Donna Hanna helps you craft a crystal and brass flower barrette with your jewelry skills!
Instructions
STEP 1:
Disassemble the barrette and set aside the middle piece and the clasp. You will work with the barrette base.
STEP 2:
Cut a comfortable length of 26 gauge craft wire – avoiding kinks in the wire is more important than completing project with one length of wire.
STEP 3:
Thread one 6mm Crystal Moonlight Bicone onto wire, leaving 3 inches on one end.
STEP 4:
Fold wire around crystal and thread both ends of wire through the brass flower going from the front to the back.
STEP 5:
Pull crystal down close to the flower.
STEP 6:
Use both ends of the wire to attach flower to the “clasp” end of the barrette.
STEP 7:
Trim the short end of the wire and use chain nose pliers to secure it close to the barrette base on the top.
STEP 8:
Thread on the leaves one at a time and attach to barrette base.
STEP 9:
Thread on 4mm White Opal Crystal Bicones two at a time and wrap around barrette base.
STEP 10:
Continue adding crystals to wire and wrapping until the barrette base is completely covered.
STEP 11:
Wrap the wire around base to secure.
STEP 12:
Trim the short end of the wire and use chain nose pliers to secure it closely to the barrette base on the top.
STEP 13:
Reassemble the barrette.