Bead Projects
Project Two:

What you will need
(Besides beads of course!)

Ear Wires	Head Pins & Eye pins
Needle Nose Pliers	Jewelers Quality Wire Cutters

HERE WE GO!

PART ONE -Dangle One STEP ONE: Lay out a balanced bead design then string beads on ear wires the way you want them to appear (1).   With your wire cutters but about half way up the long eye pin.		STEP TWO: Take your needle nose pliers and carefully bend the head pin just above the top bead (2).   Take your wire cutters and cut off all but 1/4 of of the wire (3).   Now take your needle nose pliers and grasp the end of the wire tip and roll the wire into a smooth loop closed tightly in a ring (4).   Get out your head pin.
PART TWO -Dangle Two STEP THREE: On a long head pin lay out the beads that will dangle from the first section.   With your wire cutters cut the pin about half way up (5).		STEP FOUR: Take your needle nose pliers and carefully bend the head pin just above the top bead. Exactly like you did in step 2. (6).   Take your wire cutters and cut off all but 1/4 of of the wire.   Now take your needle nose pliers and grasp the end of the wire tip (7).  Evenly roll the wire into a smooth loop slightly opened ring (8).
STEP FIVE: Lay out your two dangles. Hook the bottom ring of your first segment to the top, open ring of your second segment (9).		STEP SIX: Using your pliers carefully to close the loop connecting the two segments. Get our your ear wire and connect its loop to the first dangle segment (10) Carefully close the loop with your pliers. Double check that all loops are closed evenly and tightly.
		EXCELLENT! You can use the same methods here to create beaded necklace pendants. Simply create the second dangle segment using a focal bead.  You can also use the eye pin and loop method to create beaded chains for decorative or jewelry use! Use your imagination and soon you will have all kinds of products for your first or next starving artists sale!
Beedzig Says: For a FANTASTIC beading resource you should check out BEADAGE online beading dictionary & tons of projects! Back to top back to Beedzig's Main Page

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