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#Find a lightweight dangling earring. A small hoop or a lightweight chain are good options. You can even create your own belly-button jewelry designs using simple materials such as straight pins, beads, wire cutters and pliers. | #Find a lightweight dangling earring. A small hoop or a lightweight chain are good options. You can even create your own belly-button jewelry designs using simple materials such as straight pins, beads, wire cutters and pliers. | ||
#Remove the post from existing jewelry by snipping it with wire cutters. If the earring has a hook, either snip it with wire cutters or use needle-nosed pliers to open that link or loop attached to the hook and pull it apart from the rest of the earring.<ref name="rf3">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5vxuj50Hxs</ref> | #Remove the post from existing jewelry by snipping it with wire cutters. If the earring has a hook, either snip it with wire cutters or use needle-nosed pliers to open that link or loop attached to the hook and pull it apart from the rest of the earring.<ref name="rf3">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5vxuj50Hxs</ref> | ||
| − | #Create your own [ | + | #Create your own [[Make Hanging Earrings|beaded jewelry]] by sliding beads onto a pin. Using a straight pin with a beaded head, slide small beads onto the pin in a custom pattern.<ref name="rf4">https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Hanging-Earrings</ref> |
#*Slide the beads over the pin in whatever arrangement you like. Remember, the pin head will be the bottom of the jewelry, so the beads should be small enough they don't slide over it. Don't make the pin arrangement longer than what you'd like dangling from your navel. | #*Slide the beads over the pin in whatever arrangement you like. Remember, the pin head will be the bottom of the jewelry, so the beads should be small enough they don't slide over it. Don't make the pin arrangement longer than what you'd like dangling from your navel. | ||
#*Using needle-nosed pliers, bend the remainder of the pin so it forms a 90-degree angle. Clip the sharp end of the pin so that only about 1 centimeter of bare wire remains. | #*Using needle-nosed pliers, bend the remainder of the pin so it forms a 90-degree angle. Clip the sharp end of the pin so that only about 1 centimeter of bare wire remains. | ||
