Bead caps are great for adding decorative accents to simple beads. It’s like dipping beads into metallic gold with extra delicate detailing. Using bead caps is a really quick and easy way to give your jewellery a little extra and make it fit with the more decadent trends.
Instructions
To make a single loop pendant using a headpin:
1. Thread your headpin through the bead and then the bead cap.
2. Bend the headpin 90 degrees and cut around 1 cm from the hole.
3. Turn a loop in the headpin as shown in this post
4. Attach the pendant to a necklace using a jump ring as shown here
To make double sided pendant using an eyepin:
1. Thread your eyepin through a bead cap, then the bead and then another bead cap. Make sure the bead caps are concave against the bead.
2. Bend the headpin 90 degrees and cut around 1 cm from the hole.
3. Turn a loop in the headpin as shown in this post
4. Attach the pendant to a necklace by opening both loops slightly and threading the chain onto the wires before closing them up again.
Very cute!