Ear Bud Earrings

This craft was inspired by one I found on cutoutandkeep.net. The original can be found here. For my version, you will need a pair of old earbuds that you don't want anymore, scissors, xacto knife, two hook earrings, and hot glue. I started by cutting the buds off, leaving a little of the excess wire on them. Using the xacto knife, I carefully--and I can't emphasize enough how carefully--opened up some of the white casing, exposing the copper wire underneath. Once I had a suitible length of wire exposed, I cut off the slit casing. I then threaded the wire of one earbud through the opening at the bottom of one of the hook earrings. I pulled the wire through and down, twisting it around the otherside. I then secured it in place with a dab of hot glue. I did the same for the other bud.

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Dangling Heart Earrings

This is a pair of earrings I made as one of my first attempts at jewelry making. The materials used eye pins, clear plastic beads, pink heart-sharped beads, and earring hooks, and a pair of small jump rings. The tools used was a pair of round nosed pilers. (Also, the heart beads came with larger jump rings that I left attached).

I started by beading three clear plastic beads each onto two eye pins. Then, using the pilers, I rolled the bottom of both pins into closed loops, much like the pre-made loops at the top. Using the pilers to open and close the jump rings, I attached the larger jump rings--which were still through the hearts--to the bottom of the eye pins in the loops I had made, one heart per pin. Finally, I attached a jump ring to one of the earring hooks and then connected it, using the jump ring, to the top, pre-made loop of the eye pin. I repeated this for the other earring. And volia!

(Picture was made darker in GIMP for better viewing.)