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For these earrings you'll need connectors. And we found these beautiful
swirl connectors on Etsy, but we also see them at bead shows and you can see
connectors like this at in the bead section of the craft store. A connector
basically has usually two spots or multiple spots that you can connect to
to make jewelry. In this case we're going to use the top and the bottom to make a
pair of earrings, but you could use this on a necklace, horizontally like this,
where you'd connect chain or something to either side. Or use them this way. They
have lots of different ways that you can use them, but we love these swirl
connectors. We also have two pearls. These are eight millimeter pearls. We have
two round faceted crystals that are crystal AB.
And these are Swarovski crystals. We love Swarovskis. We have two earring wires
and two head pins. And for tools we have round-nose pliers, wire cutters, and chain-nose pliers.
We're going to turn this connector into a beautiful feature in our earring. To do
that we're going to make a little pearl dangle that's going to hang off this
bottom loop of our connector. So to make that dangle we're going to take a head
pin and we're going to slide on our crystal first. This is our Swarovski
crystal bead. So pretty. Then we're going to slide on one of our pearls. And you
can use any beads for this. Any combination you like. That's the joy of
these earrings, just very adjustable and customizable. Now we're going to make a
wrapped loop in the top of this head pin wire and connect it through the
bottom of our connector. To do that I'm going to take my round-nose pliers and
I'm grasping the wire right next to my pearl. And I'm going to bend the wire 90
degrees toward me, then I'm going to reposition the pliers to the top of that
bend and I'm going to take that wire and bend it away from me,
over the top jaw of my pliers. And I'm realizing that I want my circle of my
loop to be a little bit big bigger than normal because it needs to go through
this loop, so I'm going to scoot up my pliers a little bit. This size of the jaw
on the round-nose pliers determines how big your loop is. So if you make a loop
way down here at the end, it's going to be teeny tiny and as you go up it gets
larger and larger. So I think right in the middle will work just fine. So I've
pulled the wire around that top jaw. I'm going to switch to the bottom jaw now. So
that bottom jaw is in that loop and I'm going to finish pulling my wire around
to complete the loop. Like that. So there's my loop. Now I'm going to feed
that through the last little section, that last little spot, on my connector
and I'm going to nestle that into my the loop I made on my earring wire, then I'm
going to grasp the wire and the loop across with my round-nose pliers
and I'm going to wrap the loop by pulling the wire around that neck of the
head pin two times. And now I'm going to trim. And I'm just using my wire cutters
to trim the little tail that's left there. And I've got a little bit of a
tail sticking out there, so what I'm going to do is use my chain-nose pliers
to press that little end down, because we don't want that little end sticking out.
So there we go. So there's our pearl and crystal dangle. And now we're going to
put it, attach it to our earring wire. To do that I'm going to use my chain-nose
pliers and I'm just going to open the loop that's on the back of my earring wire.
Like that. Then I'm going to feed on my connector and nestle it down into the
little nook that's there. And then I'm going to use my chain-nose pliers to
close that loop again. And when I'm opening and closing this loop, I'm not
pulling it out this way. What I'm doing is opening it kind of horizontally. Like
that. Like you'd open a door. And that way you won't lose your nice, the nice shape
of that loop. So there's our first earring. Super pretty. And now we'll make
a second one so you can watch me do that again.
I take my head pin, slide on my crystal, feed on the pearl. Like that. And then I'm going
to make my wrapped loop. So I'm going to grasp the wire, bend it 90 degrees toward
me, I'm going to move up my pliers a little bit so that my loops a little bit
bigger than normal. I'm going to pull the wire away from me,
over the top of that jaw of my pliers. I'm going to switch to the bottom jaw of my
pliers, finish pulling the wire around to make a loop. There. Then I'm going to feed
my connector on and tuck it down into that loop, like that. And then I'm going
to wrap the loop. And to do that I'm going to grasp across the loop with my
round-nose pliers and then pull the wire around the neck
two times. Like that. I'm going to use my wire cutters to trim. And then I'm going
to use my chain-nose pliers to press that will end down again. Just so it's
not sticking up. So there's our dangle on our earring. And now I'm going to open my
earring wire with my chain-nose pliers. Opening it like I'd open a door. And
feed my connector onto the earring wire, and nestle it into that little loop
there. And then I'm going to close that little loop on my earring wire the same
way I opened it. And there we have our beautiful Swirl and Pearl Earrings.