Suzanne's Jewelry Wire & Beads Earrings -- A Jewelry Making Project -- Page 8

Step 26:  Now we are ready to assemble the earrings.  The first step in assembling the earrings will be to make a modified figure 8 connector to connect at the top of the earring body.  Use 1 1/4" of 18 or 20 gauge wire to make the modified figure 8 connector.  One loop in the modified figure 8 connector will need to be slightly larger than normal so that it can connect to both loops at the top of the earring body.  You can view our instructions for making a modified figure 8 connector by selecting here.  Once you have completed the modified figure 8 connector connect the larger loop of the connector to the two loops at the top of the earring body by opening the loop with your bent chain nose pliers and then closing the loop. 

Step 27:  The second step in assembling the earrings is to connect the ear wire finding to the top of the modified figure 8 connector that you just connected to the earring body.  If you use a commercial ear wire you merely use your bent chain nose pliers to open the loop in the ear wire finding, make the connection and then close the loop.  

Step 28:  The final step in making these earrings is to add between one and three bead dangles to the bottom loops of the earring body.  You can view our instructions for making a bead dangle using a head pin and beads by selecting here.  For the earrings shown above, we used one 6mm round bead, two size 8 seed beads, and one 4mm round bead for each bead dangle. 

We hope that you like Suzanne's Jewelry Wire & Beads Earrings.  Please remember that this project, like most jewelry making projects, will work best if you make a couple of these earrings out of 1/2 hard practice wire like the Artistic Wire non-tarnish brass, item 0521 or 0522.  Soft wire will not work as well for making these earrings because soft wire won't easily wrap tightly around the many pegs in this pattern.