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Cluster Drop Earrings

This simple cluster earring is easy and stylish! They can be made glitzy with Swarovski Austrian crystals or earthy using semi-precious gemstone beads.

Materials

1 pair earwires

2 soldered rings

36 1.5 headpins

2 2mm headpins

36 4mm rhyolite beads

2 ceramic focal beads

2 4mm crystal bicones

2 8mm crystal bicones

Tools

Chain Nose Plier

Round Nose Plier

Wire Cutters

Step One

Add a rhyolite bead to each of the 36 1.5" headpins and make a loop over each bead.

Step Two

Open the loop of the rhyolite drops gently to the side and slip onto the soldered rings, close the loop. Add 18 drops per ring.

Step Three

Stack the beads onto the 2" headpin starting with a 4mm bicone, the focal bead, the cluster drop and the 8mm bicone.

Step Four

Make a loop on top and add the earwire.

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