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Never be without a head pin again! If you have wire, you can create a head pin to use in any of your designs.

What you will need:
1 pair of side nippers
1 pair chain nosed pliers
Wire
Daisy spacer (optional)

Cut a piece of wire 1 3/4″ in length. Pictured here is 22 ga sterling wire.

Grasp the very end of the wire with the chain nosed pliers, turn the pliers in a counter clockwise direction 180 degrees.

You have a ‘hook’

Pinch the hook together with your chain nosed pliers

There is your head pin!

You can use a daisy spacer bead as a decoration or as a stopper if the beads you are using have a larger hole.

Now you are ready to create earrings, pendants or add charms to any of your designs!

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Fun and flirty design, goes great with any outfit.

What you will need:

* 2 – top drilled 10 x 12 mm faceted briolettes
* 18 – 6mm sterling silver jump rings
* 2 – 2 1/2″of 22 gauge half hard round sterling wire
* 2 – sterling silver french hooks

Make a wire wrapped loop at the end of one of the wire pieces. Slide the briolette onto the wire about 1/4″ from the wrap. Bend the loop up at a 90 degree angle. Take the straight end of the wire, bend it up at a 90 degree angle and begin to wrap it back up towards the loop. Slide 8 of the jump rings onto the top of the earring. Secure the 9th ring thru the eye of the loop. Attach the ear wire through the top loop.

Repeat to create the other earring.

Find other great designs at http://www.justatish.com

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