Chandelier Earrings

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Chandelier Earrings

Earwire

14 1" head pins

16 1" eyepins

2 2"eyepins

2 8mm bicone crystal
in contrasting color

42 4mm bicone
crystals

14
4-5mm Side-drilled
freshwater pearls

26 4mm daisy
spacers

2 beadcaps
(minimum 6 holes to
hook from plus
center hole)

The central dangle
contains three
sections.

Step 1
Begin with a 2" eye
pin. Slide one 4mm
crystal and bead cap
on to the eye pin.
Add a second crystal.

Step 2
Using the round-nose
pliers, make a partial
wire-wrap loop.

Step 3
Using the bent-nose
chain pliers, open the
loop slightly (out of
its flat plane).

Step 4
Insert the lever-back
ear finding.
Step 5
Finish the
wire-wrapped loop to
secure the beads and
cap to the ear wire.

Section 1

The central dangle
contains three
sections.

This is Section 2 of
the central dangle.

Step 6
Use the wire cutter to
remove 5/16" of the
1" eye pin.

Step 7
Add one crystal.

Step 8
Use round-nose
pliers to finish end of
the eye pin with a
rosary loop.

Section 2

The central dangle
contains three
sections.

This is Section 3 of
the central dangle.

Step 9
Use the wire cutter to
remove 3/16" of a
head pin.

Step 10
Slide on the 8mm
bicone crystal, daisy
spacer, and
side-drilled pearl.

Step 11
Using the round-nose
pliers, make a rosary
loop.

Section 3

Hooking all three sections together

The central dangle
hooked together.

Step 12
a) Locate the end of
the first section.
b) Using the
needle-nose chain
pliers, open the
rosary loop out of its
flat plane.

Step 13
a) Hook the second
section of the dangle
into the opened loop
of the first section.
b) Use the
needle-nose chain
pliers to close the
rosary loop.

Step 14
a) Locate the end of
the second section. b)
Using the
needle-nose chain
pliers, open the
rosary loop out of its
flat plane.

Step 15
a) Hook the third
section into the
opened loop of the
second section.
b) Use the
needle-nose chain
pliers to close the
loop.

Constructing the Chandeliers surrounding the Dangles

One of the six
dangles that
surrounds the
central dangle.

Components of the
six identical dangles.

Step 16
Making the Double
Crystal Component
Use the wire cutter to
remove 5/16" of the
eye pin.

Step 17
Slide one 4mm
crystal and daisy
spacer onto the eye
pin. Add a second
crystal.

Step 18
Use the round-nose
pliers to finish the
end of the eye pin
with a rosary loop.

Constructing the Chandelier's Central Dangle (cont.)

Step 19
Repeat steps 16-18
to make five more
identical dangle
components.

Step 20
Making the Pearl/
Crystal Component
Use a wire cutter to
remove 3/8" of the
head pin.

Step 21
Slide one crystal,
one spacer, and one
pearl on to the head
pin.

Step 22
Use the round-nose
pliers to finish end of
the head pin with a
rosary loop.

Step 23
Repeat steps 20-22
to make five more
identical dangle
components.

Finishing the Chandelier Earring

The chandelier
earring.

One of the six
identical dangles.

Step 24
Locate the single
crystal component.

Step 25
Using the
needle-nose chain
pliers, open the
rosary loop on the
pearl/crystal
component.

Step 26
Attach it to the
double crystal
component.

Step 27
Use the needle-nose
chain pliers to close
the rosary loop.

Step 28
Using the
needle-nose chain
pliers, open the
rosary loop on the
opposite end of the
double crystal
component.

Step 29
a) Hook the dangle
into a bead cap hole.
b) Use the
needle-nose chain
pliers to close the
rosary loop.

Step 30
Repeat steps 24-29
to combine the rest
of the surrounding
dangles and hook
them into the bead
cap.

Helpful Hint
Not all bead caps are
alike. If yours has
more than six holes,
distribute the
surrounding dangles
as evenly as possible.

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