Precious Metallic Aluminum Earrings

By: Rebeca for Blue Buddha Boutique

By: Rebeca for Blue Buddha Boutique

With three easy steps, these Precious Metallic Aluminum Earrings are ready for you to wear. Chic and stunning, these simple scale earrings will add a little color and cheer up all of your outfits. Not only are there only three steps, but there are also only three types of materials needed to create these stylish DIY earrings. Never before have making earrings been so quick and painless.

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Project TypeMake a Project

Bead TypeMetal

Time to CompleteUnder an hour

Bead Technique UsedChainmail/Wirework

Bead Project TypeEarrings

Easy

Materials:

2 anodized aluminum scales
6 Small Jump Rings
F18 anodized aluminum
F = 5/32” (4.0mm)
18ga SWG = 0.048” (1.2 mm)
2 earwires

Instructions:

Precious Metallic Aluminum Earrings Prep

Prep (per earring): Pre-open 3 small jump rings.

Precious Metallic Aluminum Earrings Step 1

1. Weave one small ring through the hole of the scale. Close the ring.

Precious Metallic Aluminum Earrings Step 2

2. Weave a second small ring through the hole of the scale, next to your previous ring. Close the ring.

Precious Metallic Aluminum Earrings Step 3

3. Weave your final ring through both of thesmall rings andalso put on the earwire.

Note: The scale can face two different ways depending on which way the earwire is attached. The scale’s indent can face outward or inward, so be aware of this as you attach the earwire in Step 3.