Creating Shaped Earrings

1. Introduction: Hello folks, Katrina here and welcome back to another class. I've got two different earrings for you to make today. And first-off is the rectangle dangle earrings. These earrings are really fun to make because all you have to do is change the color of the wire or the color of the bead or both. And you can have a whole variety of earrings that are the same style but look totally different, which is really fun, and you might just need one in every color. Our second set of areas is a fun twist on the classic coupe shape. These are called the C hoop earrings, which we will be completing with a fun beaded charm, which I will be showing you how to rap and make. And it's really fun because you can change the bead and get a totally different look. There is a difference between the rose gold earrings and the silver ones that I show here. So you want to make sure you watch all the way through the video to catch that little tip. And now let's jump on into the class and make earrings that are like a wildflower, beautiful, unique and timeless. 2. Rectangle Dangles: Starting off, we're going to make these rectangle dangle earrings. To begin, we have a 22 gauge wire along with a heavier 20 gauge wire. We will also be using a file and a ruler. I'm using beet chips for the beads. And then we also have our earring Myers. For our tools, we're going to need the wire cutters, the nylon jaw pyres, flat nose pliers, and the needle nose pliers. We are going to begin with a nylon job hires and smooth out the wire. Then we're going to grab the needle nose pliers to create a loop at the end of our wire. We're going to bend that wire into a loop about a quarter of an inch down from the tip of our pliers to create a small to medium-sized loop. Then we want that loop to be straight over the top of our long enough the wire. So we're going to turn it so that it is vertical to the long end of the wire. Switching to the flat nose pliers, we're going to begin creating the frame of earring. So placing the wire in the very tip of the flatness players, we're going to create a right angle just under the loop. And then we're going to place the wire again at the very tip of the pliers right next to that first bend and create a second band, bringing that long end of the wire straight down. Next we're going to grab the ruler and we're going to measure how long we want the frame. And I like to make them 1.5 inches long. So holding it on the ruler at that measurement, we're going to hold the wire tightly in our fingers. And then using our flat nose pliers brake going to create another right angle in the wire, bending it down again. Now that we have made what is our third bend? We are going to take the ruler again and measure three-eighths of an inch to create the base of our frame for the rectangle. Holding it tightly at that measurement, we're going to again bend the wire straight down to create the other side of our frame. Now that we have the frame almost completed, we're going to finish it off by bringing that long end of the wire down so that it lines up with the first bend in the wire. Alright, now we're switching to the nylon jaw pliers so that we can fully secure the frame. And we want to make sure that the top of the frame is the same width as the bottom of the frame, which is three-eighths of an inch. And I honestly didn't use the ruler at all for this. I just, I added up. So if you prefer, you can use the ruler and hold the wires tightly in the nylon jaw players at that three-eighths inch mark. And then take the long end of the wire, wrapping it completely around. And then using the wire cutters, we'll cut it off before coming back with the flat nose pliers to make sure that it is securely tightened against the frame. So we're just going to give it a little squeezed to make sure that it is tight and flat. With the frame made, we can now attach the 22 gauge wire so we can add our beads. We want to make sure that our wire is smooth. So we're going to use the nylon jaw pliers to do that real quick. And then determining where the front of the frame is. We're going to place the 22 gauge wire through from the front to the back of the frame. And then we're going to leave out half an inch and center it on the frame at the base there and grab that half-inch all the way up and around. You went to wrap that first time around pretty tightly so that it holds its place. As you continue to wrap the wire around. Once you come to the end of the wire where you can't use your fingers anymore. You can go ahead and grab the flat nose pliers to finish tightening and flattening down that wire. Pinching both this side and then the spiral as well to tighten it up. Now that we have attached to the 20th to gauge wire onto our frame, we can add the beads. I really like using these beet chips for this design because I think it gives it a really fun kind of beau ** look. But you can use round beads are square beats. I think a square stack of beads would probably look really cool. So the beads that you choose is really up to you and what style you prefer. I was at the end of my sport of 22 gauge wire when I made these areas. So I didn't measure how much wire you would actually need for these areas when adding the stack of beads. But you'll probably need at least three inches enough to fill up the frame which is 1.5 inches long, and then enough to wrap around underneath the loop. Now that we have filled up the frame with beads, we are going to secure it onto the frame by wrapping that wire around the loop. I like to wrap the 22 gauge wire in the opposite direction of which I've secured the frame. And then we're going to wrap it up towards the loop and then back down towards the bottom, wrapping it over itself, and then wrapping it a few more times so that the base is wider. Then we want to bring that long end of the wire towards the back of the earring, where we will cut it off with our wire cutters. Next we're gonna take the flat nose pliers and secure that end of the wire up underneath this spiral. I like to create a bend because it helps hide the wire inside of the spiral. Alright, and now all we have to do to finish the earring is attached the IRR YR. So we wanna make sure that you twist that loop open to the side. And also makes sure that the front of the earring is facing the front of the ear hook. And then close the loop and you have finished the earring. Repeat all of these steps for the second, Aaron. Thanks so much for watching. I'll see you in the next video. 3. "C"Hoop Earrings: This is a variation of the classic hoop called a seat hoop earrings. As you can see it is because it's left open and I'm going to be adding a fun wrapped bit to the front of the hearing. The tools that we will be needing include a ring mandrel and a size ten, which is three-quarters of an inch wide. We have a file to smooth down the ends of our wire, as well as a ruler to measure out the length of our wire. The wire we are going to be using is a copper wire in 20 gauge, and this is in a rose gold plated color. Then we have two beats of a medium-size. And these are just a pretty blue crystal that I found in my stash. And our tools. I forgot to lay these out, but we also will be using a pair of flatness players along with the nylon jaw pliers. And then we will also be needing our wire cutters and a pair of needle nose pliers. To begin making RC hoop earrings, we are going to measure out three inches of wire and cut it to length. So first off, of course, we're going to take the nylon job players and straighten out the wire to make sure it is all smooth with no kinks. Now we can measure our wire on the ruler. But first, as you can see, we've got a bit of a curve in our y here, so we want to straighten that out so that our measurement is more precise. We're going to hold it at three inches, pinching it tightly with our fingers and then cutting it with the wire cutters. Now we will smooth down both ends with the file. Next up we will be wrapping the bead, attaching it onto the wire. You can place it on a head pin and wrap it that way. Or as I will be doing and showing you here, I'm going to be making my own head pin, which is super simple to do. First I'm going to place the bead onto the wire and then slide it on down, passed out of the way where I'm going to create a small bend in the very tip of the wire. And I'm making this at the very tip of my needle nose pliers to make a bend that is as small as possible. Twisting the wire to create a U-shape, which I will then pinch closed. Now that we have created the head on our pin, we can bring the bead backup so that we can create a loop at the top of the head pin. And now we can create the loop on the head pin. And to do that, we're going to place the pliers on the wire, making sure that the bead is pressed all the way against the head pin. And then holding the wire about an eighth to a quarter of an inch down into our players. We're going to bend that wire over to create a right angle. Once we have made the bend in the wire, we can now begin creating the loop by holding the pliers on the wire and wrapping the long end of the wire all the way around the pliers. Then readjusting the grip of my pliers. I'm going to take that long end of the wire and wrap it around filling up the space between the bead and the loop where our players were when we created that right angle. We will wrap that long end with the wire down around towards the bead. And once we come to the b, we will wrap the wire around one or two more times so that the base of that wire wrap is wider than the top. Once we have finished wrapping the wire, we're going to take the wire cutters and cut off the excess wire. Then picking up our needle nose pliers, again, we will pinch down at that end of the wire so that it is tight all around against itself on top of the beat. Then also we want to take the file and file down that end that we cut off so that it's smooth and won't catch on anything and unwrap the wire. Now we have our bead made into a charm and we can take our wire and create the hoop itself. Placing the wire on the ruler, we're going to measure 22 and a quarter inches. And then we're going to hold the wire at that point, marking two and a quarter inches. And we will use the needle nose pliers and create a right angle in the wire. Once we have created the right angle in the wire, we're going to put it back into the needle nose pliers. And a quarter-inch from a tip. We're going to wrap that shortened down around the long end of the wire. Once we have that shortened down, we're going to wrap it around the long end of the wire. But before we do that, we want to add our charm onto the wire so that it is wrapped onto the earring itself and cannot come off. Now that we have added are obeyed to the loop, we're going to place our pliers into that loop at the tip and hold him flat against that short end of the wire. We're going to wrap that short end of the wire up, the long end of the wire away from the bead. Wrapping it as far as I can go with my fingers. I'm then going to take the needle nose pliers and tighten that spiral together. Then I'm going to be using the flat nose pliers to finish tightening the short end of the wire against the long end and tell it is flat against that long end of the wire. If you feel like it would work better, you could also use the nylon job players at this point instead of the flat nose pliers. Alright, before we bend that long end of the wire into the hoop shape, I want to show you that there are two different ways to wrap it. The first way to wrap it is to just continue in the same direction that you wrapped the loop as I did with this rose gold pair. You can see that when looking straight onto the earring, you can't see it in a loop from which the beat is hanging. The other option is to wrap the hoop of the wire to the side of the loop. So as you can see when you look straight on to this airing, you can see the loop from which the beat is hanging. Once you've decided which way you want your hoop to be in relation to the loop where the beat is hanging from. You. Simply place it onto the ring mandrill and then gently bend the wire around the ring mandrel tightly to give it its circular shape. Once you have bent that wire into the circular shape, repeat all these steps for your secondary, and you have completed your very own set of C hoop earrings. Thanks for watching, please let me know in the reviews if you liked this video and I'll see you in the next class. 4. Thank You!: Katrina here to say thank you again, and I hope you will leave a review so that I can know how to improve these videos in what else you guys might be wanting to see and learn how to make. Also, I'd love to see you over on my Instagram page under the same name, Katie Rose creates and tag me in your pictures of the creations that you have made watching my classes. Thank you so much again, for watching my classes. Please share what you've created. I'd love to see it, and I'll see you in the next class.