Milwaukee Jewelry Wire & Beads Earrings Jewelry Making Project -- Page 1

In this jewelry making project, we will make a pair of earrings.  You can view the earrings on the left and right here.  Both earrings use exactly the same wire components; but during assembling the earrings, they are assembled differently. 

We like the combination of round beads, bugle beads and bicone beads used in these earrings.  By combining round beads with bicone beads, we add design interest.  In the earrings on the left, we used Swarovski Crystal AB beads.  These beads don't show well in a still picture, but when they are worn the semi-mirrored finish on the beads reflects light and tends to really stand out. 

These earrings are a beginner's jewelry making project.  The jewelry wire components used in making these earrings are rather easy to make.  The one caution is that for a brand new beginner, there are several skills used here.  Each skill is easy to accomplish, but because we use so many skills this design is probably not suitable as your very first jewelry making project. 

Our instructions for making these earrings begin on the next page. 

Skills Required:

• Ability to cut wire with with a flush cutter.
• Ability to straighten wire with nylon jaw pliers.
• Ability to make a "P" Loop in wire.
• Ability to make an eye loop in wire. 
• Ability to open and close loops to connect jewelry components. 
• Ability to make a spacer bar. 
• Ability to make a jump ring using fine step jaw pliers. 
• Ability to use a WigJig tool to make wire components. 
• Ability to make a bead dangle using a head pin and beads.