Tip: Use bail-making pliers for more than just bails! Here’s how:
Bailing pliers make swell roundish shapes. 
Ear wires
are roundish. So…whip out the Wubbers for more than just bails!
PS: Bail pliers also make nice jump rings and more! This is one tool that makes lots of custom findings…so make hay with your bailer 
Ever made your own custom ear wires, to get just the look you envision? Spiral Skull earrings by Rita show how!
Use memory wire to create your own ear wires!
Suggested materials are simple:
Tools and supplies are pretty minimal, too:
Get out your flush cutter (#69-057), side flush cutter (#69-056), round-nose pliers (#65-200), flat-nose pliers (#65-080), and a cup bur (#69-128).
Rita suggests 2 tips to help you make these ear wires on your own:
* Use flush cutters to cut 2 equal lengths of memory wire. Form a loop at one end using round-nose pliers. With flat-nose pliers, create a bend at the “middle” of the wire. Smooth the opposite wire end with a cup bur.
* Form a spiral to size of your choice with plated wire. Add the skull bead, complete the wrapped loop and attach to the ear wire.
For information on how to create wire spirals, see Mark Lareau’s book
All Wired Up: Wire Techniques for the Beadworker and Jewelry Maker (#62-449).
Really? You haven’t gotten around to reviewing that last batch of Rings & Things stuff, in our website store? Here’s why you should do it now:
Congratulations to Valerie Fordham of Apopka, FL! She’s the first winner in Rings & Things’ monthly Product Review Contest drawings.
Valerie reviewed several items that she bought from us, including some choker cables and genuine watch parts. One of her reviews was picked at random as our July winner!
Want to be the August winner? It’s easy. Haul out that R&T merchandise, look it up by stock number in our online store, and “Write your own review”!
Ode on Artistic Wire®:
Thou craft wire so easy to use,
Available now in brilliant new hues,
Searchable by color in our online store,
With 25 shades, who could need more?
Credits: John Keats, Kameron Fox, Amy Scalise, Sondra Barrington.