turn any bead into a charm

stack your beads, or series of beads on your chosen headpins.

use a round nose plier to hold the headpin about 4mm above the stack of beads with your non-dominant hand.

with your dominant hand, wrap the headpin away from you and back towards you under the the plier. it does not matter if you go to the right or left of the beads.

grasp the headpin tail with your dominant hand, and wrap around the headpin, making sure to wrap it into a coil down the wire.

for a quick video tutorial, click on the image below.

once you have your desired wraps, use your wire cutter to snip the tail as close as the coil as you can get.

now this piece is ready to be made into an earring, a charm on a bracelet or a pendant on a necklace.

supplies used to wire-wrap:

non-tarnish wire

available in gold, silver, copper, gunmetal, & bronze.

24G: the thinnest wire we sell - good for beginners, earrings, delicate projects. 30 yards per spool.

22G: our most frequent choice, and our most popular sell! This wire is what we recommend for most projects. 20 yards per spool.

20G: this is our thickest wire. heavy duty and solid. 15 yards per spool.

round nose pliers

available individually, in a 3-piece tool set along with flat nose pliers & wire cutters, or in our essential jewelry designer's tool kit, which includes just about everything you need to get started.