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Napa Drops Barb Switzer

On her frequent drives to the Bay Area, Barb passes through Sonoma County and the beautiful

Napa Valley. She is always stunned by the amazing landscape and the striking colors that change

with every season. These earrings attempt to capture the casual sophistication of Napa

with its geysers, vineyards, lakes, and mountains.

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FINISHED SIZE 1 3 ⁄ 4 "

WRAPPED LOOP

Materials

6 olivine AB 4mm crystal rounds

2 olivine 5mm crystal rounds

6 light green 3mm pearls

2 light green 5mm pearls

4 silver 3mm daisy spacers

16 silver 4mm daisy spacers

4 silver 3

5mm oval chain

3 1 ⁄ 4 " of silver 20-gauge wire

2mm bead caps

12 silver 1 1 ⁄ 2 " head pins

2 silver 4mm jump rings

Tools

Wire cutters

Chain-nose pliers

Round-nose pliers

5mm and 10mm dowels

To form a wrapped loop , begin with a 90°

bend at least 2" from the end of the wire.

Use round-nose pliers to form a simple loop

with a tail overlapping the bend. Wrap the

tail tightly down the neck of the wire to

create a couple of coils. Trim the excess wire

to finish. Make a thicker, heavier-looking

wrapped loop by wrapping the wire back

up over the coils, toward the loop, and trim-

ming at the loop.

1: Dangles. Make dangles by stringing the fol-

lowing beads onto a head pin and closing with

a wrapped loop:

Small pearl: String one 3mm pearl and one

3mm spacer; make 4.

Small crystal: String one 4mm crystal and one

4mm spacer; make 4.

Large crystal: String one 5mm crystal and

1 bead cap; make 2.

Large pearl: String one 5mm pearl, one 4mm

crystal, one 3mm pearl, and 1 bead cap;

make 2.

3: Linking. Cut the chain into four 3-link

pieces. Open one of the wire drop’s loops.

Using 4mm spacers, string 1 spacer, 1 small

pearl dangle, 1 spacer, 1 small crystal dangle,

1 spacer, 1 large crystal dangle, 1 spacer, 1 small

crystal dangle, 1 spacer, 1 small pearl dangle,

and 1 spacer. Close the loop, attaching one end

of a 3-link chain. Enclose one end of a second

3-link chain in the other loop.

Use 1 jump ring to string the other end of one

chain, 1 large pearl dangle, the end of the other

chain, and 1 ear wire; close the ring.

Repeat for a second earring.

Barb Switzer is a bead and wire artist with a passion for

engineering, graphics, and warm blue water. Check out

her website at beadswitzer.com.

Figure 1

RESOURCES

Check you local bead shop or contact: All materials:

Fusion Beads, fusionbeads.com.

2: Wire drop. Cut the wire in half. Wrap one

wire around the 10mm dowel so that the ends

are equal with a 3–5mm overlap ( Figure 1 ).

Use round-nose pliers to curl the wire toward

the outside, forming a 2mm P-loop at each

end ( Figure 2a ). If the wire gets bent out of

shape, smooth it again around the 10mm dowel.

Or, for a more dramatic curve, use the 5mm

dowel to press each side of the drop outward

( Figure 2b ).

Figure 2

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