Earrings, bracelets, necklaces ... I love to make them all. Swarovski crystal beads bring sparkling colors and
visual texture to my jewelry designs. Czech Republic glass beads offer rich deep colors, with individual
2-tone Czech beads often possessing unique color shading within the clear glass of the bead. For warm colors, I like to make
bracelets from the natural beauty of obsidian and jasper beads.
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Frosted purple and crystal clear with purple Czech Republic glass beads with gold accented earrings.
The soft twist and frosted effect provide an interesting look to this purple Czech Republic glass bead.
How to's for the earrings:
This earring design uses endless gold hoops as shown below.
Using eye pin ended head pins, I make up the two dangles for each earring and with needle nose pliers I added the eye pin shape to the top end of each headpin.
Slide this eye pin ended headpin dangles and the gold plated fancy shape spacer beads onto the hoop. End with the link chain being the last piece onto the hoop.
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When you are ready to close the hoop:
Carefully insertion the hoop's wire piece into the hollow hoop wire. I gently pushed (I used my fingers) to close the hoop.
If you need to reopen the hoop do so gently, just enough to pull the insertion wire out of the hollow hoop wire. You do not want to mess up the round circle shape of the hoop.
Remember to take into account the gauge of the hoop wire and the hole size of items you are going to slip onto the hoop.
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Overall length of dangles, hoops and chain, excluding the ear wires: 2.5 inches
Material list for purple Czech Republic glass bead earrings with gold accents:
1- gold plated chain of 4 links, links about 1.3mm in length
1- 20mm gold filled hoops
3- 6mm gold plated corrugated round beads, used on the hoop
For the dangle with the 6mm crystal and purple Czech Republic glass bead:
1 - 1.5 inch long (.028' thickness) gold plated eye head pin
1- 6mm crystal with purple Czech Republic glass bead
3- 4mm gold plated corrugated round beads
2- 4mm gold plated corrugated double cone beads
For the dangle with the two 12.5mm x 8mm frosted purple Czech Republic glass bead:
1 - 1.5 inch long (.028' thickness) gold plated eye head pin
2- 12.5mm x 8mm frosted purple Czech Republic glass bead (with a soft twist to the bead)
1- 4mm gold plated corrugated round beads
3- 3mm gold plated spacer beads
Click to view what tools were used.
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