Earrings with Celestial Crystal® Beads, Preciosa Glass Beads and Czech Glass Beads
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Design Idea PG3G
-- Designer --
Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead, Czech glass druk, opaque satin dark green, 8mm round
- Cone, gold-plated brass, 12x5mm with 3.5mm inside diameter
- Head pin, gold-plated brass, 3 inches, 21 gauge
- Bead cap, gold-finished brass, 5x1.5mm flower, fits 6-8mm bead
- Bead, gold-plated brass, 5x3mm saucer.
- Bead, gold-plated brass, 8x4mm rondelle
- Bead, gold-plated brass, 5mm round
- Bead, Dione®, Celestial Crystal®, 32-facet, red, 14x8mm faceted rondelle
- Ear wire, gold-plated brass, 19.5mm flat wire oval leverback with open loop
- Bead, Preciosa Czech crystal, light Siam, 6mm faceted round
- Component, gold-finished steel, 11mm single-sided flower
Instructions
Step 1
Onto a 3-inch headpin, string a 12x5mm cone, face up. Now add a light Siam 6mm round crystal bead, a 5x1.5m flower bead cap (face down) and a 5x3mmm saucer bead.
Step 2
String on a 5x1.5m flower bead cap (face up), an 8mm dark green satin glass bead, a 5x1.5m flower bead cap (face down) and an 8x4 gold-plated rondelle.
Step 3
Add an 11x11 flower bead cap face up. Now string on a red crystal 14x8 large hole rondelle bead and add two 5mm gold-plated round beads, letting them slide into the rondelle to fill the center space. String on another 11x11 flower bead cap, face down.
Step 4
String on a 5x1.5m flower bead cap (face up), an 8mm dark green satin bead and a 5x1.5m flower bead cap, face down.
Step 5
Make a simple loop in the tail of the head pin.
Tip: Click here to learn more about "Making a Simple Loop."
Step 6
Attach the simple loop to the loop on the leverback ear wire.
Repeat for the second earring.
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