How to Make a Wire Wrapped Earring for Valentine Day ( a Tutorial)

How to make a wire wrapped earring for Valentine

I made this wire wrapped earrings by weaving wire and using swarovski crystals and garnet beads.

I got so carried away that I made quite a few pairs with different colors and sizes. The thing I learned that you have to keep the inside circle beads smaller than the outer circle beads. You’ll know what I mean when I show you the tutorial.

Materials used:

15 pieces of 4 mm pink swarovski bicones (Fire Mountain Gem H – 20- 9757 CY)
5 pieces of 3 mm size garnet beads (Fire Mountain Gem H-20-6917 KX)
28 g silver plated wire (Fire Mountain Gem H-20-1451WR)
2 French sterling silver ear hooks (Fire Mountain Gem H-20-4902FN)
2 heart silver beads (from Just Bead It, my neighborhood beading store)

I have no monetary affiliation with any of these stores. I am giving the reference because these are what I have used.

Tool needed:

Round nose pliers, chain nose pliers, flush cutter.

Procedure:

Cut the wire to a length of 12” (30 cm)
Bring the two sides of the wires closer with both hands.

String two pink bicones at the left hand side wire.
String one garnet bead at the right hand side wire.

String another pink bicone at the left side wire.
Pass the right hand side wire through this pink bead.
Pull tight.

String two pink bicones at the left hand side wire.
String one garnet bead at the right hand side wire.
String another pink bicone at the left side wire.
Pass the right hand side wire through this pink bead.
Just like last time.
Pull tight.

In the same way string all the remaining garnet and pink bicone beads, each time pulling tight so that it forms a nice circular shape and the wire does not show.

Now let the right hand side wire go through the closest left side bicone bead. Pull tight.

With the fingers of your non dominant hand hold it tight, close the gap if there is any. Now gradually twist the two wires to a single twisted wire. Twist quite a few revolutions. I did about ten or twelve until you have it nice and tight and also enough length (like a couple of inches)

String the heart bead now.

Make a wrapped loop http://www.firemountaingems.com/beading_howtos/beading_projects.asp?docid=652t

Cut off excess wire.

Cut off excess wire.

Insert it into the French ear hook loop.

Make another one to complete the pair.

Voila! Your Valentine earring is done.

Bead Storage and organizing my work space finally

Bead storage and organizing them  is a big job for me

This is how it looked last Saturday at 12:14 .  I was so furious at me to bring it to this condition...

But the other me whined - Laa...ter.

So I set a timer and decided to race and see how much can be done in half an hour.

Not bad, eh!  The table top is much controlled. 

Beads are put away according to color in proper zip loc bags.




Then I put another half an hour timer setting.

Look

At this point my husband came to take a peek.  Tres formidab. 

He asked if I'd like to go out to get a bite in the neighborhood cafe.

No. 

I have gotten the momentum.

I changed the table covers with the single bed sheets I bought in India.  It reminds me of the local artisans there. Besides, Black and white is my theme.

I made a place where my finished jewelry are kept for loading at Etsy.

Now my one resolution is to keep it this way, and that is a hard one I know.

A book Review on Making Money through Etsy

 A Book Review on How to make money in  Etsy by Timothy  Adam

I bumped on to a book today while I was in the library.  It was the book I just mentioned above.   I checked it out and as  I was going through it I found I wished I could renew it, but this book is in demand.

Therefore,  I decided to quickly jot down what I have learned and  start my  home work for the immediate future- the “ to do list”, you know

This book is  valuable for  novice and  veteran Etsians, both.  In the beginning the author will take you by the hand to show all the different features of Etsy.  I knew those but there were so many things I did not know!

The things I was not seriously aware are:

* Importance of Key words search before putting them on  for title and tags.  From now on I’ll research the google key word search  tool, the Etsy competition, and all those before I list an item. I had read it in storque before, but the author showed me the exact meaning  of these terms. I understood the importance of a niche now.

*Importance of the consistency in blogging.  I knew it but now I really understand how vital it is  (even though I also know how hard this commitment is).

* The fact that blogging is not talking about YOU but about writing what PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW and HOW to give it to them.

Here the author also helped to find out the most important things people look for in blogs.  I’ll try to remember those ten things and give them in my blog.

*My next home work is understanding the Face book Fan page thing and work on it.

*And then for making some money for my blog , I’ll have to  look in to Project Wonderful.   I have not done it yet, but going to.

I have become a fan and follower of his blog handmadeolgy.com.

I highly recommend this book.  Please be informed  that I have no monetary  affiliation with Tim’s book or his site.  I just think he did a good job and that’s all.