DIY: Ear Cuff w. Charm

I bumped into this awesome and creative YouTube channel yesterday, alive4fashion! Click here for the link. Her page was in my 
" Suggested Channels " column, which I never check only because I enjoy searching and discovering but this was spot on. Thank you YouTube! 
I came across a DIY (Do It Yourself) tutorial on how to make an ear cuff. She had 3 different demonstrations of cuffs you can make and I chose the first one, which seemed most basic and easy to re-create. She is from Berlin so her videos are in German but they're very self explanatory and easy to follow as she films herself step by step.
I changed up her original design of the cuff only just a little bit,  so the inspiration is there but with my own personal twist! Let's get started!

Things you will need:
- Ruler
- Pen
- 2.5 cm. String, for measuring
- Wire cutters
- Needle nose pliers
- Filer (I used an emery board)
- 15 cm. Craft wire (The only wire I had laying around was from the floral section of my local craft store, it's thin but still practical for something this delicate)
- 2 jumprings
- Chain, of your desired length
- Charm, of your choice (Preferably with a loop but you can also wrap wire around your charm i.e. if you use a stone or gem)

After you have all your materials and your wire is cut, you are going to file down the ends of the wire to a smooth blunt edge, that is not sharp.

Take your needle nose plier, place at the end of the wire and create an "eye"
Bend the finished eye slightly backward to align with the wire

Use your string to measure 2.5 cm. down from the end of the eye. Again take your needle nose pliers and place where the end of the string was and bend wire towards eye.

Create another eye and cut + file excess 

You should end up with something that looks like this

Once you have this finished shape take a pen and mold your shape around it to create a circle shape. Now you have just the cuff. Feel free to adjust to your own comfort!

Now to add a charm...

Open your 2 jumprings and put one on either end of your chain.
Close one jumpring around the cuff and the other with your charm.. I got my teeth denture charm from a  local flea market for a quarter! I love it!

 

If you prefer to just stick with the cuff and no charm you can paint it with acrylics and set it with a clear coat of nail polish, add glitter or even hot glue a rhinestone to it. Play around with the basic shape or add to the design to make it your own!