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Hi. I'm Andrea, Beadaholique.com's senior designer.
Today I'm going to show you how to turn a bead into a pendant by using a headpin.
Say you have a bead that you really like and it has a nice shape like this tear drop
but the bead hole goes through it lengthwise
and you don't want to
thread it on to your work
like that.
But you'd rather have it hanging like a pendant.
To turn this bead into a pendant,
you'd simply
thread it on to
a headpin
like that.
And you'd make a wrapped wire loop.
I'm going to do a wrapped wire loop very quickly
but for more in depth instruction,
just visit
our video on how to make wrapped wire loops.
So after you are done
making the wrapped wire loop,
and I'll just show you a finished version.
Then you can thread on to your work like that.
Now say you have a bead
that you want to turn it into a pendant,
but the hole is too large
such as this
hand blown
glass bead.
More than likely
the headpin would just go straight through.
So to remedy that,
we would suggest using
a spacer such as this daisy spacer.
You thread that on to the headpin first
then you thread your bead.
Then to cap it off,
you can either use a bead cap
or another
daisy spacer.
THen you would make another wrapped wire loop.
Trim off your excess wire
and hang it like a pendant.
That's how you turn a bead into a pendant. Go to Beadaholique.com for all of your beading supply needs!