Easy to make Mother's day earrings

Required tools:

Needle nosed pliers
Flat nosed pliers
Crimping pliers

Required materials:

2 - Earring wires
Sterling silver chain
2 - 4 mm beads
2 - 8 mm beads
2 - Headpins (the longest length you can find)


These are simple yet stunning earrings that are easy to make and easy to wear.

How to make the earrings:

Using the needle nosed pliers open up the loop at the bottom of your earring wire. Thread the top link of your chain and close the loop again using the pliers. Cut the chain with your pliers to the exact length that you want your earrings to be. Repeat for the second earring. Lay out the earrings on your beading board.

Take a head pin and thread on the 8 mm bead and then the 4 mm bead. Then, using your flat nose pliers create a bend in the head pin right where the top bead ends, and then using your flat nose pliers make a loop. Watch the video to see exactly how it is done. Then open up the loop that you just made in the headpin and attach to the bottom of the chain and close the loop again. Then start twisting the wire around the base of the loop that you just created. Once you have wrapped the headpin wire around approximately 4 times cut off the remainder of the wire. Clean it up with your crimping pliers.

I made these as a mother's day gift this year and they were a huge hit!

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Four leaf clover bead weaving ring design

It's just a couple of days before March rolls around, but it will be here before you know it so I would like to show you an easy four leaf clover bead weaving ring design that will put you in the St. Patrick's day spirit.

Here are the materials you'll need to create the ring:

5mm 5301 swarovski crystal beads - 6 (emerald)
5mm 5301 swarovski crystal beads - 6 (blue zircone)
6mm bugle beads, silver, (use toho or miyuki) - 8
3mm round beads, silver - 1
2mm round beads, silver - 70~80
Monofilament string (clear beading thread) .25mm - 40 inches
Flush cutter

What I discovered when I created this design is that you can use bugle beads as a base for the ring to create many interesting shapes on top of the base. The bugle bead base does a very good job of holding together the shape of the beads on top of it.

For this ring, I used the bugle beads to create a triangle shaped base with groups of three swarovski beads on top of each triangle to create a clover shape.

What I also did was vary the green color of the beads slightly which makes the clover image come through better than if you used
just one color.

One thing I highly recommend when you get bugle beads for this design is that you use Japanese bugle beads (toho or miyuki) because the size of the holes in those beads is larger. That helps the string pass through more easily.

I used 2mm round beads to create the ring band using a simple criss cross technique.

You will notice after you create the band on your first pass through that the band doesn't have a very nice shape.

If you want to create a prettier round shape for the band all you need to do is go back through the band a second time with your beading string.

I hope you enjoy creating this design to show off your beautiful beadwork for St. Patrick's day!

Beading Video Part 1:



Beading Video Part 2:



Beading Video Part 3:



This video was created by Eri Attebery of JewelryMakingProfessor.com. Eri offers a variety of jewelry making and beading videos on her website including a free online video course for beginners that shows how to make beaded jewelry.

Create a beaded necklace with a pendant

More videos from kameronkay.

You will need the following:

Pendant
Beads
Sterling silver spacer beads
Onyx coloured swarowski crystal beads
Tiger tail/soft flex wire
Lobster clasp
2 crimp beads
Flat nosed pliers
Scissors


First thing you need to do is choose your pendant and beads. Then cut your wire to the desired length. It should be about 2 inches longer than you want your necklace to be. This necklace should be approximately 17 inches long.

Take one of the crimp beads and put it on the end of the wire. Then put the lobster clasp on the wire, and thread the wire back through the crimp bead. Squeeze it tightly with your pliers to secure.

String three of your beads, then a silver spacer, a crystal, another silver spacer and then another three beads. Continue doing that pattern until you get to the halfway point of your necklace. Then put your pendant on and continue until both sides of the necklace are done. Put the other clasp on using the crimp bead and the same technique as before. Before squeezing the crimp bead closed make sure that there is enough wire exposed so that the necklace isn't too stiff.