Earrings with Toho Beads® Seed Beads
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Design Idea J72M
-- Designer --
Rose, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Ear wire, gold-plated stainless steel, 21mm fishhook with flower and open loop, 21 gauge
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, transparent silver-lined Siam ruby, (TR-08-25B), #8 round
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, transparent silver-lined peridot, (TR-08-27), #8 round
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, opaque luster white, (TR-08-121), #8 round
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 10mm round, 8mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 6mm round, 4.2mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
Make a pair of Christmas earrings in traditional colors, using seed beads jump rings and ear wires by following along with Rose as she explains how to link everything together.
Instructions
Step 1
Use a 6mm jump ring to connect the loop of an ear wire and a closed 6mm jump ring. Repeat, adding five more jump rings to create a chain.
Repeat to add a jump ring chain to the second ear wire.
Step 2
String six silver-lined peridot #8 seed beads onto a 10mm jump ring. Pass the 10mm jump ring through the first 6mm jump ring of the chain. Repeat to add a second peridot seed bead embellished ring to the opposite side of the 6mm jump ring.
Repeat to add:
- Two luster white #8 seed bead embellished rings to the second and fifth 6mm jump rings of the chain
- Two Siam ruby #8 seed bead embellished rings to the third 6mm jump ring
- Two peridot seed bead embellished rings to the fourth 6mm jump ring
- One Siam ruby embellished ring to the last 6mm jump ring
Repeat to complete the second earring.
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