Quick Earwire Tutorial:
Have you ever made a pair of earrings at home and realized that you’re out of earwires to put them on? (And your friendly local bead shop unfortunately isn’t open at 10pm, right? :P) You can make a set of earwires yourself in five minutes just using a pen! How, you ask? Just like this:
Materials:
- about 5 inches of 20/21 gauge wire of your choice of metal
- beads (optional; shown in sample: 4mm Swarovski crystal bicone)
Tools:
- ballpoint pen (or Sharpie for a more dramatic curve)
- wire cutters
- chain nose pliers
- round nose pliers
- file (a nail file works just fine)
1. Start with a piece of 20 gauge that is about 2 ½ inches long. You can always trim it down, so working with a long piece ensures that you won’t be short on wire.
2. Using a pair of round nose pliers, make a simple loop on one end of the wire.
3. At this point, you can add a bead if you want to, to make it a bit more unique! Using your finger, put a slight bend in the wire just above the bead (or the loop, if you aren’t adding a bead).


Hope this helps!
-Michelle