Cottage Garden Beaded Earrings Free Jewelry Making Pattern

Cottage Garden Earrings

Free Beaded Jewelry Making Pattern

By Kim Connors - www.Bead3.net

Materials List

2 – Antique Copper Dangle Earrings

2 – Antique Copper Eye Pins

6 – Antique Copper Ball Pins

24 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Rings

6 – Antique Copper 2x6mm 6-Point Flower Bead Caps

2 – Antique Copper 5x10mm Square Bead Caps

2 – Antique Copper 2x9mm Scallop Bead Caps

4 – Antique Copper 1.5x4mm Beaded Rondelles

6 – Crystal Multi Peach 10x12mm 3-Petal Flower Beads

2 – Pink AB 6mm Crystal Bicones

2 – Rose Quartz 10mm Semiprecious Rounds

Step One – Create Flower Drops (6)

1. Add 1 – Crystal Multi Peach 10x12mm 3-Petal Flower and 1 – Antique Copper 2x6mm 6-Point Flower Bead Cap to a ball pin. Using a pair of round nose pliers create a 90° bend in the ball pin above the bead cap. Hold the ball pin where you created the bend and wrap the ball pin around the pliers to create a loop. Then wrap the ball pin around itself below the loop as many times as you can. Trim the excess ball pin you could not wrap around. Repeat this 5 times for all six Flower Drops.

Step Two – Assemble Dangles

2 – Jump Ring Flower Dangles (2)

1. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and add the loop of 1 – Flower Drop created above. Close the jump ring.

2. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and the jump ring added in the previous step. Close the jump ring.

3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for the other dangle.

4 – Jump Ring Flower Dangles (2)

1. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and add the loop of 1 – Flower Drop created above. Close the jump ring.

2. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and the jump ring added in the previous step. Close the jump ring.

3. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and the jump ring added in the previous step. Close the jump ring.

4. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and the jump ring added in the previous step. Close the jump ring.

5. Repeat Steps 1-4 for the other dangle.

6 – Jump Ring Flower Dangles (2)

1. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and add the loop of 1 – Flower Drop created above. Close the jump ring.

2. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and the jump ring added in the previous step. Close the jump ring.

3. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and the jump ring added in the previous step. Close the jump ring.

4. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and the jump ring added in the previous step. Close the jump ring.

5. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and the jump ring added in the previous step. Close the jump ring.

6. Twist open 1 – Antique Copper 5mm Jump Ring and the jump ring added in the previous step. Close the jump ring.

7. Repeat Steps 1-6 for the other dangle.

Step Three – Assemble Earrings

1. Open the loop of 1 – Antique Copper Eye Pin, add 1 – 2-Jump Ring Dangle, 1 – 4-Jump Ring Dangle, and 1 – 6-Jump Ring Dangle. Close the loop of the eye pin.

2. Add 1 – Antique Copper 5x10mm Square Bead Cap (wide side first), 1 – Antique Copper 1.5x4mm Beaded Rondelle, 1 – Antique Copper 2x9mm Scallop Bead Cap (narrow side first), 1 – Antique Copper 1.5x4mm Beaded Rondelle, and 1 – Pink AB 6mm Crystal Bicone to the eye pin from Step 1. Using a pair of round nose pliers create a 90° bend in the eye pin above the crystal. Hold the eye pin where you created the bend and wrap it around the pliers to create a loop. Then wrap the eye pin around itself below the loop as many times as you can. Trim the excess eye pin you could not wrap around.

3. Open the loop of one dangle earing (twist it like a jump ring). Add the loop of the eye pin drop and close the loop of the dangle earring.

4. Repeat Steps 1 – 3 for the other earring.