Jewellery with pearlescent white beads
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Make gorgeous mother-of-pearl jewellery on both jewellery elastic and jewellery wire. Mix the different sizes of beads to create a unique design for earrings, bracelets and necklaces. Create cute bows, elegant spirals or other designs.
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How to do it
3 Use round nose pliers for the head pin. Hold the pliers close to the beads before twisting the wire.
6 For these earrings, you will need: 2 x 15 cm jewellery wire and 4 crimp beads. Wax beads: 2 x 8 mm – 8 x 6 mm – 8 x 5 mm and 8 x 4 mm and 8 x 4 mm.
7 Slide the crimp bead onto the wire. Thread the wire through the eyelet on the stud earring and then back through the crimp bead. Squeeze the crimp bead tightly around the two wires. Cut off the excess wire close to the crimp bead.
9 Pull the wire up through the push back on the stud earring. Pull the wire back through the crimp bead and squeeze it closed like on the other side. Cut off the excess wire.
10 For these bow earrings, you will need: 2 x 15 cm sturdy jewellery wire and 2 stud earrings. Wax beads: 4 x 6 mm, 4 x 5 mm, 44 x 3 mm.
12 Thread wax beads onto the wire in the following order: 1 x 6 mm – 1 x 5 mm – 2 x 3 mm. Pull on the stud earring.
13 Continue with 9 x 3 mm wax beads. Now twist the wire around itself at the stud and continue with another 9 beads.
15 Add the last few beads: 2 x 3 mm – 1 x 5 mm and 1 x 6 mm. Finish by twisting the end of the wire using the round nose pliers and cutting off any excess using wire cutters.
16 For the bow pendant, you will need: 20 cm sturdy jewellery wire, 1 x 6 mm wax bead and 40 x 3 mm wax beads.
18 Thread beads onto the wire: 10 x 3 mm – 1 x 6 mm and 10 x 3 mm. Thread the wire back through the 8 mm bead and use pliers to pull it through.
21 Measure around your neck to determine the length of the necklace. Add approx. 20 cm so that there is also room for attaching the clasp and bow. Now divide the wire into two equal parts.
Put a crimp bead on the end and twist the wire around the wire of the bow. Now thread the wire back through the crimp bead. Pull the crimp bead close to the wire of the bow and squeeze it closed using pliers. Cut off the excess wire.
Put a crimp bead on the end and twist the wire around the wire of the bow. Now thread the wire back through the crimp bead. Pull the crimp bead close to the wire of the bow and squeeze it closed using pliers. Cut off the excess wire.
23 Attach a clasp to the necklace: Put a crimp cover and crimp bead on both ends of the wire pieces. Place the crimp cover close to the last bead and slide the crimp bead into the crimp cover and squeeze it together. Cut off the excess wire and then squeeze the crimp cover closed. Attach the jewellery clasp with a round jump ring in the eyelet of the crimp cover. Add a round jump ring into the other eye of the crimp cover to finish the necklace.
28 For these earrings, you will need: 2 hoop earrings, 15 cm of sturdy jewellery wire. Wax beads: 2 x 11 x 14 mm, 4 x 6 x 7 mm, 4 x 5 mm and 4 x 4 mm.
34 For this stud earring, you will need: 1 earring stud, 1 x 45 cm jewellery wire, 2 crimp beads. Wax beads: 1 x 8 mm and 137 x 3 mm. If you want to make a pair of these earrings, you will need 100 x 3 mm wax beads for each.
35 Cut a piece of wire of around 27 cm. Put a crimp bead on the end of the wire and squeeze it closed.
36 Thread 32 x 3 mm beads onto the wire. Add 1 x 6 mm and again 23 x 3 mm. Thread the wire back through the 6 mm bead.
37 Add 23 x 3 mm beads to the wire and thread it through the 6 mm bead. Now add 28 beads and thread the wire through the 6 mm bead again. Now thread the wire through the eyelet on the stud.
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