Supplies:
- wire
- wire cutters and jewelry pliers
- extra set of jewelry pliers (optional, but two pair make opening jump rings easier)
- seed beads (34 per earring)
- anchor beads (can be seed beads or other, I used pearl-like beads, 1 per earring)
- jump rings (2 per earring)
- earring hooks
- Cut about 27″ of wire.
- Thread your pearl (or other anchor/bottom bead) onto the wire. Fold the wire in half with the pearl at the bottom.
- Thread 25 beads onto the doubled wire (the pearl should be at the bottom, anchoring the wire).
- Fold the beads over, skip 13 beads, and thread the wire into the 14th bead (the yellow bead).
- Thread 14 beads onto the wire.
- Thread the wire upward into the 3rd bead from the bottom, not counting your anchor/pearl bead (green). You might need to thread one wire at a time.
- Add 7 beads.
- Thread the wire down into the 5th bead above the last join (pink).
- Add 2 more beads.
- Fold wire over the last bead. Then thread through the second bead.
- Wrap wire around last join (under pink bead).
- Thread the wire tail through the beads and trim off excess. You might need to thread the two wires in two different directions.
- Attach 2 jump rings through the top loop of the treble clef and attach to earring hooks.
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-Barbara
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