New Years '2008'
Swarovski Drop Earrings
Designed by Kristin Burgess

Ring in the New Year with this gorgeous NEW cut from Swarovski.

This contemporary crystal shape is fresh and fun and seems to beam radiant light as it swings freely from our sterling hoop chain.  

Mix and match bicones of your color choice to personalize the design to match your very first outfit of the year! 



















 
The Ingredients...

These earrings include from top to bottom...2x  Hoop with Ball Earwires, 6x  6mm open 6mm jump ring thick, 2x  2 inch pieces of silver chain, 4x  20 gauge head pins and 2x Swarovski style PSC6670-4  pendants.   Crystal colors listed in materials box are just the tip of the iceburg!  Check out our other bicone options by clicking the links above or using our search engine with csc-5301-4- and our other Swarovski pendant choices at PSC6670- .  Have fun and Happy New Year!!


Step 1: 

Each earring will need 2 inches of chain.  Each of the two inches should include 3 rings total (2 small and 1 large).    Rings that are cut are not used.  Each of these two pieces are added to the earwire.  The earwire itself can be opened by swinging the loop to the side.  After swinging the earwire open, thread on one jump ring, then 1x  2" portion of chain, then swing earwire closed.  Repeat earring 2...

Step 2:

With 2 pacific opal bicones and 2 crystal AB bicones form four seperate links on four seperate headpins.  Using the roundnose pliers and snips make the loop part on these links as small as the round nose tip will allow.  1 crystal AB link is attached to each earring.  This link is attached to the same ring on the chain that also runs through the earwire loop.  By attaching the crystal AB link to this ring, it ends up resting in the middle of the center Earring ring.  Repeat for earring 2...

Step 3:

The Pacific Opal links are each added to a seperate  jump ring.  This jump ring is attached to the middle ring of the chain.  By attaching the jump ring here, it ends up resting in the center of the large loop on the earring (the bottom link).  Repeat for earring 2...
 
Step 4:

Time to add the Swarovski Crystal pendants!  These are added to the bottom of the chain/earring forming the 'drop'.   Swing an open jump ring to the side, feed on one pendant, then swing shut using the thinline/flatnose pliers.   There are two sides to the pendant.  One has the AB finish.  Take a momoent to look at both sides of the pendants to decide which one you would prefer to face forward on the earring.  Repeat for earring 2...