bead earrings

Well, I took a first step towards planning my wedding.  Nick and I decided on our colors: sage green with a dodger blue.  So what was my next step? I made some beaded earrings for my bridesmaids.  They are fairly simple in design once you have your beads picked out.

Cost: $10  Time: 15 minutes Needed: blue beads ($3) crystal beads ($3) head pins ($2) earring hooks ($2) pearl beads (owned) flat nose pliers (owned) round nose pliers (owned) diagonal cutters (owned) 1.  Stack it.  Take a headpin and start stacking your beads in an arrangement you like.   2.  Trim it.  Cut your headpin about a quarter above your beads.   3.  Loop it.  Use your round nose pliers to start bending the tip towards the beads.  You many have to reposition the pliers to get a good round loop. 4.  Hook it.  Open your earring hook's loop with your flat nose pliers.  Pop your headpin's loop in there and close it back up. Even though it costs ten bucks to get started, you'll find that you can make many sets of earrings with your supplies.  I recommend getting strands of beads with different colors and shapes to give you plenty of options.  And yes, I did lay out my supplies in a smiley face.