DIY jewelry - nicea gift for yourself and your friends. Not only their low price speaks in favor of making such jewelry. It is always nice to wear something truly exclusive. And how nice it is to make such beauty yourself, and it is not worth mentioning! Earrings with your own hands are much easier to make than rings or necklaces. Nothing is impossible! Turn on your imagination, and go ahead … How to make earrings with your own hands? To make earrings, we will need earwires (clasps for earrings). They can be bought in any store that sells jewelry fittings. If desired, a simple clasp - "hook" - can be made yourself. To do this, take ordinary thin steel wire and round-nose pliers (these are pliers with round "nippers"). We will also need metal scissors (they can be replaced with nail clippers). Measure a length of about 3 cm and "bite off". Then bend about 2 cm with round-nose pliers, so 1 cm will go behind the earlobe. To make it easier to put on, bend the very tip of the wire back, as they do in factories. Twist the other end of the wire with the thin end of the round-nose pliers. Do not clamp tightly, wait. You will clamp it when you attach the earring body to the hook.
What will it take to make earrings?
- schwenzy
- wire
- scissors
- thread
- round pliers
- material for earrings
- carcass
The frame can be the base of your choice.forms: wire, cardboard, wood. What materials can earrings be made of? Almost any! The modern market offers all sorts of materials: from pieces of fabric to any kind of stones. You just need to decide what exactly you want.
Earrings from soft materials
Knitted earrings look creative and cantell a lot about their owner. If you have decided to wear such earrings, you probably have a delicate romantic nature. At the same time, you cannot be denied courage. You can knit beautiful earrings yourself in 20 minutes. Just choose stiffer threads. They will "hold their shape" well, and will keep it in any weather. You can knit anything: flowers, snowflakes, birds of paradise. It would be nice to decorate knitted earrings with beads, rhinestones or even ordinary buttons. You can take an ordinary paper clip as a basis (frame). Let's straighten it, "twist" the thread and tie it. We will need: earwires, knitting thread, crochet hook, frame. Earrings made of drape, wool, leather wonderfully complement a suitable wardrobe. To create such beautiful jewelry, you first need to make a sketch on paper. Make a pattern with a drawing based on this sketch. Leather and hard fabric will hold their shape well, but soft fabric should be treated with glue diluted in water. Mica glue, decorative glue, and any epoxy polyesters are suitable for this. After the decoration is ready, it needs to be treated with a special varnish. It is not cheap, but your earrings will become hard and will not wrinkle. Any decorative varnish for decoupage will do. You can make earrings from fur, felted wool, feathers, and any other materials at hand. Of course, they should not be varnished so as not to spoil the presentation. We will need: fabric, decoupage glue, a pattern, earwires. Paper earrings are not a fantasy at all! They can be very beautiful and quite durable if processed correctly! Choose glossy paper for jewelry. Old glossy magazines will do. Cut a colored page into narrow strips. Roll the paper into a roll. Secure with glue. Let it dry. The resulting beads can be strung on a thread or put on a wire. To prevent the paper from getting wet and fading, you need to cover them in several layers with a special glass varnish. Give the details of the paper earrings a variety of shapes: a cone, a rose, a ball.
Earrings from hard materials
You can make earrings with your own handsusing wooden, metal parts, polymer materials, as well as natural and artificial stones. Of course, you should have blanks for this. If you already have stone beads, it will not be difficult to make ball earrings from them. Just thread the wire and secure it at the end with a small loop. If you combine several beads and put them on one loop, you will get a "beading" technique. By the way, beaded earrings are very elegant! What do you need to make earrings with your own hands from stones that do not have a through hole? Here you will have to show your imagination. So, you can "tie" the stones with threads using the principle of fashionable "Shamballa" jewelry. A large stone can be dipped in a specially knitted mesh (knitted using a special "knot" technique). The end of the thread should be secured and attached to the lock. Sometimes, if you have seen, a large stone is "surrounded" with a wire spiral. Natural stones look very nice inside such a mysterious "cocoon". It is quite difficult to make a spiral yourself. Although some "unwind" ordinary springs from ballpoint pens for this! However, now the market of fittings is already full of all sorts of "good stuff", including spring spirals and decorative elements. Earrings made of polymer materials are for real needlewomen. Clay, art plastic or plaster "will sparkle" only in skillful hands. In order to become a sculptor of small details, you will have to take several lessons. Here you will need not only an inexhaustible imagination, but also special tools, including a kiln. In addition, the products will then need to be elegantly painted with a thin brush. For this, you will need special paints for glass and ceramics. It is recommended to cover them with varnish on top. If appropriate, you can use the "crackle" effect, that is, cracks. As you can see, it is not at all difficult to create a piece of jewelry dear to your heart yourself. The main thing is the desire to create! Now you can tell your friends how to make earrings with your own hands.