How Do You Make A Heart Pendant?
Whether you make one for Valentine’s Day or for any reason, heart pendants make meaningful gifts for yourself or a loved one. Creating a heart pendant out of crystal adds even more meaning and function. Quartz crystal brings balance and re-energizes your energy field when you wear it, according to Anne Bode, M.D., of the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Rose quartz affects the emotions, bringing a sense of calm–ideal for a heart pendant. Purchase crystal beads at craft stores or at jewelry making shops. Measure 7 inches of gold-plated wire with a ruler and use your wire cutter to cut it. Fold the cut wire in half. Using your needle-nose pliers, pinch the fold to make a point. Measure 1 1/2 inches down from the point of the folded wire. Wrap the wire around the circumference of the knitting needle making the curve of half of a heart shape. Do the same procedure on the other side. Pull each side apart. You now have a heart shaped wire. Place about sixteen 3- t
