Earrings with Preciosa Czech Crystal Bicone Beads, Rocaille Seed Beads and Pressed Glass Flower Beads

Design Idea R K 2 G - Earrings have a horizontal silver bar at the top. Three dangles with aqua blue beads hang from the bar. Each dangle ends in an aqua blue flower bead.

Earrings displayed on card in front of driftwood log

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Design Idea RK2G

Aqua Towers

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Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®

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Bead, Caribbean Sea AB, Preciosa Czech crystal 4mm bicone
Bead, Preciosa, Czech pressed glass, opaque sea foam luster, 7x4.5mm flower
Bead, sterling silver, 2mm seamless round
Earstud, sterling silver, 12x6mm beaded bar / closed loop / earnuts, antiqued
Eye pin, sterling silver, 1-1/4 inch, 24 gauge
Head pin, sterling silver, 3/4 inch with 1.5mm ball, 24 gauge
Jump ring, sterling silver, 2.8mm round, 1.8mm inside diameter, 24 gauge
Seed bead, Preciosa Ornela Czech glass, #11 rocaille, opaque terra dyed yellow luster chalkwhite, (16386)

Instructions

Earrings Instructions

Step 1

Create the center dangle by stringing the following onto a 1-1/4 inch 24-gauge sterling silver eye pin:

One 2mm sterling silver seamless round bead
One 4mm Preciosa Czech crystal Caribbean Sea bicone bead
One 2mm sterling silver seamless round bead
One 4mm Preciosa Czech crystal Caribbean Sea bicone bead
One 2mm sterling silver seamless round bead

Finish the eye pin with a simple loop.

Step 2

Make a flower drop by stringing the following onto a 3/4 inch 24-gauge sterling silver ball head pin:

One #11 Preciosa Ornela yellow luster seed bead
One 7x4.5mm Preciosa Czech pressed glass sea foam luster flower bead

Finish the head pin with a simple loop.

Step 3

Using a 2.8mm 24-gauge sterling silver round jump ring, attach the flower drop to the dangle you made in Step 1.

Step 4

Create an outer dangle by stringing the following onto a 1-1/4 inch 24-gauge sterling silver eye pin:

One 2mm sterling silver seamless round bead
One 4mm Preciosa Czech crystal Caribbean Sea bicone bead
One 2mm sterling silver seamless round bead

Finish the eye pin with a simple loop.

Step 5

Create another flower drop as in Step 2. Using a 2.8mm 24-gauge sterling silver round jump ring, attach it to the bottom of one of the dangles you created in Step 4.

Repeat to create and add a flower drop to the second dangle you created in Step 4.

Step 6

Using 2.8mm 24-gauge sterling silver round jump rings, attach the three dangles to the loops on a 12x6mm antiqued sterling silver beaded bar earstud. Make sure the longest dangle is in the center.

Step 7

Repeat Steps 1 – 6 for the second earring.

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