How to Create Hanging Beads on Handcrafted Earrings

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Ella Seltzer for Expert Village. Now we are going to go and make the chandler part for the earring. So in order to start we need to add our beads in whatever color you like. Obviously matching the crystals would be appropriate. I have used 3 here you add it on to your pin. So you can either use the regular loop like we have with the necklace or we just loop the pin on the other end or you can use a wrap loop which I'm going to demonstrate which is shown in these earrings. Which is a slightly much secure way of attaching the beads to the chain. In order to do a wrap loop once again take your pin and take your needle nose pliers and this time bend the wire around. At this stage you need to attach it to the chain. So you just insert the pin on the second link not on the first cause the first needs to be going to the flower component. Then you take your flat nose pliers, grasp them tightly and then using another pair of pliers you wrap the wire around. Wrap it 3 times, trim of the excess wire cause this could be irritating cause this is a pair of earrings. Use your pliers to squeeze the end the sharp end. Okay there you have it and now the first pin is hanging from the chain. It may not be hanging completely straight so you can take your pliers and just straighten up the loop and that should be hanging in a angle. Like this. "