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Your craft scissors may cut jewelry wire or pipe cleaners, but that doesn't mean they should. Wire can nick and dull the cutting edges of ordinary scissors, making them less effective when you go back to cutting paper, ribbon or fabric. Wire cutters are designed to handle metal and are a much better choice for jewelry wire and the wire core inside chenille stems. Save the scissors for the materials they were meant to cut—and they'll stay sharp much longer.
Note: It may take a little practice to learn how to close the snap swivels after threading the beads.
Open a snap swivel and thread enough e-beads onto the hook to fill one side. You may need to straighten the wire slightly to allow the beads to go onto the wire.
Thread the loop end of the next snap swivel onto the open wire of the first swivel. Continue to add e-beads to almost fill the wire.
Using small needle nosed pliers carefully rebend anything that you straightened and close the wire.
Repeat on 4 snap swivels. On the 5th snap swivel thread one end of the toggle clasp in between the e-beads. Close wire.
Attach other side of toggle clasp to the other end of the snap swivel chain you just created using the small jump ring.
Next thread one e-bead onto a head pin, followed by one antique silver metal bead, followed by 3 more e-beads.
Thread head pin through top loop of the swivel and bend over. Twist at top of bead stack to secure.
Repeat adding beaded head pins to all 5 snap swivels.
Enjoy!
