Ahhh howd you make your kurapika earings they are pErFeCT , sorry if you answered this already
OK so let me try to explain this the best I can (sorry if this reply is kinda long and unhelpful LMAO)
supplies -
this glue IS A GOD SEND
6mm crimps
this type of jewelry chain
this photo is really shaky but they’re earring post backs
some sort of semi-flexible ring, i got mine from jo-anns (to be clear semi-flexible is not in the product description LOL basically you're just looking for one of those rings you can flex)
these various jewelry tools
beads (i got mine here) [edit: who would have thought this post would still be making rounds in the year of our lord 2023 lol. Here is an updated link to the same shop:
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gemstones (i got mine here)
so for the metal piece i took one of those rings and cut it down to the right size (you’ll need something strong enough to cut it or at least make a mark so you can bend it off). using the two pliers from my jewelry set, i bent the metal piece so it curved on my ear.
now….attaching all the pieces is kind of weird. the main thing i used to put everything together were these littles clamps
The posts are easy to attach just with glue, but for the chain i attached a clamp to the metal piece. the circle side of the clamp is glue to the metal, and i slightly bent it so it went in the direction i wanted it to. i then glued the chain into the open part of the clamp, and used my pliers to close it up.
the part with the bead is a lot messier LOL. i used two clamps. one is attached to the chain, and the other is sorta attached to the bead. the circle parts are were i connected it with glue. as you can see it’s like….not fully on the bead like i intended? i tried to close it up a bit like i did with the other piece, but it didn’t work out too well.
aaaaand the last step is just glueing on the gem which is pretty straight forward.
hope that helped!
