Marvelous Maple Leaf Earrings

Materials:

• two enameled leaf charms
• two bicone beads to coordinate with charms
• four seed beads
• two ear wires
• two eye pins
• round nose pliers
• chain nose pliers
• wire cutters
   

Instructions:

1. Slide a seed bead, a bicone bead, and another seed bead onto an eye pin. Grasp wire where it comes out of second seed bead with tips of chain nose pliers. Bend wire at a 90-degree angle. Grasp bend of angle with tips of round nose pliers.  Form as much of a loop as possible. Reposition round nose pliers and complete loop. Use wire cutters to cut excess wire where wires cross. Use flat part of chain nose pliers to flatten and straighten loop.
    
2. Open ear wire; insert one loop of bead dangle just made. Close loop. Open remaining loop of bead dangle and insert charm. Close loop.
    
3. Repeat for second earring.