https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/black-onyx-and-gold-earrings • Posted by Nancy Alden
Like a simple black dress, round, matte black onyx beads are the most modest of fashions, but they can be the perfect companion for the richness of gold. These ornamented vermeil bead caps provide plenty of glitter, but they need the restraint of the sober black onyx to be elegant.
Like a simple black dress, round, matte black onyx beads are the most modest of fashions, but they can be the perfect companion for the richness of gold. These ornamented vermeil bead caps provide plenty of glitter, but they need the restraint of the sober black onyx to be elegant.
Start the earring by making the dangles. Add to each 1⁄2" headpin an onyx bead, a bead cap so that it fits over the onyx bead, and a round gold bead. Make a simple loop.
Open the jump rings. Add 1 dangle to a 3mm jump ring and attach it to the ring at one end of the chain. Close the jump ring. Use a 3.5mm jump ring to add 2 dangles to the next ring of the chain. Repeat this to add another 2 dangles to the next ring of the chain.
Attach the end of the chain to the earwire (either by opening the loop of the earwire or slipping it over the hook, depending on the style). Add two dangles to a jump ring and attach it to the loop of the earwire. Close the jump ring.