Page 3      Jewelry Wire Ear Cuff Finding Jewelry Making Project

Step 7:  After completing the second loop in your ear cuff, cut the excess wire using your flush cutter and close that final loop using your bent chain nose pliers. 

Step 8:  Both the initial loop and the final loop need to be bent slightly up so that they will be comfortable to wear.  When lying flat on the table as shown at right, both the loops for the left and for the right ear cuff will be raised off the table.  Adjusting the ear cuff so that it is comfortable to wear is done by trial and error.  You may need to bend the top and bottom of the ear cuff so that they are either closer together, or further apart depending on which is more appropriate for the cuff to fit your ear. 

Step 9: When you have the size of the ear cuff adjusted correctly, so that it is comfortable to wear and is easy to put on, then connect the bottom loop in the ear cuff to your earring body.  Generally this connection would be made by a figure 8 connector or a modified figure 8 connector.  You can view how to make a figure 8 connector here. 

Make a second ear cuff using the same steps, but bend the initial and final loops up in the opposite direction so that you get two mirror image ear cuffs as shown above-right.