DIY Pendants with Head Pins

In the Stone Age, pendants were made from stones, shells, and teeth. However, in the Egyptian era, pendants were made from gold and had hornets, flies, or serpents. Later, gold coins, cameos, and engravings were used as pendants in the Roman era. Over time, pendants were made from pearls, rubies, diamonds, and rhinestones. Also, beads were used to make pendants. 

Making your pendant creates a personal fashion statement and your creativity. These pendants were made from beads, headpins, and jump rings. It will take approximately thirty or forty minutes to make your pendants with headpins. After making your pendants, you can insert them into a chain or a cord necklace. Here is the tutorial for making these pendants. 

Materials:

Jewelry Pliers

Beads-any color

Head Pins 

Chain or cord necklace

Jump rings 

First, bend two headpins into a round shape. Second, connect two bent headpins with headpins. Third, repeat the same step for the other side of the pendant. You will need four headpins bent in a round or oval shape. It will look like you are creating wings out of metal wire. Fifth, once you have the four header pins into the shape of two wings, connect the four headpins with jump rings.

Sixth, insert beads into one straight headpin. This pendant has five small red beads. But the number of beads will vary depending on the size of the beads. Seventh, close the headpin by making a loop with jewelry pliers. Add about three medium-size jump rings to the beaded headpin and close the jump rings with the pliers. After that, you can insert the beaded pendant into a chain or a cord necklace. 

Materials:

Head Pins

Jewelry Pliers

Beads 

Jump Rings

First, use three headpins to make this pendant. Bend two headpins in the shape of a letter. In this example, I bent the headpins to make a letter, "M". Second, connect the two headpins with another headpin. Wrap the third headpin to connect the two bent headpins. Next, make a loop at the end of the headpins.

Third, insert jump rings into the loops. Fourth, use another headpin and insert one bead. Wrap the bead. I used five red beads wrapped in a head pin individually except one headpin has two beads wrapped together. Last, insert each bead to the three sides of the letter, "M". Then, add one jump ring to the pendant and insert a chain or a cord necklace. Below are links about the history of pendants and making pendants. 

How to Make a Pendant-45 DIY Pendant Projects:

https://www.allfreejewelrymaking.com/Jewelry-Basics/How-to-Make-a-Pendant-DIY-Pendant-Projects

Necklaces and Pendants:

https://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/education/necklaces-and-pendants-an-introduction/necklaces-and-pendants-brief-history/

Pendant Jewelry:

https://www.britannica.com/art/pendant-jewelry

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