How To: Create a rounded wire for gemstone earrings

Hitting up antiques stores or flea markets every now and then engenders eccentric rewards of odds and ends, pretty semiprecious stones that look dazzling but have no home.

Attach two of your pretty matching gems to an earring where they can easily be shown off to the world by watching this wire bending tutorial. You'll acquire the jewelry making skill of bending a length of wire into a curved shape with a small clasp for a gem.