Drop earrings

Make a pair of these fun accessories to complete your summer look.

By Susan Ure, author of Beading (Chapelle Ltd., 2004)

Needed items:
Beads (6° seed [10] and 6mm silver disks [2])
Ear wires (2)
Round-nosed pliers
Silver head pins (10)
Wire cutters

Instructions:
1. Referring to photograph (click here to see completed earrings), slip beads on head pins.

2. Using wire cutters trim each head pin to 3/8" beyond last bead.

3. Using pliers, form a loop in end of head pin. Slip loop on ear wire and close.

4. Make five drops for each ear wire and close.



Excerpted from Beading by Susan Ure. Copyright 2004 by Susan Ure. Excerpted, with permission by Sterling Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.


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