From earring to necklace.
Posted by VictoriaOct 20

I'm so lonesome I could cry.
Do you have a lone earring that you are just unable to part with? Maybe it has some beautiful memory attached to it or was a gift from someone special. Well, rather than letting that lonesome lovely languish in your jewelry box, why not make a necklace out of it? It’s really simple!

Supplies
You will need:
- Needle nose pliers.
- A jump ring. (You can get the jump ring at beading or craft stores.) I used a 6mm one for this project.

Using your pliers, remove the earring hook. There should be a little slice where the metal meets, gently pull it apart and remove.

Open up your jump ring. Try to move it to sideways rather than out. It makes it easier to close.

Attach the jump ring to the earring and close it with your pliers.

String a chain through the jump ring and you have a new necklace! Lonely no longer!
6 comments
Comment by carole Adilman on October 20, 2009 at 9:17 am
What a fabulous idea, I will be trying this
Comment by Stephanie Lavoie on October 20, 2009 at 9:40 am
What a great idea! I have more lonely earrings than paired ones..
Comment by joanne at frutto della passione on October 20, 2009 at 1:25 pm
That’s quite brilliant! and it looks great as a pendant!
Comment by Jojo on October 20, 2009 at 7:56 pm
YOU! are a GODDAMN GENIUS!
i have an earring that i lost ages ago and thought “one day i’m going to go to a jeweler and get the other one made….8 years later it’s still sitting in my drawer.
I LOVE YOU!!
Comment by Jody on October 21, 2009 at 7:19 am
I have ONLY lonely earrings. Now I will have a bounty of necklaces.
Comment by Diana on October 21, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Man! I’ve been meaning to do this with my lonelies for such a long time and I totally made up that it was too complicated… ! thank you for re-inspiring me and making little things like that so joyfully simple! love you!