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I recently bought some glass beads that have holes near the top of the bead, rather than holes that go all the way through the center. I want to use these beads at the ends of dangly earrings, but i can't seem to come up with a satisfactory way of attaching them to a chain, or just to a jump ring.

I tried putting the wire through the bead and then bending it. I broke a bunch of beads doing this and the ones that i didn't break look crappy cause the wire's not circular.


I tried making a sort of giant jump ring, so that the curve of the ring wasn't enough to break or crack the bead.


My only other experience with ending a chain with a bead is to use a regular "the hole goes through the center" type bead and just using one of those head pins and bending the top into a loop.


I'm really at a loss here. I've been sort of learning as I go with this whole jewelry-making thing, but I was wondering if any of you crafty folk could give me a few tips on what to do in this situation. Nothing I can come up with looks very good.