Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Create a beaded necklace with a pendant


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You will need the following:

Pendant
Beads
Sterling silver spacer beads
Onyx coloured swarowski crystal beads
Tiger tail/soft flex wire
Lobster clasp
2 crimp beads
Flat nosed pliers
Scissors


First thing you need to do is choose your pendant and beads. Then cut your wire to the desired length. It should be about 2 inches longer than you want your necklace to be. This necklace should be approximately 17 inches long.

Take one of the crimp beads and put it on the end of the wire. Then put the lobster clasp on the wire, and thread the wire back through the crimp bead. Squeeze it tightly with your pliers to secure.

String three of your beads, then a silver spacer, a crystal, another silver spacer and then another three beads. Continue doing that pattern until you get to the halfway point of your necklace. Then put your pendant on and continue until both sides of the necklace are done. Put the other clasp on using the crimp bead and the same technique as before. Before squeezing the crimp bead closed make sure that there is enough wire exposed so that the necklace isn't too stiff.




4 comments:

Silver Jeweler said...

Nice necklace!

Lisa Trombitas - www.stampwithlisat.com said...

I just beaded my first necklace & came looking for beading blogs. My main hobby (rubber stamping) has tons of blogs & I'm wondering why I'm not finding so many for beading. Glad I came across yours - thanks for sharing your new necklace with us!

Anonymous said...

When you finish beading and get to the end of the necklace, put the wire thru the crimp beads and a few of the strung beads before you pull it tight. That way you will have the longer wire on both sides.

Murano Necklace said...

I am keen on finding gorgeous jewelries. Thanks for this tutorial...

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