Cobalt Blue Glass Earrings

To make the center drop use 1 headpin, 1 glass drop bead, and 2 small beads on either end of the drop bead.

Thread the small bead, the glass drop, and the second small bead onto the headpin. Make a 90-degree angle using the flat nose pliers to begin the wire wrapped loop.

Use the round-nose pliers to make a loop. Place the jaws of the round-nose pliers next to the 90-degree angle. Make a loop to form a circle at the top of the bead drop.

Wrap the tail of the wire tightly around the neck of the loop.

Cut off the remaining wire using the wire cutters. Make the second glass drop.

The silver wire will be cut into 2 pieces of 6 inch length. Bend the wire in half gently.

Thread one glass drop bead onto one wire. Thread 15 small beads onto the wire.

Thread 15 more beads up the other side of the wire.

Use your fingers to gently push the wires together at the top of the bead strand.

Use the flat-nose pliers to twist one wire around the other, then out at a 90-degree angle.

Using the flat nose pliers, bend the straight wire at a 90-degree angle out to the side of the strand.

Use the round nose pliers and one of the wire tails to make a loop at the top of the wire.

Wrap both wire tails around the base of the loop.

Cut one of the wire tails close to the base. Use the flat nose pliers to tuck the tail into the stem.

Wrap the second piece of wire around both wires, then cut off the remaining tail wire.

Squeeze the wires into the stem. Feel the stem for sharp wire edges, then cut and tuck firmly into the stem.

Attach each top loop of each earring to the ear wires. Close the loops.