Apple Earrings (2 min DIY Jewelry)

Make these delightful apple earrings at any time, but they make particularly good Christmas, Friendship, Back-to-School accessories, or Teacher Appreciation Gifts.

The gold and the apple theme offer a good balance between seriously respectable and happily frivolous. Plus, these earrings are just the right length for shorter hairdo’s. Isn’t that perfect for teachers (or clever school girls) ???!!

What I personally particularly like about the earrings I have created here is the Chinese painting on the red beads, as well as the light-weight nature of wooden beads.

As per normal for the Fine Craft Guild -projects, these earrings are super-easy to put together. Took me more time to make the photos than to design and make the earrings.

What You’ll Need to Make these Earrings

Jewelry Making Supplies

1. Two Red Round Wood Beads
   
   Option:   with a Sharpie and/or some color markers make your own design on the wooden beads.
2. Two or Four Gold-plated Leaf Bead Charms
   
   Note:   My leaves came as a set of two that you simply pinch together. I could not find this particular kind online, however there are many others (even better) leaves in the links that I am providing here.
3. Two 22K Gold Plated Head Pins (22 Gauge/1.5 Inches)
   
4. Two of these: Gold-Filled Fish Hook Earring Hooks or Gold-Plated Fish Hook Earring Hooks
   
5. Two or for: Red Seed Beads
   

Jewelry Making Tools

1. Round-nose Jewelry Pliers
   

Tip: For happy jewelry making, get a good pair of pliers from the get-go!

Apple Earrings:  Jewelry Making Tutorial

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: Collect all your materials and make sure that the sizes of the various elements are compatible. E.g. I had to add a seed bead to the bottom of my apple as the core of the wooden beads were too large for my pins.

Step 2: String a seed bead and then the Apple bead followed by one or more gold (plated) leaves. and the earring hoop.

Step 3: With your round-nose pliers, make a loop at the end of the pin, securing the leaves and the earring hoops in the circle.

Voila.

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