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| Wine Charms — Katie Hacker |
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Supplies
- six silver charms
- twelve 5mm bicone beads, 2 of each color: Pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
- twelve e-beads, 2 of each color: Pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
- twenty-four 4mm round silver beads
- six silver beading hoops
- six silver jump rings
- white pen
- twelve 3/4” head pins
- super glue
- chain nose pliers
- round nose pliers
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Designer Tip: Avoid mixed-up glasses! This simple project makes it easy to tell whose glass is whose at your next get-together. Just link the finished charms around the base of your glass to tell the glasses apart. We used a gardening theme to make these gorgeous (and functional!) wine charms–follow this same theme or come up with one of your own!
Instructions:
- String a pink bicone bead onto a head pin. Make a simple eye loop (see below for instructions) above the bead. Repeat with the other pink bicone bead and another head pin. Attach one silver charm to one jump ring.
- String a silver bead, a pink e-bead, a pink beaded head pin, a silver bead, the charm, a silver bead, a pink beaded head pin, a pink e-bead and a silver bead onto a beading hoop.
- Use chain nose pliers to bend the end of the hoop at an angle. Arrange the beads centered on the hoop and place a drop of glue on each outer bead to keep the beads in place.
- Repeat for the remaining 5 charms, reserving a different color for each charm.
Creating a simple eye loop
1. With chain nose pliers, grasp the wire 1/4”-1/2” from the end. Turn the pliers to bend the wire back at a right angle. |
2. With round nose pliers, grasp the very end of the wire. Roll the pliers upward to make the loop–let go and move the pliers if necessary to get a nice round loop. |
3. Use the chain nose pliers to flatten and straighten the loop. It should sit centered on the wire end. |
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