Posted by Rod Connors on 5/6/2019 to
Free Jewelry Patterns
Drops of Moonlight Earrings
Free Jewelry Making Pattern
By Kim Connors - www.Bead3.com
Materials
2 – Antique Silver Dangle Earrings
2 – Antique Silver 26x19mm Pattern Connectors
2 – Antique Silver Eye Pins
6 – Antique Silver Ball Pins
6 – Antique Silver 5mm 19 Gauge Jump Rings
2 – Antique Silver 8mm Bicone Metal Beads
4 – Blue Goldstone 6mm Semiprecious Rounds
2 – Aqua 15x10mm Glass Crystal Teardrops
Create the Drops
Blue Goldstone Round Drops (4 Total)
1. Add 1 – Blue Goldstone 6mm Semiprecious Round to a Ball Pin. Make a 90° bend in ball pin above beads. Using round nose pliers (or any pliers you have) hold the ball pin near the angle and bend it around the pliers to make a loop. Wrap down around ball pin creating as many coils as you can. Trim any extra.
2. Repeat Step 1 THREE times for all 4 drops.
Aqua Teardrop Drops (2 Total)
1. Add 1 – Aqua 15x10mm Glass Crystal Teardrop to a Ball Pin. Make a 90° bend in ball pin above beads. Using round nose pliers (or any pliers you have) hold the ball pin near the angle and bend it around the pliers to make a loop. Wrap down around ball pin creating as many coils as you can. Trim any extra. Your drop should look like this:
2. Open the loop of 1 – Eyepin and add the loop of the Aqua Teardrop Drop you created in Step 1. Close the eyepin loop.
3. Add 1 – Antique Silver 8mm Bicone Metal Bead to the eye pin you added the Aqua Teardrop Drop to in Step 2. Make a 90° bend in eye pin above beads. Using round nose pliers (or any pliers you have) hold the eye pin near the angle and bend it around the pliers to make a loop. Wrap down around eye pin creating as many coils as you can. Trim any extra.
4. Repeat Steps 1 – 3 ONE time for the other drop.
Create the Earrings
1. Open 1 – Antique Silver 5mm Jump Ring; add the loop of 1 – Aqua Teardrop Drop and the center loop of 1 – Antique Silver 26x19mm Pattern Connector. Close the jump ring.
2. Open 1 – Antique Silver 5mm Jump Ring; add the loop of 1 – Blue Goldstone Round Drop and one of the outer loops of the Antique Silver Pattern 26x19mm Connector you used in Step 1. Open 1 – Antique Silver 5mm Jump Ring; add the loop of 1 – Blue Goldstone Round Drop and the other outer loop of the Connector.
3. Open the loop of 1 – Antique Silver dangle earring (twist it open like you would a jump ring) and add the top loop of the Antique Silver Pattern 26x19mm Connector you used in the Step 1 and 2.
4. Repeat Steps 1 – 3 for the other earring.
You are finished creating this pair of beaded earrings!