
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Bend the top of the headpin into a loop using the round-nose pliers. This loop allows you to add a post or wire to complete the earring at the end of the headpin with the round-nose pliers. Using the tip of the pliers as a guide, form the end of the headpin into a neat loop.
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Add a French wire, before completely closing the loop post or other earring finding.
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Follow these steps once more and create a pair beautiful earrings!
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