Festive Topiary Earrings

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1. Start by watching the video: How to Make an Ornate Beaded Bead.
2. From what you learned in the video, make an ornate beaded bead using 4mm crystal bicones in Light Siam and 11/0 Toho silver lined green emerald seed beads. To start you will want to thread a needle onto each end of a 4 foot length of Wildfire beading thread and then create your beaded bead.
3. Onto a gold plated ball head pin place 1 Toho green seed bead, 1 crystal 8mm bicone in Light Siam, your beaded bead from the previous step, and 1 more seed bead. Create a simple wire loop after the last bead and trim off excess wire with flush cutters.
4. Open the simple wire loop you just made (the same way you would open a jump ring) and slip onto it the loop at the base of your earring hook. Close the loop back up.
5. Happy Holidays!

• PCC-1845 - Preciosa Czech Crystal, Bicone Bead 8mm, 12 Pieces, Light Siam
  Project uses 2 pieces. You will need 1 package.


• PCC-1462 - Preciosa Czech Crystal, Bicone Bead 4mm, 36 Pieces, Light Siam
  Project uses 60 pieces. You will need 2 packages.


• JSK-0023 - Toho Round Seed Beads 11/0 #36 'Silver Lined Green Emerald' 8g
  Project uses 124 pieces. You will need 1 package.


• FHP-3022 - Head Pins, with Ball Head 2 Inches Long and 21 Gauge Thick, 20 Pieces, 22K Gold Plated
  Project uses 2 pieces. You will need 1 package.


• FEA-3030 - Earring Findings, Long Earring Hooks 25mm, 25 Pairs, Gold Plated
  Project uses 1 pair. You will need 1 package.


• XCR-8935 - Wildfire Thermal Bonded Beading Thread .006 Inch - Black - 50 Yd
  Project uses 8 feet. You will need 1 package.

• XTL-5700 - Fiskars 5 Precision Tip Scissors - Super Sharp
• XTL-5511 - The Beadsmith Jeweller's Micro Pliers Chain Nose Flat Nose
• XTL-5514 - The Beadsmith Jewelry Fine Round Nose Micro Pliers
• XTL-5600 - Sharp Flush Cutter Pliers - For Cutting Beading Wire, 1 Piece