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Gun Metal Earrings and Bracelet Set
Designed by: Sara Hardin
Skill Level: Beginner
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Materials:

  • 6mm Crystals or CZ's - 12 beads
  • 4mm Crystals or CZ's - 26 beads
  • 22 Gauge Gun Metal Soft Flex Art Wire - about 30 inches

Tools:

  • Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters
  • Soft Flex® Professional Needle Nose Pliers
  • Soft Flex® Professional Round Nose Pliers

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Instructions for Earring:

  1. To make ear wires for the earrings, use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut about 2 inches of Soft Flex Art Wire from the spool. Use the narrow end of Soft Flex® Professional Round Nose Pliers to form a simple loop at one end of the wire. Move the pliers 1/2 an inch away from the simple loop. Using the wide end of the pliers, wrap the wire in the opposite direction as the simple loop. Repeat entire step to form a second ear wire.
  2. Use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut 2 inches of wire from the spool. Form a wire wrapped loop that attaches to 1 ear wire. String one 4mm crystal, one 6mm crystal, and one 4mm crystal and form a wire wrapped loop.
  3. Repeat Step 2, attaching the first wire wrapped loop to the second loop formed in the previous step.
  4. Use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut 2 inches of wire from the spool. Form a wire wrapped loop that attaches to the second loop formed in the previous step. String one 4mm crystal, one 6mm crystal, and one 4mm crystal. Wrap the tail end of the wire up and around the bottom bead.
  5. Repeat Steps 2-4 for the second earring.

Instructions for Bracelet:

  1. To make the Hook clasp, use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut a 4 inch piece of Soft Flex Art Wire from the spool.
  2. With your needle nose pliers, bend your wire in half so you now have two wires side by side. Use your pliers to pinch the top, leaving no space between the two wires. Use round nose pliers to grip the wires about 1/2 an inch from the bend. Wrap the wires around the pliers to form the hook.
  3. Use both tail ends of wire to form a wire wrapped loop.
  4. Use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut 1 1/2 inches of wire from the spool Form a wire wrapped loop that attaches to the wire wrapped loop formed in Step 3. String one 4mm crystal and form a wire wrapped loop.
  5. Use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut 2 inches of wire from the spool. Form a wire wrapped loop that attaches to the loop in the previous step. String one 4mm crystal, one 6mm cystal, and one 4mm crystal. Form a wire wrapped loop.
  6. Repeat Step 5 five times.
  7. Repeat Step 4, making sure to double the size of the final wire wrapped loop so that the hook will attach to the loop.

Projects not intended for children under the age of 13. The information on this instruction sheet is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, nor results guaranteed. Soft Flex® Company disclaims all liability from any injury to anyone undertaking the construction of this project as a result of improper safety precautions.

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