When you have a couple of hours for a bead project, it is nice to open your favorite blog and find just what you need to spend a cozy evening crafting a new pair of earrings.
A quick tutorial caught my eye when I was looking through my subscriptions on Youtube. To be honest, it quite usual to see many beaded hearts in the beginning of February jumping at you from social media feed. How to decided what to try? For a busy person, the decision is pretty simple: the quicker, the better!
Super Quick Heart Shape Beaded Earring Project
It might take you only 20 minutes to make one earring! This time doesn’t include you looking for beads though! I had to rearrange my boxes for about an hour to organize crystals and get them ready for this year shiny projects. If it takes you too long to find all the items, find out how to organize your beads to suit your needs from my other blog post.
Make sure you have all the supplies.
You will need:
Beads
recommended by the author of the design:
Toho seed beads size 11
Toho seed beads size 8
4 mm Bicones
Two-hole MiniDuo beads
Findings:
Earring posts 6 mm in diameter
Tools:
Beading needle size 10
Bead thread (I used 6 lb Fireline)
In case you don’t have everything needed for this project, please, see below, what beads or findings you can substitute.
Tutorial (in Italian)
Earring design and video made by Martina Marsella.
I made two pairs, modifying the pattern for the beads and findings I found in my stash.
Raspberry Red Hearts
These earrings were made with SuperDuo beads instead of MiniDuo. It worked fine.
I used Czech bicones instead of Swarovki, and Japanese seed beads (no brand was listed on a tube and they didn’t look like Toho to me).
As for the posts, I couldn’t find 6 mm and decided to try 8 mm instead. To make the earring wrap the post’s disk, I had to adjust the number of seed beads size 11 in the second row from 5 to 7.
Turquoise Gold Hearts
This pair was made with MiniDuo, as recommended in the video. I used same 8 mm post as for Raspberry Red Hearts. Also, I chose Czech seed beads size 11 and they fitted fine.
The beauty of this super quick project is in the sparkles of the bicones! And you get to wear a new pair of earrings within an hour.
More Beadwork Ideas
If you liked weaving the heart-shaped earrings, discover how to design a matching pendant.
