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Crystal Chandelier Earrings Crystal Chandelier Earrings From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-309

Figure A

Materials: (figure A)

Wrap-Tite stone settings in various sizes
Cubic zirconia faceted stones in various sizes
Sterling-silver eye-pins
Austrian crystal and sterling-silver beads in various sizes
Sterling-silver earwires
Chain-nose pliers
Round-nose pliers
Metal-cutter
Smooth pen or dowel

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Crystal Chandelier Earrings

Creating the Earrings

1. Place a Wrap-Tite setting over each cubic zirconia stone (18 stones are needed) and push until you hear the setting click into place around the stone; the interior groove in the setting acts as a bezel around the stone.

2. Using chain-nose pliers, squeeze the notch at the top of the setting until it is firmly closed.

3. The stones are attached to eye-pins that have had cubic zirconia stones inserted at their centers. These drops will hang from the bottom portion of the chandelier form and from the center of the chandelier teardrop.

4. Using pliers, straighten out the backs of two eye-pins until you have a flat bar running across the edge. On the other end, create an eye-link.

5. Bend the centers of the eye-pins until the sides are angled, forming two sides of a triangle. Turn out the eye-links so they will face front, instead of to the side; this allows the stones to face front.

6. Using wire-nippers, clip open the jump ring at the top of the tear on the chandelier form, then thread the two eye-links (one triangular eye-link with two stones, framing one eye-link with a cubic zirconia center and zirconia drop, made in step 3) onto the ring. Tightly close the jump ring.

7. Attach the cubic zirconia drops (made in step 3) to the lower portion of the chandelier.

8. Add one drop to the small top "tear" on the chandelier form.

9. Attach each chandelier to an earwire.