Twinkling Celestial Earrings
Imagine these beauties just brushing your shoulders while the light reflects on the gorgeous Swarovski crystal cubes.  Dancing among the crystals are pretty freshwater rice pearls and our fabulous star pearls.  These earrings are shoulder dusters, but you can certainly make them shorter by adjusting the length of the chain.

Materials:
1 Pkg.  White Rice Freshwater Pearls  (#13001) Qty: 
1 Pkg.  Peacock Purple Star Pearls  (#13368) Qty: 
1 Pkg.  Swarovski Fuchsia Cube Crystals, 6mm  (#16707) Qty: 
1 Pkg.  Sterling Silver Ball Earring Post, 5mm  (#50028) Qty: 
1 Pkg.  Sterling Silver Jump Rings, 5mm  (#50075) Qty: 
1 Pkg.  Silver Plated Thin Head Pin, 1 1/2 inch  (#50582) Qty: 
1 Pkg.  Silver Plated Thin Eye Pin, 1 1/2 inch  (#50590) Qty: 
2 Feet  Sterling Silver Oval & 8 Fine Chain  (#62007) Qty: 

Directions:
Drop #1. 
Step 1. Onto a Head Pin place 1 Rice Pearl.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Head Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly.  Set aside.
Step 2. Onto an Eye Pin place 1 Rice Pearl.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly. Set aside.
Step 3.  Onto an Eye Pin place 1 Star Pearl.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly.  Set aside
Step 4. Onto an Eye Pin place 1 Crystal Cube.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly. Set aside.
Step 5.  Cut the chain so that you have one Oval from the chain. Insert the Oval into the loop of the Head Pin with the Rice Pearl and then into the loop of one of the Eye Pin with the Rice Pearl.  Close the loops tightly.  Set aside
Step 6. Cut the chain so that you have 2 Ovals (there should be a figure 8 in between the 2 Ovals).  Place one Oval into the other side of the Eye Pin with the Rice Pearl and the other Oval into the bottom loop of the Eye Pin with the Star Pearl.  Close the loops tightly.  Set aside.
Step 7.  Cut the chain again so that you have only one Oval from the chain.  Insert the Oval into the top loop of the Eye Pin with the Star Pearl and the loop of one of the Eye Pins with the Crystal Cube.  Close the loop tightly.  Set aside
Step 8. Cut the chain so that you have 4 Ovals.  Place one end of the chain, into the loop of the opposite end of the Eye Pin with the Crystal Cube.  Close the loop tightly.  You have completed your first Drop.  Set aside.

Drop #2.
Step 1.  Onto a Head Pin place 1 Star Pearl.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Head Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly. Set aside 
Step 2. Onto an Eye Pin place 1 Crystal Cube.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly.  Set aside.
Step 3.  Cut the chain so that you have 9 Ovals.  Place one end of the chain you have just cut into the loop of the Head Pin with the Star Pearl and place the other end of the chain into the loop of the Eye Pin with the Crystal Cube.  Close the loops tightly.
Step 4.  Cut the chain so that you have two Ovals and attach one end of this chain into the other loop of the Eye Pin with the Crystal Cube.  Close the loop tightly.  You have completed your second Drop.  Set aside.

Drop #3
Step 1. Onto a Head Pin place 1 Star Pearl.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Head Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly. Set aside.
Step 2. Onto an Eye Pin place 1 Rice Pearl.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly. Set aside.
Step 3.  Cut the chain so that you have 6 Ovals.  Place one end of this chain into the loop of the Head Pin with the Star Pearl and the other end into the loop of the Eye Pin with the Rice Pearl. Close the loops tightly.
Step 4.  Cut the chain so that you have 3 Ovals. Place one end of the chain into the other loop of the Eye Pin with the Rice Pearl.  Close the loop tightly.  You have completed your third Drop.  Set aside.

Drop #4 
Step 1. Onto a Head Pin place 1 Crystal Cube.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Head Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly. Set aside. 
Step 2. Onto an Eye Pin place 1 Crystal Cube.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly. Set aside.
Step 3.  Cut the chain so that you have 2 Ovals.  Place one end of this chain into the loop of the Head Pin with the Crystal Cube and the other end into the loop of the Eye Pin with the Crystal Cube.  Close the loops tightly.  
Step 4.  Cut the chain so that you have 6 Ovals.  Place one end of this chain into the other loop of the Eye pin with the Crystal Cube.  Close the loop tightly.  You have completed the fourth Drop.  Set aside.

Drop #5
Step 1. Onto a Head Pin place 1 Crystal Cube.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Head Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly. Set aside. 
Step 2. Onto an Eye Pin place 1 Rice Pearl.  Using a wire cutter cut off the excess Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using flat nose pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Carefully bend the 3/16" piece of wire into a loop but don't close it tightly. Set aside.
Step 3.  Cut the chain so that you have 3 Ovals.  Place one end of this chain into the loop of the Head Pin with the Crystal Cube and the other end of the chain into the loop of the Eye Pin with the Rice Pearl. Close the loops tightly.
Step 4.  Cut the chain so that you have 5 Ovals.  Place one end of this chain into the other loop of the Eye Pin with the Rice Pearl.  Close the loop tightly.

Assembly:
Step 1.  Twist open a Jump Ring.  
Step 2.  Place the Oval of each one of the Drops onto the Jump Ring. 
Step 3.  Place the Jump Ring onto the loop of the Earring Post. Twist the Jump Ring closed.  Repeat all above steps for the second earring.    Enjoy!

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