Instructions for Making Beaded Hoop Earrings

BEADED HOOP

YOU WILL NEED: A cutter, a plier, color-coated tigertail wire, 2 jump rings, 2 earring hooks, 2 crimp tubes, 8 x 2mm metal beads, 16 x 4mm metal beads, 28 x 6mm crackle glass

Cut wire of approximately 12 inches.

Thread 2 x 3mm cat's eye glass beads, 5 crackle glass beads and 4 x 4mm metal beads alternately onto the wire, then 2 x 3mm cat's eye glass beads on each side. Thread the wire in opposite directions through a crimp tube. Do not squeeze the crimp tube!

Thread 2 x 2mm metal beads, 2 x 3mm cat's eye glass beads, 2 crackle glass beads, 1 x 4mm metal bead, 5 x crackle glass beads.

Thread 1 x 4mm metal bead, 1 crackle glass bead, 1 x 4mm metal bead, 2 crackle glass beads, 2 x 3mm cat's eye glass beads, 2 x 2mm metal beads. Thread the wire in opposite

Attach a jump ring over the crimp beads. Attach an earring hook to the jump ring. Repeat these steps to make your second earring.