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- Jul 01, 2015
How to Make a Pair of Yellow Gold Dangling Snail Earrings at Home
Summary: In this article, I'll share a tutorial on how to make a pair of yellow gold dangling snail earrings at home.
Do you love snail earrings? In today's DIY project, I am going to use aluminum wires, copper wires, pink seed beads, yellow drop beads, etc. to make a pair of yellow gold dangling snail earrings. Now, let's see how to make the yellow gold dangling snail earrings.
Materials and tools needed in DIY the yellow gold dangling earrings:
6mm Yellow Jade Beads
Yellow Drop Beads
2mm Pink Seed Beads
Silver Earring Components
Golden Eyepins
1.5mm Golden Aluminum Wire
0.5mm Golden Copper Wire
Diagonal Plier
Needle Nose Plier
Round Nose Plier
Instructions on how to make the yellow gold dangling snail earrings:
Step 1: Make upper part of the yellow gold dangling snail earrings
1st, cut a piece of 1.5mm golden aluminum wire with a length about 15cm. Then, cut a piece of 0.5mm golden copper wire and wrap it onto the 1.5mm golden aluminum wire;
2nd, make a loop with one end of the aluminum wire wrapped with copper wire. Then, continue to a loop around the loop made just now and another ring around the two loops (as shown in the picture);
3rd, make a loop with the other end of the golden aluminum wire and cut the excess aluminum wire;
4th, combine 13 2mm pink seed beads with 13 golden headpins and wrap the other end of the golden headpins onto the aluminum wire wrapped with copper wire (as shown in the picture);
Step 2: Add yellow drop bead and silver earring component
1st, combine a yellow drop bead with a golden headpin and add it below the twisted aluminum wire made in Step 1(as shown in the picture);
2nd, cut a piece of 0.5mm golden copper wire and thread a 6mm yellow jade bead. Then, attach the yellow jade bead onto the middle of the twisted aluminum wire by wrapping the copper wires;
3rd, attach the twisted aluminum wire onto a silver earring component;
4th, repeat the above steps to make another pair of yellow gold dangling snail earrings.
Here is the final look of the yellow gold dangling snail earrings.
This pair of yellow gold dangling snail earrings looks simple but elegant, right? While DIY the dangling snail earrings, you can also change the color of the wires and beads according to your preference. So, follow the simple instructions above to make one.