Butterfly Ball set - Easy Choker & co ordinating Drop Earrings

Butterfly Ball set - Easy Choker & co ordinating Drop Earrings

This feminine set is easy to wear and dresses up or down. It's simple and quick to make too.

Tools:

• Chain nose pliers, flat nose pliers, round nose pliers and cutters

Beads & Findings:

• 1 metre of beading chain
• 7 tiny butterfly dangles
• 14 5mm jump rings
• 1 10mm lobster clasp
• 2 10mm Fimo beads - I used 2 from our wild mix
• 2 earwires
• 2 eye pins

Method

• Cut the chain to fit your neck - the completed necklace will sit just on your collar bone (this is usually about 16"!)
• Attach a 5mm jump ring to each end of the chain
• Attach a lobster clasp to one jump ring
• Try on the necklace and adjust the fit if necessary
• Cut a short length of chain (mine was 21 links long) and attach a jump ring to each end
• Attach one butterfly charm to one jump ring
• Close the lobster clasp and hold the necklace up to locate the central link
• Attach the other jump ring on the end of the butterfly chain to the central link
• Cut a very short length of chain (mine was 3 links long) and attach a jump ring to each end
• Thread a Fimo bead onto an eye pin, trim to size and turn a loop. Attach the loop to the chain length.
• Attach a 5mm jump ring and a butterfly to the eye pin loop
• Count 7 links along the necklace from the butterfly dangle and attach the fimo bead chain
• Cut another piece of chain (mine was 10 links long) and attach the other Fimo bead and butterfly, following the 2 steps above
• Count 7 links along the necklace from the butterfly dangle (opposite direction - see pic!) and attach the fimo bead chain
• Check the fit - the butterfly dangle should drape from the hollow of your throat.

• To make the earrings, cut 2 pieces of chain (mine was 40 links long) and attach a 5mm jump ring to each end.
• Attach a butterfly charm to each end of the chain
• Hook the 15th link onto an earwire
• Repeat for a pair!

If you'd like to receive all the findings and beads you need to make this set for FREE - then place an order over £5 (excluding postage) this weekend at www.madcowbeads.com and we'll send you your free items automatically. Hurry though - this offer ends at midday on Monday October 3rd 2011

Cute Cluster Drop Earrings

Hi!

Here's a quick and easy - but really effective - earring pattern. I made mine with plated findings and lightweight acrylic bicones, but it would easily 'upscale' with sterling silver jump rings and Swarovski bicones if you're an uptown girl!

Tools and Supplies:

4 7mm jump rings

4 5mm jump rings

2 ear hook wires

6 4mm acrylic bicones (2 in each of 3 colours)

6 head pins

2 pairs chain nose pliers (or 1 flat, 1 chain, or 1 jump ring tool and 1 chain)
Round nose pliers
Cutters

Method:

• Thread one bicone onto each headpin and turn a loop
• *Open 1 7mm jump ring
• Thread on 2 5mm jump rings and 1 ear hook
• Close 7mm jump ring, ensuring ends are tight and snug!
• Open 1 7mm jump ring
• Thread on 3 bicone loops (1 of each colour)
• Thread the 7mm jump ring through both 5mm jump rings and close the 7mm jump ring
• Repeat from * above - but thread on your bicones in the opposite order to ensure a pair of earrings when worn!

Wear, and enjoy the admiration :-)