Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Double Beaded Dangly Earrings Tutorial

Today I'll show you how to make the double beaded version of the Dangly Earring.
Same as yesterday, you will need:
Jump Rings
Beads size 6  (not every bead will fit.  Some are too fat to go around the curve of the jump ring)
French Hooks
Needle nosed pliers

This time we are going to start with two beads on the first ring.  From then on, it will be bead: ring: bead.  The beads are not small enough to slip through the space in the rings, so you need to make sure you alternate.
Go on until you have as many links as you would like.  I did twelve.  At the end, I like to turn my 'chain' into a 'ring'.  You will take your last jump ring and thread bead: ring: bead: ring.  Be careful.  That last jump ring will be full.
It should look like this when its all put together.  Add your french hooks and you're good to go!
Turquoise Version
Black version


16 comments:

Mindy said...

I just love these! I wish I was more skilled with those silly needle-nosed pliers.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing this tut.

Mamakasa said...

These are really cute earrings thanks for sharing. Do you know what size jump rings used because I make my own jump rings. thanks

Anonymous said...

Really cute!!! I just copied it using a different color!! Love it!!!!

Anonymous said...

I just love them! Just finished making myself a pair!!

Unknown said...

Its my first experiece in jewelry making...is awsome!Thanks for your time & designs.

laxmi said...

great design! Thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

I use hemostats

Unknown said...

I use "mosquito" hemostats as they clamp onto the jump ring. Available on Amazon or FM <$10.00

Dot said...

I have tried to use the hemostats but find they are a bit hard on the fingers. My favorite is bent nose Baby Wubbers. You have two ways to hold them and one way is bound to work. The Baby ones are smaller for a smaller hand. the regular Wubbers are great too. It just depends on your hand size.

Unknown said...

Then make yr jump rings according to the size of the dead beads you wanna use!! Thats awesome that u can pick whatever ones u want! 😊

Unknown said...

My above comment was supposed to be attached to the ladies comment who is making her own dead beads...and it autocorrected to dead instead of sead so the whole thing makes no sense!!!

Unknown said...

It did it again!!! SEED BEAD... Geez...stupid autocorrect 😊😊😊

Unknown said...

Just a note if this is your first adventure into jewelry making. There are lots of different jumpring materials, some very hard (steel) to soft (aluminum). If you have trouble opening and closing the jumprings, try a softer material. You can also use square nose pliers. Be sure you're using pliers with no texture on the surface to avoid marking up the jumprings as you open and close.

Unknown said...

What size jump rings?

Unknown said...
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