I’ll admit it. I hate Niobium. Or “How to make some cool and unique wine glass charms.”
July 1, 2009
I made up these adorable Wine Glass Charms using silver-plated earring hoops (from Rings ‘N Things) and small patches of a European 4-in-1 weave last night. I love the way they look, and they are very colorful! All but the yellow patches are made using Anodized Aluminum rings from Blue Buddha Boutique. (I can’t say enough great things about BB…Rebeca’s rings are fantastic, and she ships PRONTO.)
The yellow rings were some leftover Anodized Niobium rings I’d bought last summer, and I remembered that they were a bit tough to work with…but, HOLEY COW! I about tore up my hands just doing this little patch.
Lesson learned. No more niobium, no matter how cool the colors look!
Make your own Chained Up Charms using my simple instructions below!
Chained Up Charms
Materials:
1″ silver plated or basemetal earring hoops
23 18g 5/32″ jump rings (per charm – use different colors for each charm)
Make a patch of European 4:1 chainmaille that is 5 rings across (3 closed, 2 open) and 5 rows down. Attach to the earring finding by running the earring wire through all 5 rings on the right side of the weave. Use a pliers to bend up the end of the earring finding so it will securely attach to the hooked end.
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