Step By Step Wire Jewelry Projects & Tips

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Featured Projects

Variation on the Trumpet Bangle A variation on this project from the Winter 2010 Step by Step Wire Jewelry issue. by Beth Helberg (Winter 2010)

Pea Pod Earrings Seed beads woven with fine wire and make your own earwires. Make a pair of earrings that have the feel of a fresh garden with these pea pod earrings. Combine seed beads and wire in this perfect crossover project. Finished size: 2 1/2”. by Lindsay Burke, courtesy of FusionBeads.com (Winter 2010) Available for a limited time from BeadingDaily.com.

Raindrop Earrings These easy wire earrings use big beads framed with coiled drops. This is a quick, beginner project for wire jewelry makers of all levels to have fun making. by Jenna Colyar-Cooper, courtesy of FusionBeads.com (Fall 2009) Available for a limited time from BeadingDaily.com.

Loop de Loop Bangle Bracelet Make a fun wire bangle with crystals and two sterling bangle bracelets. Connect the bracelets with silver craft wire and leftover crystals from your stash for an eyecatching and affordable accessory. by Allison Hoffman at Fusionbeads.com (Summer 2009) Available for a limited time from BeadingDaily.com.

Champagne Wishes Bracelet Wrap champagne-colored cubic zirconia beads on the frame with gold-filled wire around this pretty bangle. Attach embellishing beads with jump rings. by Fusionbeads.com (Summer 2009) Available for a limited time from BeadingDaily.com.

Garnets Galore Create this eye-catching pendant with basic tools and skills. Easy to customize, you can use a variety of beads and gemstones to achieve your own individual look. This design is simple enough for a day at work and fun enough to effortlessly take you from the office to a night on the town! The finished piece measures 17"-18", but the length can be easily customized by increasing or decreasing the length of the chain. by Minnie Bhupathi (Summer Preview 2009) Available for a limited time from BeadingDaily.com.

Stud Earrings These earrings are made by spiraling both ends. You can also modify this design by adding a loop at the bottom of the earring, and attaching a bead of your choice. It's a fun earring design that can be dressed up or kept casual. by Jeanette Blix Ryan (Spring 2009) Available from BeadingDaily.com.

The Perfect Finish to Viking Knit Now that you've mastered the Viking Knit loop stitch in the Winter 2009 issue, how do you finish off those ends? I'm going to show you several things you can do. Plus, we'll experiment with other uses for the Viking Knit chain. With a little creativity, you can increase the stitches to make your tube piece wider, or decrease to make your piece thinner. You can beads, make earrings from the leftover pieces, and so much more. by Kathleen Pierce (Spring 2009) Available from BeadingDaily.com

 

Wireworking Tips & Basics, Making Wire Supplies

Make Your Own Jump Rings Howard Siegel offers this tutorial on an affordable way to make your own jump rings with 18g wire. The rings he makes in this tutorial were used to make the Chinese Stretched Knot Chain that can be found in Step by Step Wire Jewelry's Spring 2008 issue. by Howard Siegel (Spring 2008) Note: This project was updated on 4/2/08 to include a tutorial on Fusing Silver jump rings. If you downloaded this prior to 4/2/08 and just need that part of the project, you can download the fusing tutorial here.

Making Headpins by Tamara Honaman Beginner project.

Making Jump Rings, Creating Open & Closed Loops Learn to make your own jump rings, open and close them, and to create wrapped wire loops.

Free Wire Jewelry Projects (Available for a limited time only)

Dancing Spirals Earrings These down-to-earth earrings have a wonderful surprise ... they dance! As you stand still, the earrings line up in a stack of spirals. When you move, the spirals dance around! Simple to create and best of all–the longest piece of wire you'll use is only 2". These earrings are a great project for all the scrap wire that is lying around your beading surface. by Heather Trundle (Winter 2009)

Holiday Poinsettia Pendant This poinsettia assumes knowledge of basic wireworking techniques, as well as twisting wire and coiling wire around a mandrel, and is constructed in three sections. First is the inner row of petals, using 20g wire. The middle row uses two lengths of 24g wire twisted together. The outermost layer of leaves, using coiled wire, is 28g wire coiled over the 20g wire. The center is made by adding the crystals using freeform wirework. Finish it by stringing on a length of ribbon and a waxed cord. This flower is from a challenge conducted by beadingforum.com.au. by Robyn Wilson (Winter 2009)

Freeform Wire Earrings Leeza designed these earrings while working at Turquoise-StringBeads in Fall River, Mass. The owner of the store, Nancy Valentine, had some gorgeous semi-precious beads, and asked Leeza to use them in a funky freeform wire earring. These are hot sellers at their store. by Leeza Khoury (Winter 2009) Available from BeadingDaily.com

Parallel Chain Neckdrape This gold and silver necklace was inspired by Stephanie Everett’s tutorial of the two-toned parallel chain bracelet. A customer of mine bought the bracelet, and asked for a necklace to match. by Barbara Hance (Fall 2008) Available for a limited time.

Remembrance Ribbon Earrings Use half-round wire in a heavy gauge to create these earrings for gifts or for charity. Instructions including optional steps for creating your own earwires as well as photos showing several variations to personalize your earrings. by Sandra Lupo (Fall 2008)

Fireflies You have to go to the fishing section of your local department store and find the glow-in-the-dark beads! These beads have wide holes so you won’t have any trouble slipping two wires through them. Just be sure the bead for the head will accommodate two wires. This design can use any type of wire and will use up those left over beads too! Try different wing shapes and add some lively color with the head bead for some fun. by Char Jorgensen (Summer 2008)

Twisted Branches (Coral) Necklace Chunky coral beads playfully dangle from fine wire. This sculptural technique allows you to easily add more branches to the necklace. by Karey Grant (Summer 2008)

Butterfly Pendant Using a drawing as your guide, create your own custom jig (using wood and nails) and form wire wings to highlight a glass focal bead. by Carolyn Baum (Summer Preview 2008)

Round in Circles Earrings In the Summer Preview 2008 issue of Step by Step Wire Jewelry you learned how to make the Round in Circles bracelet. Here you can learn to make Nicola Ryan's earrings to match. by Nicola Ryan (Summer Preview 2008) Note: Step 8 was missing one line at the very end of the instructions, so if you downloaded this project prior to May 1st, please take note of this correction. Connect the eyepins with a jump ring.

Ring-A-Ding Wire Wrapped Ring In Step by Step Wire Jewelry's Spring 2008 issue, you learned how to make the Ring-a-Ding swirly ring. In part two, learn how to make the basic plain ring. It’s a stunning ring on its own, without the extra embellishments. This project assumes some prior knowledge of basic wire wrapping techniques. by Martha Umberger (Spring 2008)

Harvest Gold Necklace A combination of wire crochet and wire sculpture. by Judy Zedalis (Winter 2008)

O-Ring_Earrings Rubber rings paired with Swarovski crystal and silver. by Charlene Anderson (Winter 2008)

Spiraled 2 (Wire Bangle and Toggle) Beginner-to-intermediate spiral knotted bangle and toggle set. by Pepper Mentz (Fall 2007)

Silver and Sparkle Bracelet by Donna Kraidman Beginner wire and crystals bracelet. (Winter 2007)

Coiled Stiletto Earrings by Catherine Hodge Beginner wire earrings. (Summer 2006)

Simple Solution by Jean Power Beginner wire wrapping - showcasing a focal bead. (Spring 2006)

Esprit Christmas Earrings by Diane Karg Baron Beginner-to-intermediate wire and bead trees. (Winter 2006)

Pearl, Agate and Silver Set By Kate McKinnon Wire necklace, bracelet and earrings.

Wire Projects for Sale at the Beading Daily Project Store

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Beaded Chain Advanced sterling chains project. by Jeanne Jerousek-McAninch

Japanese 2-By-2 Beaded Chain Maille Bracelet Add bursts of color to your chain maille with some faceted rounds. This beginner/intermediate project includes step-by-step photographs. by Gladys Botz

Faux Beach Glass Bracelet Beginner-to-intermediate polymer clay and wire bracelet. by Syndee Holt

Wire Crochet Bracelet Crochet wire and pearl bracelet Weave multi-colored pearls with silver wire using wire crochet. This intermediate level project assumes basic knowledge of crochet. The instructions include step-by-step photographs. by Jodi Bombardier

Maasai Beaded Wire Vessel Beginner-to-intermediate project by Wendy Ellsworth

Making Beaded Rosaries Beginner-to-intermediate bead and wire project by Kate Drew-Wilkinson

Wire Frame Peruvian Opal Bracelet Great beginning wirewrapping project This fun frame bracelet is a great starter project for the jewelry artist who is new to wire wrapping. It is easy to change the length of the bracelet. by Jodi Bombardier

Wire Coiled Bead Cluster Earrings Cluster earring with a twist. These whimsical cluster earrings have lots of moment, thanks to a bit of chain. The look lies somewhere between wire wrapped beads and wire caged beads. Beginner/intermediate project. by Erin Sibley

Trendy Choker Beginner-to-intermediate wire crochet and bead necklace by Pat Moses Caudel