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SupplyList• 4 9mm five-petal flower beads (Eclectica, eclecticabeads.com)• 4 4mm round crystals• 4 seed beads, size 110• 4 21⁄2-in. (6mm) head pins• 14 4mm faceted glass beads• 18 in. (.46m) 22-gauge sterling silver wire• 2 4mm jump rings• pair of lever-back earring wires• chainnose and roundnose pliers• diagonal wire cutters

Spring blossoms sway in the breeze and from your ear lobes with a pair of flowering drop earrings. Flower-shaped beads dangle gently from a strand of linked glass beads with delicate but dramatic results. Shed those heavy sweaters and pair these earrings with a kicky shoulder-baring top for your own ode to spring. -Linda Augsburg

1. String a crystal, a seed bead, and a flower bead on a head pin. Depending on the shape of your flower, you might need more than one seed bead to extend the crystal beneath the flower.

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2. Make a wrapped loop (How-Tos) above the flower.

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3. To make the glass bead units, cut 14 11⁄4 in. (31mm) pieces of wire. Turn a plain loop (How-Tos) at one end of the wire. String a glass bead on the wire and turn a plain loop above the glass bead.

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4. Open a loop on a glass bead unit and link another glass bead unit. Close the loop. Attach one more bead unit and a flower unit. Repeat to link four glass bead units and a flower unit.

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5. Open a jump ring. Slide both dangles on the ring.

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6. Slide the jump ring into the earring’s loop. Close the jump ring. Repeat steps 4 through 6 to make a second earring the mirror image of the first.