Ok, here are the final steps I took to anchor the banner to the mini. I used a hot glue gun, btw, as the strength and durability is 1000x better than sewing. I have things I did 15 yrs. ago that still have the hot glue on -- it's that tough! Am sure you do too! It's easy to pull off the excess glue too!
Now I'll show you how I finished it:
I did the matching side in this pic. I only needed to dismantle 1 earring as it had 2 chains on it! Aha! I still have 1 earring left! haha!
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With my needle nose pliers, I am just cutting the earring apart
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16 gauge paddle wire is nice but decided to use the wire on the florist's pick (as it's much thinner) to rechain it into 3 links as I wanted a 1/2" drop from banner to mini. Either wire would work great.
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