These earrings match the necklace/bracelet I showed earlier this week. Unlike that project, this one is super quick. You’ll be amazed at how easy wire wrapping can be (I was!)
If you like things a little funky, but not so long and dangly, these are perfect for you.
And if you want to make earrings that are even less funky, just make the wraps more neatly. Cool and elegant it is.
Materials:
- two top-drilled pearls
- two 8-inch pieces 22-gauge wire
- two ear wires
- chain nose pliers
- round nose pliers
- wire cutters
Instructions:
- Slide a piece of wire into hole of a pearl, leaving ½ inch sticking out on one side. Bend both wire ends up at 90-degree angle to hole of bead. Bend wires over top of bead, making a triangle shape. Bend remaining ends of wire up, perpendicular to bead hole. Trim shorter wire to 1/8 inch from bend.
- Bend longer remaining wire at 90-degree angle. Use round nose pliers to make a loop. Wrap remaining wire around bends and down to cover bead hole. This can be done with neat, tight wraps or in “messy wraps.”
- Open an ear wire; slide loop you just made on and close ear wire. Repeat for second earring.
Happy creating!
That’s such a pretty iridescent purple. If it were clunkier, I’d never get away with wearing it. Yeah, I might try those and the necklace. But as far as making the wraps neater . . . don’t count on it. :O
When making these I was thinking of folks who don’t care for earrings quite as long and dangly as I usually do.
Once you try it, you’ll be surprised that you actually have to TRY to make the wraps messy… seriously. 🙂
Yeah, long, dangly earrings look better on younger women whose ears aren’t dangly already. :/
===Snort!=== So glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read that, lol.