Taco Earrings

Use a circle template to make three marks that are equal distance apart on the edge of each disc. Add additional holes between the top and middle and the middle and the bottom marks. Repeat for the second disc. Note: if you do not have a template, make a paper circle the same size as the discs. Fold the paper in half two times. Open it up and you will have folds that will show you placement for your marks.

Place the disc in the vise aligning it for bending exactly in half. Two of the opposing marks made in Step 2 will indicate placement. Repeat for the second disc. Note: (If you do not have a vise, bend the metal on the edge of a table.)

Use your finger to press the exposed part of a disc over until it touches the vise.

Hammer the crease and remove the disc from the vise. Repeat for the second disc.

Cut a piece of 24g round wire about 4 ½ times the diameter of the discs. Create a large enough swirl on the end of the wire that it will not pass through the top hole of the disc. Repeat for the second disc.

Insert a swirled wire through the hole at the top of each disc with the swirl on the inside of the taco. Make sure you are making mirror images.

Start embellishing your taco by putting two or three beads on the wire. Push the wire through the next hole from the inside to the outside of the taco. Push the beads to the inside of the taco. Continue this procedure until you have added beads and gone through all the holes.

Fold the taco and add ear wires. Patina the earrings if desired.