(By Cheryl Owen - Beautiful Beaded Jewelry for Beginners)
Delicate flowers carved from glass or semiprecious
stones are suspended below mother-of-pearl beads on
these pretty earrings. They are simple to make and
would be a lovely gift for a bride or bridesmaid. The
flowers can hang below as many mother-of-pearl beads
as you wish. Here, pink cat’s-eye flowers are teamed
with nine mother-of-pearl beads.
🛠 Tools & Materials
🧵 Flexible beading wire (16 in / 40 cm)
🌸 2 Cat’s-eye glass flower bead (⅝ in / 1.5 cm)
⚪ 18 Mother-of-pearl beads (⅙ in / 4 mm)
🔗 2 gold-filled crimp beads
🪝 2 gold-filled hook earring wires
✂ Wire cutters
🔧 Crimping pliers
Step 1 🧵🌸
Cut an 8 in (20 cm) length of flexible beading wire. Thread one pink cat’s-eye glass flower onto the wire and slide it to the center.
Step 2 ⚪⚪⚪
Bring both ends of the wire together. String nine mother-of-pearl beads onto the doubled wire.
Tip: Use fewer beads for a shorter drop.
Step 3 🔗🪝
Thread both wire ends through a crimp bead, then through the eye of a hook earring wire.
Step 4 ↻
Gently pull the wire ends to form a loop around the earring wire, leaving a little space so the earring can move freely. Adjust the flower so it faces forward.
Step 5 🔧
Secure the crimp bead using crimping pliers.
Step 6 ✂
Trim off the excess wire close to the crimp bead with wire cutters. Repeat to make the matching earring.
✨ Variation
🌺💎
For a more glamorous version, use violet crystal carved flowers and string ten ⅛ in (3 mm) bicone crystals beneath them. The crystals will catch the light beautifully as you move.
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