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Necklace and earrings with chunky black glass beads
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Design your own necklace with black glass beads. Mix the large glass beads with the smaller rocaille seed beads for a pretty look. Make the necklace on jewellery wire and close it with a carabiner clasp. You can also make a pair of matching earrings with glass beads shaped like mushrooms.
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How to do it
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Thread a rocaille seed bead, a glass mushroom and a glass bead onto the beading rod. Fold the beading rod around a pair of round nose pliers and wrap the end around the beading rod to form an eye.
Thread a rocaille seed bead, a glass mushroom and a glass bead onto the beading rod. Fold the beading rod around a pair of round nose pliers and wrap the end around the beading rod to form an eye.2 
Arrange the beads in a circle to find the correct distribution. Then thread the beads onto the jewellery wire.
Arrange the beads in a circle to find the correct distribution. Then thread the beads onto the jewellery wire.3 
Close the necklace with a crimp cover and a crimp bead that is pinched around the wire. Attach round jump rings on one side of the crimp cover together with a carabiner clasp.
Close the necklace with a crimp cover and a crimp bead that is pinched around the wire. Attach round jump rings on one side of the crimp cover together with a carabiner clasp.Also go exploring in
