DIY Ring Made Using Christmas Baubles, Wire

Hey guys! So I got a little crafty this weekend, and made myself a ring using exactly two things ... green craft wire and a Christmas bauble! (Yes, this all happened while I was attempting to decorate).

Anyway, here are pictures of the supplies. I used the green wire (which doesn't have to be green, of course) to make the actual ring, and the bauble for the "jewel".

Now, this is the interesting part. I didn't actually use the bauble, more the hook-attachment thing. Look at the picture of the red bauble down there. You see the big, round, red bauble, you see some tree branches.

You also see that golden thing on top of the bauble, which is there to connect the hook to the bauble.

That's the "jewel". One of my hook/bauble connectors had broken off from the bauble AND somehow lost the hook, too. And then I made the major discover that you could bend that connecter piece, because it's made of a really bend-able metal. Anyway, you know how it's shaped kind of like fat pipe without a bottom? Okay. So I took the "sides" of it and bended them up, thereby flattening the bauble-hook connecter into a pretty awesome shape.

So far, so good. So much for the jewel. Now let's move the ring made of wire. I got myself about 3 inches worth of wire. Then I took one end, and starting there, wrapped it around my finger, bending it so it fit somewhat decently. When the wire met the end again, there was (obviously) some left, which I then bent outwards. The entire situation looked kind of like a Q.

Okay. Now please understand that the flattened "jewel" had a hole in the middle where the missing hook was supposed to me. I proceeded to thread the sticking-out wire end through that hole, and then I pushed the jewel down so it was basically there where I wanted it to be in the end.

Note: you have to take the wire-thing OFF for this.

Then, I just took the wire that was sticking out of the connecter piece and bent it outwards (to the side of the "jewel"), where I then bent it back under the jewel, back to the wire ring, creating a loop around the "jewel". Then I wrapped the loosed wire end around the ring, making sure to bend it outwards so it didn't end up stabbing my finger when I wore my newly-created ring.

Here are some pictures that I think will make you understand and also totally like this ring:

This is how the ring looks on my hand.


Cool, huh?

And this is a close-up, where you can see the wire loop. In this picture, the wire is still green so you can see it better. I've actually painted the wire silver using nail polish in the meantime. A smart idea would be to start with a wire of the same color as your bauble-attachment-thing. Is there actually an official name for that? I guess I'll never know.