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Instructions for Making Earrings

Once you have all the tools and materials, you will want to place beads on 2 headpins (though you can use multiple headpins on each earwire, for your first pair I recommend one for each earwire) fashion jewelry. Be sure to leave room for closing it off. I usually leave at least 1/2 inch left on the headpin for closing it. You may want to leave a full inch for your first pair.



To close the headpin, making a loop with round nosed pliers and then twisting the wire around the loop will make a more professional and secure closing than just making a loop. No more lost earring parts! It looks much nicer too.

Now attach the headpin to the earwire by closing it's premade loop. I use tweezers for closing his loop.

If you are wanting to sell your earrings, you will want to put them on a backing of sorts. A business card works nicely (make holes with a safety pin after measuring). To secure the earrings on the card, ...


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