Clip on Earrings – Make it Yourself
You can make unique jewelry pieces for clip on earrings for yourself in order to give as gifts whether you’ve never had your ears pierced or else you want to reduce the pressure in your pierced ears. With a few basic jewelry materials and tools, you can make clip on earrings which are just as beautiful as pierced earrings.
To get going, you’ll need to locate two clip on earring finders. This is the base of the earring. Jewelry craft and beading stores will sell both screw-on findings or hinge clip findings. Choose your choice and color. You will also need a small jump ring for every piece that’s the small ring that connects other pieces together. They ought to also match the colour from the earring findings.
For that decorative part of the earring, you will need two head pins, lightweight decorative beads and spacer beads. The decorative beads should be produced of lightweight material, if the material is too heavy, it could pull the clip on earring right off your ear.
To create the clip on earrings, setup the types of materials for just one earring in front of you. You’ll need a clip on earring base, one jump ring, one head pin and whatever beads you desire. You will also require a pair of round-nose jewelry pliers. Experiment using the beads on the head pin before you get the design and spacing that you want best. Leave about one bead’s price of space towards the top of the head pin.
With the pliers, bend the top of the head pin into a loop that is not quite closed. This will keep your beads on the head pin and also gives the decorative part a location to hook to the clip on earring base. Set the head pin aside and locate the clip on earring base and jump ring. Open the jump ring and hook it onto the loop on the clip on earring finding. Close the jump ring using the pliers. Now, hook the head pin loop onto the jump ring and close the loop using the pliers. Repeat using the other earring materials, ensuring the beads match the first one.
When you are finished making the clip on earrings, don’t forget to sterilize the part that touches the ears with rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab. Try the earrings on to test the weight and fit of the clip on earrings.