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Do you ever have a problem with losing your earrings?  My sister always complains that she has this problem.  For this reason, I designed these earrings with a locking back.  I sent her a pair to try because I was concerned that they would be hard to put on.    She called me from the car after picking up the earrings at the Post Office.  I explained that I wanted to learn from her if they were hard to put on.  While driving, she managed to put the earrings on and explained to me that she had no problems.  In fact she liked them so much that she wore them for the next month. 


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These earrings are a beginners jewelry making project and make a great present for very active people. 

        Jewelry Supplies:

Tools Required:
  • 3 inches of 20G half-hard gold-filled wire
  • Two 6mm or 8mm crystal beads
  • Two 2 or 2.5 mm round gold-filled beads
  • Round Nose Pliers
  • Flush Cutter
  • Chain Nose or Bent Chain Nose Pliers
  • WigJig Cyclops or Electra
  • 8 metal pegs and one 5/16" Super Peg
  • Chasing Hammer
  • Anvil
  • Cup Bur or nail file
  • 30 minutes of free time
     

Jewelry Skills Required:

  • Use of a WigJig to bend wire into repeatable shapes. 
  • Ability to make an ear wire using WigJig, metal pegs and Super Pegs

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This WigJig jewelry project is provided as part of WigJig University - College of Jewelry Designs.  We try to provide interesting jewelry projects using beads, jewelry wire and other jewelry supplies.  We hope that these pictures will provide you enough information for you to complete this project.  Some of the skills and techniques have not been discussed here.  For beginners, we suggest that you visit our Beginners Start Here pages. These pages discuss the skills necessary for making jewelry in the detail that beginners need. We also suggest that beginners to making jewelry might need to visit the WigJig University College of Jewelry Techniques for additional information about some of the skills and techniques shown. 

 Most, but not all of the jewelry supplies shown here can be purchased in our WigJig store.  We try to have a complete selection of jewelry supplies in our store including chain, wire, glass beads, findings, watches, tools, etc.