How to Use Eyepins and Headpins in Jewelry Designs

Many people, especially the jewelry makers and designers, know what eyepins and headpins are. Both eyepins and headpins are very popular for earrings, charm bracelets and many other fashion jewelry projects.

 

Brass Eyepins

When you walk around in your local jewelry stores or search eye pins and head pins online, you will find that both pins come in a wide variety of sizes, colors and finishes, from silver or gold plated base metal, to vintage or precious metals like sterling silver and gold filled pins. About their sizes, you will find that they are described as different units—gauge and millimeter. Some people may not clear about gauge. The smaller the gauge number, the thicker the wire, so a 24 gauge eye pin or head pin is thinner than a 20 gauge pin.

 

Iron Headpins

Katrina, one of my friends, likes beadings, but still just a beginner. She asked:” what are eye pins for? How do I use eyepins?” I think it is the same problem or question many other beginners meet. Eyepins are one kind of pins who have a loop at one end. Eye pins are used when you want to connect things on both sides of the beads. Well, if you just want a dangle, a head pin is normally used. And eye pins may be used when the inside of a bead is rough and might cut thread. For a bracelet, beads on separate eyepins would be more flexible than one strung on tiger-tail. In a word, head pins are great for making drops and eye pins are perfect for linking your creations.

 

Handmade Polymer Clay Flowers Earrings

Here I’d like to share an earring design to show the usages of eyepins and head pins with beginners of jewelry making. The materials we need are handmade polymer clay flower beads, faceted drop glass beads, eyepins, headpins and earring hooks. First, string a drop glass bead on a headpin, and use round nose jewelry plier to make a loop at the top of glass bead. Second, string a handmade polymer clay flower bead on an eyepin, and use round nose jewelry plier to make a loop at the top of flower bead too. Third, use your jewelry plier to attach the glass drop on the bottom ring of eyepin. Fourth, attach the whole earring drop on the ring of earring hook. Sixth, repeat the above five steps to create the other earring for a pair.

A pair of beautiful, elegant handmade polymer clay flower earrings has been finished. I am sure the beginners should have known how the eyepins and headpins work well. Just purchase some eye pins and head pins to create your own one of a kind jewelry designs. 

Use Eyepins to Enjoy Jewelry Making Fun

When you see the eyepins, you will realize why people give them such a name. It is really ikonic. As a functional jewelry finding, eye pins are widely used in making necklaces, bracelets, earrings and anklets. They are available in different colors and sizes so that they are suitable for any simple or complicated designs.

How do the eyepins work in jewelry making? When you want to use some jewelry findings to link your beaded sections to each other, the eyepins will be good choice, as we all know that eyepins are a type of jewelry findings with a loop or eye on one end and straight wire on the other end.

Iron Eyepins

To jewelry makers, eyepins belong to handy jewelry findings, as you should use them for many of your jewelry designs. But once you have no eye pins handy, what should you do? The answer is making them yourself, of course. You can easily make them from either straightened wire. I am sure many people have known how to make eye pins by using jewelry wires, so I won’t repeat is. I will tell you a new method to make your own eye pins. Once you have no wire handy but only have head pins, you can make the eyepins by snipping off the head of the pin first. One reason you may wish to make your own eyepins out of head pins is to take advantage of volume pricing. Some jewelry shops will offer discounts on larger orders of individuals, such as head pins. You can order more head pins make eye pins as you need them. Of course, the easiest way to get cheap eye pins is wholesaling them from a reliable, larger jewelry beads and jewelry findings wholesaler, like PandaHall.com, to save both money and time.

Iron Headpins

Well, some people may say:” I found some pins are slight bent out of shape when I received them?” Don’t worry, this situation is normal. Pins always come slightly bent out of shape. Some remain straight, but you will always find bent pins in your packs. However, they are easily straightened using your round nose pliers, or even just your fingers. You can consider it a sign of quality also, as good quality pins will bend, not snap.

Jewelry making is a fun hobby and won’t be a costly hobby if you find a good way to save money. Make jewelry with some eyepins can help you to create fabulous designs as long as you have superb ideas. Use eyepins to enjoy your jewelry making fun. 

Jewelry Making Ideas with Eyepins for Beginners

Apart from making stringing bracelets and necklaces is the simplest jewelry making for beginners; I also think making earrings with eyepins is very simple and suitable to beginners. No double that many people know the eyepins are the pins with a small loop on one end. The loop can be attached to another eye pin, head pin, clasp or other findings and chains. Headpins have the similar function as eyepins, but just have a flat head at one end instead of a loop on eyepins.

Silver-color Iron Eyepins

To jewelry making beginners, maybe they are not experienced on using eyepins. Here are some tips will give you a lots help. Eye pins are widely used in earring making, necklaces making and bracelets making. Although they are used in different creations, their usages or functions are the same. Eyepins come in different gauges (usually 20-26 gauge) and lengths. Of course, some jewelry online stores will describe them as centimeter, just like PandaHall.com. It will offer you a detailed table about exchange between these two units.

Golden Iron Eyepins

As we said above, the simplest eyepin beading piece for a beginner would be a pair of earrings. Let us to do it together. First, decide on your bead pattern as it will fit on the eyepin. Drop the beads on the pin, and leave a length to make a loop. Bend the rest pin as 90 degrees right at the bead, perpendicular to the existing loop. Gently grasp the end of the eye pin in the round nose pliers and roll the pliers toward the bead. The end result you want is to have both loops twisted 90 degrees to each other. Use a jump ring to attach the loop you just made to an earring hook. Hold one side of the jump ring with your needle-nose plier and move the opening of the jump ring sideways. Slip the loop on the eyepin onto the jump ring. And now slip the loop of the earring hook onto the jump ring too. Close the jump ring. Add a small pendant on the other loop of your eyepin (the method is the same as you slip the loop of earring hook onto the jump ring). A lovely handmade earring is finished. Follow the same steps to make the other one to create a pair.

Maybe you are struggled on the road of jewelry making, but you will find it will open a whole new world to you as long as you can insist. Learning to make beaded jewelry is a fun, easy and affordable hobby if you can find a reliable jewelry materials supplier for you. 

Eyepins and Headpins—Essential Findings for Jewelry Making

The mainly used pins in jewelry making are eyepins and headpins. They are used to link one component or beads to another, or string beads as link or pendant on necklace, bracelet and earrings.

Headpins are pins with horizontal pieces on the end. Well, some headpins have a ball on the end, which are named as ball headpins. As we all know that eyepins have the same basic function as headpins, but instead of a horizontal piece on the end of the pin there is a loop. This is helpful when you want to add an extra dangle to the end of an earring, a bracelet or a necklace. Both eyepins and headpins are available in various colors and sizes. No matter you like to create vintage style or fashion style jewelry, you can easily get the pins what you need.

Iron Eyepins, Nickel Color, 0.7mm thick

No doubt that both pins play an important role in jewelry making. A jewelry designer said:” Please don’t underestimate the importance of the eyepins. Look through my gallery and notice how often eyepins are used. Even the bangles are essentially made on an eyepin. If you are using sumptuous beads with a lot of detail, too many fancy dips and curls with the wire will overpower the eye. The quality of your work will be influenced by your ability to make good basic links such as eye pins.”

Golden Iron Eyepins

Jewelry making is a fun hobby to more and more people. And the demand of both eyepins and headpins is growing every day. If you are a jewelry materials retailer, it is no doubt that you need to stock more pins to grasp this opportunity to earn more money. Purchasing online is very convenient. Choose a good online wholesaler could help you to save money, time and avoid many problems. If you are a just an amateur of jewelry making and only need several pins for a time, you can also make your own eyepins by small wires easily. You need wire cutters, chain pliers and round-nose pliers. The length and diameter of the wire is up to you. But, this is a technical job. You must have experienced skill of make loops, or else, the eyepins will be rough and ugly. So you’d better to purchase from jewelry stores before you are able to make wonderful eyepins. In fact, both eyepins and headpins can be stocked for a long time if you protect and/or stock them correctly.

Nickel Free Red Copper Color Iron Eyepins

Both eyepins and headpins are essential jewelry findings for beaded jewelry and available everywhere. Most people like to use Panda Hall pins as they are cheap but quality. If you want to earn more money or create gorgeous jewelry designs, don’t ignore the versatile pins.