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How to Make an easy looped headpin for jewelry making

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What exactly is a head pin? In jewelry crafting, a head pin is the small wire loop on top of a bead that allows the bead to be attached to a necklace or an earring. If you're looking to get into making your own jewelry, then creating a headpin is one of the most basic skills you'll utilize for the rest of your career.

Check out this video to learn how to create a looped headpin easily using a wire cutter and round-nosed pliers.

Crafty Quickies offer simple to follow craft basics instruction for the time and technically challenged. The Impatient Crafter™ Margot Potter hosts these quick and easy tutorials that show you how to get it right the first time. In this video she shows how to make a looped top dangle.

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