You can make a beautiful pair of Crystal Drop Earrings on the cheap! The perfect jewelry accessory for your wedding or prom.
Have you ever tried making your own jewelry? I know it may look daunting but it really is so easy and can be so much cheaper.
I found these two packages of crystal charms for $1.50 on clearance at my local craft store.
That means this cute pair of Crystal Drop Earrings only cost me $3.00. If I were to see these at a store they would have been at least $20 and possibly even more!
Supplies Used to Make Crystal Drop Earrings
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How to Open a Jump Ring
For starters let me show you the correct way to open a jump ring. It is very simple but this is something that I didn't know for the longest time.
When you open a jump ring you want to hold it with a pair of jewelry pliers in each hand, each holding the ring.
I used to pull the jump ring straight apart to open, but that is not the correct way. When you pull the jump ring straight open you are actually changing the shape of the ring and it will no longer be circular but more oval.
What you want to do instead, is still hold a pair of jewelry pliers in each hand, holding the jump ring in the middle.
This time use your wrists and turn one wrist forwards while rolling the other wrist back. That way your jump ring stays in a circle.
You can see in the next picture how the ring was opened by twisting. To close the ring you do the same motion just in the opposite direction until the two ends come together.
Now that you have the jump rings down these earrings are going to come together super quick!
How to Make Crystal Teardrop Earrings
Join the two smaller rings together with a jump ring.
Attach the larger crystal with another jump ring.
For the top, you actually want to add two jump rings together and attach to the top charm.
This will keep your earring dangling to the front and they won't turn sideways.
Attach the ear hook to the second or top jump ring, and you have one earring done! Repeat and you will have completed the pair of Crystal Drop Earrings
So cute, and will dress up any outfit. In fact, this beautiful pair of earrings would be perfect for prom or wedding jewelry!
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Al
These are stunning! They're exactly want I wanted for my wedding but I couldn't find the right style beads. I ended up buying something different but these reminded me of what I'd originally hoped to find.
Jennifer Johnson
I love these!! I can't wait to make a pair!
Kristina & Millie
lovely earrings! awesome tutorial! Pinned 🙂 Hope you will link up to our Snickerdoodle Sunday! 🙂
Kelsy
Cute earrings! They are so pretty!
Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above
These are beautiful. We would love to have you share this with our link party. It's at Adorned From Above, and it runs from Tuesday night through Sunday night. It's up now.
Have a great week.
Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above
Priscila
Wow I never knew they were so easy to do it! Will definitely have to try it. I'm pinning your photo. What craft store did you find these? (Found you on creative city of dreams link party)
Katie
I got the rhinestone charms at Michaels Arts & Crafts
Amy | The Happy Scraps
Beautiful earrings. You really do make it sounds/look easy to make. Thank you for linking up to The Creative Exchange! 🙂
Rebecca @ My Girlish Whims
Thanks so much for linking up to Your Whims Wednesday, I featured this on my blog tonight! Come stop by and grab a featured button 🙂
Gloria
Very nice earrings! Thanks for sharing how you made them too.
S.L. Payne
I love these! I started making jewelry awhile ago and was totally surprised by how easy it actually is; I love how you explain everything here! So clear and your explanation about how to open the jump rings is great especially since that is surprisingly so important to make sure they don't love their strength and keep their shape. I love your design and you've inspired me to check those clearance bins more often 🙂 Glad to have found your site so thanks so much for sharing!
-Sara
Melissa Page
Great tip on using the pliers! What you did is lovely! I might make my rhinestone drop longer. I'm thinking of making one for a party I'm attending in a month.
Darla Sparks
Wonderful earrings, very nice post!