Free Project Idea/Tutorial

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Here is a free idea/tutorial for these unique wire wrapped dangle earrings featuring 2 of my ceramic textured tube beads and bird beads.

Here is what you will need:
2 ceramic leaf tube beads
2 ant brass bird beads
2 ant brass fluted metal beads
22g square wire
leaf chain
2 ant brass fish hook ear wires
needle nose, plastic jaw and round nose pliers
wire cutters

Start by cutting 9" of wire.  Curl the end into a tight spiral using the needle nose and plastic jaw pliers.  Thread on 5 loops of the leaf chain.





Using the end of the round nose pliers as a guide, turn the spiral up to make a loop that hold the leaf dangles.

Add the a leaf bead, bird bead and fluted bead to the wire.  Keep the wire spiral down below the opening of the ceramic bead.  Add an ear hook to the wire.  Wrap the wire around one side of the round nose pliers, keeping the ear hook to the top and back.  Make a wrapped loop to fasten the ear hook to the earring.  Make sure all the slack in the wire is taken up before making the loop.

Smooth the wire into a nice curve (you can use a smooth round object like a pen), then wrap the wire around the bird, twice around the bead, down around the bottom spiral; then back up through the top wrap you just made.

Finish the wrap and the earring by curling the last inch or so of wire into another spiral, and snugging it down against the bead.  The finished earring is 3 1/4" long from the top of the wire.