Ideas for Jewelry-How to Make Bead Earrings

Ideas for jewelry can be boundless and endless once you learn to combine them with a variety of beads and charms. And generally, these beaded projects are always a cinch to make, for instance, today’s project on how to make bead earrings. Just follow the beading diagram and you’ll able to make them easily.

Supplies need

2mm Round Seed Bead

4mm Bicone Glass Bead

0.25/0.3mm Nylon Wire

Jumpring

Headpin

Chain

Scissors

Beading diagram:

Instructions

Step 1: Cut a 30cm long wire, feed 5 seed beads and 5 bicone beads to 3/4 the length of it alternately. Take the longer wire to go through the first seed bead to create a beaded loop.

Step 2: Slide 6 seed beads on the longer wire, then thread the end through the bead next to last and slide on the other 3 seed beads. Next, pass the wire through the adjacent seed bead in central loop.

Step 3: Repeat step 2 to create the 4 other angles that will make a star. Once the two wires meets, tie a knot tighten securely.

Step 4: Slide one bicone bead onto a headpin for a decoration of dangling chain. Make two of this for one earring. Then, prepare two strands of chain, 5~8cm may be ok. Hook the bicone dangles onto chains and attach to the location between two angles using a jumpring. 

Finally, add on the earring hook at top of the right angle.

Step 5: Repeat all above steps for another piece

Collecting more ingenious ideas for jewelry and customizing your wardrobe as much as possible is as easy as making a new pair of earrings!! More beading diagram tutorials on how to make bead earrings, necklaces and bracelets will be updated successively in ensuing weeks.