Drop earrings are made with head
pins. These head pins, decorated with beads, hang freely from the earring findings
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Slide beads onto the head pin in the pattern you desire. Leave a 3/8-inch
portion of the pin uncovered. If necessary, use your wire cutters to cut off the
excess head pin.
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Use your round-nose pliers to bend the exposed 3/8-inch
portion of the head pin until it forms a right angle with the rest of the
pin.
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Grasp the very end of the bent portion of the head pin with
the tips of the round-nose pliers. Carefully roll the bent portion of the head pin
back onto itself to form a round loop, but do not close this loop
entirely.
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Attach the head pin to the earring finding you have chosen.
The earring finding should have a jump ring soldered to it for this
purpose.
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Use the round nose pliers to close the loop. Make sure that the loop is
entirely closed, otherwise, the head pin could slip off the earring finding. Also,
try to make the loop as round as possible.
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