How to Make Indian Chandelier Earrings

Chandelier earrings

Indian chandelier-style earrings hang down 1 to 3 inches and can be simple or very detailed. These earrings can also be very pricey. You can create your own chandelier earrings for less than $15. Indian chandelier earrings are fun to make and you can also sell these or give as gifts. All of the supplies can be found online or in your local craft store.

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18 Round faceted beads, any color
2 Hook type earrings
2 Small chandeliers
6 Eye pins, 3/4 inch, 24 gauge
6 Head pins, 1 inch, 24 gauge
Round nose pliers
Side cutters

Instructions

Instructions
- 1
  
  Attach the earring hook to the chandelier component with the nose pliers. Set aside.
- 2
  
  Attach one bead onto a head pin.
- 3
  
  Create a loop in the straight end of the head pin wire up against the bead with the round pliers. To do this, put a section of the wire in the pliers and close the pliers. While holding the pliers closed, wrap the wire around the outside of the pliers. Cut the excess off with the side cutters.
- 4
  
  Attach the hook end of a separate eye hook into the hook you just made with a head pin. Tighten each hook with the pliers so that the beads don't fall off by putting both wires of the bottom of the hook in the pliers and squeezing together to close the hook. Attach two beads onto the wire of the attached eye hook.
- 5
  
  Attach the straight end of the eye hook to the loops on the bottom of the chandelier component and tighten with the pliers. Repeat these steps for however many strands the chandelier holds. For example: if the chandelier has 3 hooks on the bottom, you will repeat this process two more times to complete one earring.
- 6
  
  Repeat all steps for the second earring.