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- Sep 21, 2016
How to Make Wire Wrapped Heart Dangle Earrings with Seed Beads and Pearl Beads
Summary: Today I’d like to share you a tutorial on how to make a pair of wire wrapped heart earrings, hope you’ll like it!
These heart dangle earrings are made with seed beads, pearl beads, and rhinestone cabochons. With some basic wire wrapping skills, you can finish them within 20 minutes. If you are a green hand of jewelry making, you can also make them by following our instructions!
Materials and tools needed to make the wire wrapped heart earrings:
2mm White Seed Beads
2mm Blue Seed Beads
15x8mm White Drop Pearl Beads
8mm Blue Flat Back Rhinestone Cabochons
0.7mm Headpins
Earring hooks
0.3mm Copper Wire
1.5mm Aluminum Wire
Round Nose Pliers
Long Nose Pliers
Side Cutting Pliers
Glue Gun
How to make the heart dangle earrings:
Step 1: Wrap the heart dangle
1st, cut about 10cm of 1.5mm aluminum wire, make a small loop at one end;
2nd, wrap the wire into a heart shape like picture shows below.
Step 2: Add the blue seed beads onto the heart
1st, cut a long piece of 0.3mm copper wire, wrap it next to the small loop on the heart pattern;
2nd, slide three blue seed beads onto the copper wire and wrap the beads onto the heart pattern,
3rd, add more blue seed beads until the whole heart pattern is coverd.
Step 3: Decorate heart with white seed beads
1st, cut another piece of 0.3mm copper wire, wrap it next to the second blue seed bead;
2nd, slide 5 white seed beads onto the copper wire and wrap the wire next to the fourth blue seed bead to make a white seed bead petal;
3rd, space a blue seed bead and repeat to make the second white seed bead flower in the same way;
4th, repeat the previous steps to make three white seed bead petals at each side of the heart pattern.
Step 4: Make the pearl bead dangle
1st, slide a drop pearl bead onto a headpin, make a pearl bead link;
2nd, add the pearl bead link onto the bottom of the heart pattern.
Step 5: Decorate the heart with rhinestone cabochon
Pick out the blue rhinestone cabochon and glue it on the wire end of the heart pattern, just like picture shows.
Step 6: Complete the wire wrapped heart dangle earrings
Finish the earring by adding an earring hook to the loop on the top of the heart.
Done!
These heart dangle earrings are not so difficult to make and the finished work can match your party dresses very well. If you want to make some special party accessories, try these lovely heart earrings!