Earring Earring Exclusive Gem Gold Stone
The prior articles in this series discussed tips and techniques for inspecting pronged jewelry and taking expensive pronged rings to the jewelers for repair. Suggested for the handy was to use jeweler's pliers to periodically tighten ring prongs at home – saving the time and money involved in a trip to the jewelers.
But what about the rest of the time when the pliers are not being used to tighten the prongs? Rather than having the pliers sit around in a hardware drawer collecting dust, here are some simple instructions to make the fabulous-looking cubic zirconia earrings shown on this page.
Once the plier technique used in this article is perfected, the same instructions can be used to make pendants and rings. Honestly, doing it yourself saves about 75% of the retail cost of a pronged piece of jewelry. And the only initial outlay is the pliers themselves. Plus, there is the added bonus of getting in some practice time with the pliers prior to using them for store bought jewelry maintenance.
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