I'm in the middle of trying to make ornaments, and it's been a very frustrating experience. First, the wire itself is very sturdy; I'm guessing steel. The wire is almost impossible to roll into a loop with round nose pliers. I didn't anticipate they wouldn't work for this purpose, even though the description and tutorial video shows this being done. The only work around I have found is to use my 1-Step Looper. The arms naturally are cut by this, but I can make a loop.... However, using the Looper isn't easy with this wire, though. I'm afraid I'm going to hurt myself trying to bend this wire, so I think I'm going to return the unopened packages. They're a good quality, but the wire is unbelievablely tough to bend.