Dazzle your friends with Corinne Bradd’s bold and beautiful purple and cherry accessories

What you need...

• BEADS Rings, velvet soft touch, cherry red, 3.2cm x 3, Lozenge, flat sided, velvet soft touch, cherry red, 3cm x 3, Pebble, velvet soft touch, cherry red, 1.8cm x 4, Glass, spray painted, round, purple, 1cm x 9, Crystals, domed, flat-backed, royal blue AB x 67, Fire-polished, red, AB: 6mm x 8; 8mm x 5
  
  FINDINGS Chain, belcher, mini, sterling silver, 1.7mm links x 50cm, Jump rings, lightweight, sterling silver, 4mm x 12, Earwires, sterling silver with bead, wire and loop x 2, Eye pins, sterling silver, 40mm x 2, Wire, silver, round, soft, 1mm x 80cm, Clasp, sterling silver, 5mm x 1
  
  TOOLS Pliers, round-nosed, Glue, strong, PVA
  

instructions

1. Earrings - 1. Cut a 12cm length of silver wire and shape one end into a small, tight spiral. Thread a purple glass bead onto the wire and hold it against a red ring so that the bead falls in the centre.
   
   2. Whilst continuing to hold the wire in position, pass the long end through the ring and pull the wire back up so that it is tightly wrapped around it. Add a red pebble, a purple glass bead and an 8mm firepolished bead onto the wire, trim the end to 1cm and form a loop using round-nosed pliers.
   
   3. Cut a 3cm section of wire and bend one end into a small tight spiral. Thread a 6mm firepolished bead onto the wire, form a loop in the end and trim any excess. Attach an 8cm length of mini belcher chain to this using a jump ring and repeat this step to make a second bead dangle.
   
   4. Carefully unwind the base of an earwire using roundnosed pliers and remove the bead. Replace with a 6mm fire-polished bead and bend the ear hook back into shape so that it holds the crystal in place and resembles its original form.
   
   5. Link the loose ends of the dangle chain together with a single jump ring and attach this to the loop of the earwire and main earring. Lay the earring flat and add 11 dots of glue around the circumference of the red ring. Position a domed crystal onto each dot and allow to dry. Repeat to make a pair.