Festive Topiary Earrings
Project E711 [Skill Level: Advanced]
Designer: Julie Bean
Ornate beaded beads look just like Christmas topiary balls in these festive holiday earrings. Accenting the pretty globes are sparkling 8mm Czech Crystal bicones.
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What You'll Need
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Specialized Tools
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Instructions:
Don't forget to double these instructions to make your matched pair of earrings.
- Start by watching the video: How to Make an Ornate Beaded Bead.
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From what you learned in the video, make an ornate beaded bead using 4mm Czech Crystal bicones in Light Siam and 11/0 Toho silver lined green emerald seed beads. To start you will want to thread a needle onto each end of a 4 foot length of Wildfire beading thread and then create your beaded bead.
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Onto a gold plated ball head pin place 1 Toho green seed bead, 1 Czech Crystal 8mm bicone in light siam, your beaded bead from the previous step, and 1 more seed bead. Create a simple wire loop after the last bead and trim off excess wire with flush cutters.
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Open the simple wire loop you just made (the same way you would open a jump ring) and slip onto it the loop at the base of your earring hook. Close the loop back up.
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Happy Holidays!
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You will have enough supplies leftover to make a third beaded bead. You can hang this from some beading chain and make a necklace to match your earrings!
Variations
Try this same pattern in other colors for a non-holiday variation. When substituting in items, pay attention to sizes and styles to make sure all your pieces will fit together.
Keywords: beaded bead, Christmas, holiday
Tip: Check package quantities for each component. You may have extra material to make more than one finished project, or will have leftovers for other projects. In some cases, adding on just one more package of a component may be all you need to make multiple pieces.
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