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Hi, I'm Christine of Christine's Crafts and today we're going to make some drop earrings
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It's really easy and I think you're going to enjoy it. These are the earrings we're going to make
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You're going to need some beads and some little jewellery pins. Note they've got a bit on the end to stop your beads sliding off
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A couple of earring hooks which I'm sure you're familiar with. OK, just two of those
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You're also going to need some pliers. They don't have to be specifically jewellery ones, but if they're too big it's a little bit awkward
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So a pair of pliers and also some round-nosed pliers. These you may not have, but you may need to buy
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But they don't have to be jewellery specific, just a small rounded end
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OK, so we're going to take our pins and our beads first of all and think about the design of your earrings
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Collect your beads together and as you'll see I'm not using a hard surface
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I've got a bit of fabric down to stop them rolling away
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Take one of your pins and start your design. Just slide your beads on right to the end
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They shouldn't slide off because of the end on the pin. If they do, your beads are too large
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OK, so the ones that you're sliding on first are going to be the bottom of the earring
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So think about that when you're designing it and sliding them on
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Just keep sliding them on until you get near the top. OK, you can't fill the whole pin
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Now I'm looking at my design thinking it needs a bit more blue
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So I'll take the top one off, put a little blue one on eventually and then put my top bead on
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But hang on, I've not left enough at the top to form a loop. So I'm going to take that off again and go back to a shorter design
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So put it on the table, you'll realise I've left quite a bit at the top to form a loop
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I'm now going to just repeat that so I've got an identical earring
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You don't have to do that. You can have two very different earrings if that's what you like
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But mine are going to be identical. So I'll keep referring to the one that's on the table and make sure they're both exactly the same
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I do this before I build any earrings just to make sure I can complete a pair and that they are the same
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So I've changed my plans, a couple of leftover beads. Just get rid of those
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So now we've got the drops, we're going to need the earring hooks
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And we're going to have to attach those to the drops. Take your round-ended pliers, take one of your drops and wrap the wire around one of the rounded ends just like that
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And that's going to form a loop. Now make sure you have a good loop but don't let it close up because that's what you're going to attach your hook to
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On the bottom of your hook is a little ring. Try and get that onto the hoop you've just made
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It can be a little bit tricky. Just persevere. You'll get there
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Once you've got it into the loop, we're going to have to close that loop up so it doesn't fall out again
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And that's where your pliers are going to come in. You can use your pliers to just close the last bit of that loop up
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Once it's closed, your earring is finished. OK, and there we go
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Now you're just going to repeat that for the other one. So take your round-nosed pliers, wrap the top of the wire around them to form a loop
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Make sure you've got a good strong loop if need be. Just do a little bit more wrapping around
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You've left a gap, so hook your earring hook through there. Use your pliers, close that loop up
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Now I've decided it's not quite round enough, the loop. So I'm going back in with the round-nosed pliers
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That's a bit better. Let's close it up with the ordinary pliers now
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And that's it. Well done. A fabulous pair of earrings. So I hope you've enjoyed making your earrings today
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