How To Make Five Minute Glass Bead Earrings: Jewelry Making Tutorial

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How To Make Five Minute Glass Bead Earrings
by Jennifer and Kitty O'Neil
The O'Neil Sisters
Running With Sisters
Make a pair of Five Minute Earrings featuring pretty glass beads. We'll show you how to make these in just a few easy steps!
Have you ever found a pair of pretty beads and thought they'd make lovely earrings? We're going to show you how to turn two beads into a pair of earrings in just a few steps and less than five minutes!
You can make earrings like these with any pair of beads. Once you learn how, you'll want to be on the lookout for pretty beads to use!
How To Make These Five Minute Earrings
Materials
2 Glass cylinder beads, blue, 7mmx12mm
4 Daisy spacers, gold, 4mm
4 Round beads, gold, 3mm
2 Headpins, gold
2 Earring wires, gold
Tools
Round-nose pliers
Wire cutters
Steps
1. To get started, slide one of the round beads and a daisy spacer onto one of the headpins. We chose a headpin with a ball end to add a little extra shape to the bottom.
2. Next, slide one of the featured beads onto the headpin. Some beads have small holes and some headpins are thicker than others, so you'll want to test your beads to make sure they fit onto the headpins.
3. Slide a daisy spacer and one of the round beads onto the headpin. Then make a wrapped loop in the headpin wire. To do this, start by grasping the headpin wire just above the last round bead using the round-nose pliers. Then pull the wire over the pliers to create a 90-degree bend in the wire.
4. Reposition the pliers to the top of the bend and pull the end of the headpin wire in the opposite direction over the top jaw of the pliers to make a partial loop.
5. Slide the bottom jaw of the pliers into the loop and pull the wire the rest of the way around to complete the loop.
6. Grasp across the loop with the pliers to hold the earring, then pull the tail of the headpin wire around the neck two times.
7. Use the flat side of the wire cutters to trim the end of the wire.
8. Slide the loop onto the earring wire and press the earring wire closed. Repeat to make a second earring.
Wasn't that easy? This technique, called "making a wrapped loop," is one of the most useful things to learn for jewelry making. We make wrapped loops all the time, especially for earrings. Practice by making pairs of simple but pretty earrings like these. You'll be amazed at how fast you'll get!
Remember if you have any questions, please leave us a comment. We are hear to help!
Happy Crafting,
Jennifer & Kitty
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[@cheyenneortega7195]

Thanks so much for this tutorial. Much needed 😁

[@TheONeilSisters]

So glad we could help! Here's the written how-to with step photos on our blog: runningwithsisters.com/five-minute-earrings/
And we are here if you have any questions.
Cheers,
Jennifer & Kitty

[@pixiebeads4163]

I'm marathoning your videos, lol. Great tutorials.

[@TheONeilSisters]

We love it! Thanks!
J&K

[@robinhyltonwilliams1796]

This was simply perfect in explaining that loop.

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks Robin!
Jennifer & Kitty

[@chelleweatherspoon2226]

Great tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks Chelle!
J&K

[@lizmiller7681]

Perfect earrings, & perfect case in point of beads I can never seem to find in my local craft stores. I’m really wanting to hit the specialty stores and bead shows like you recommended now. I’m afraid I’ll probably go overboard if I do not really control myself. I’ll break the bank! These are beautiful earrings, just the type I love to make, AND to wear, and to give as gifts. Thank you for the hundredth time for your great ideas and great videos! Love you girls! 💖✨💖✨💖

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks Liz! We found these two beads on a mixed bead strand at Michael's. Less than $3! (And we got dozens of beads.) The strands looked like this: tinyurl.com/y2lxllbl
We made sure the strand had two of the beads that matched. They were so pretty and inspired us to make these earrings!
J&K

[@nikkiwilson7362]

Very pretty earrings, love the blue bead

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks Nikki! We love those blue beads too!
J&K

[@nikolabailey2129]

Yet again another easy to follow video, I love watching your videos, thank you for sharing xxxxxx

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks so much!

[@aleshiyamonet867]

Love them....soo simple to make and very pretty!!!

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks Aleshiya!!

[@beerobins461]

Excellent!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks for watching!

[@deborahwilliams473]

Lovely earrings 👏🏽👏🏽🌸🌺

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks Deborah!

[@elizabethnetzer5633]

Thanks for sharing this video!

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks for watching!

[@Lukresia909]

Love your videos, really helpful and you have great taste!

[@TheONeilSisters]

Thanks so much!

[@rosemarypetrongelli1384]

Hi sister, thanks so much for this easy diy. I’m Rosemary and appreciate your lessons on utube. I watch them all the time trying to learn . ❤️

[@TheONeilSisters]

Hi Rosemary!
Thanks so much for watching!
J&K

[@IMRad4JC]

QUESTION! Where can we buy the 7x12mm blue cylinder beads? Love these earrings!!

[@TheONeilSisters]

Aren't those beads fun?! We found the beads on a mixed strand at Michaels. We shot a picture of the bead strand. You can see it on the how-to on our blog:
runningwithsisters.com/five-minute-earrings/
We're not sure if those beads are still available, but you can find some nice glass beads at HalcraftCollection.com, FireMountainGems.com, and ArtBeads.com
Cheers,
Jennifer & Kitty

[@IMRad4JC]

@@TheONeilSisters, awesome--thanks so much!! Keep those videos coming, please! :D