Bright Spring Day Necklace Tutorial

Cut a length of jewelry wire approximately eight inches long. Slide a sterling silver 2x2mm crimp tube onto the end of the wire, followed by a sterling silver 4.60mm open jump ring. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place. Hide the crimp with a sterling silver 3mm crimp cover.

Crimp Tool Tutorial
Crimp Tube Video Tutorial
Crimp Cover Tutorial

Add the following beads to the wire:

• Three Dakota Stones 3mm amethyst faceted bicone beads
• One TierraCast rhodium Kenyan heishi spacer
• One TierraCast silver 3mm beaded heishi spacer
• One Kenyan spacer
• One Dakota Stones 3mm peridot faceted bicone bead
• One amethyst bicone
• One peridot bicone
• One Kenyan spacer
• One beaded spacer
• One Kenyan spacer
• Three amethyst bicones
• Add a TierraCast antique silver-plated pewter small blossom charm using a sterling silver 4.30mm open jump ring
• One amethyst bicone
• One beaded spacer
• One peridot bicone
• One beaded spacer
• One amethyst bicone
• Add one blossom charm using a 4.30mm jump ring
• One amethyst bicone
• One beaded spacer
• One peridot bicone
• One beaded spacer
• One amethyst bicone

Add a blossom charm using a 4.30mm jump ring and make a mirror image of the bead and charm pattern on the other side of the center blossom.

Opening and Closing Jump Rings Video

Add a crimp tube to the end of the wire, followed by a 4.60mm jump ring. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place. Hide the crimp with a crimp cover.

Cut a length of Leather Cord USA .5mm metallic berry round leather approximately 4 ½ inches long. Slide the end into a 1.2mm sterling silver fancy crimp end cap with loop and crimp in place using pliers. Attach to the jump ring at one end of your necklace. Repeat this step for the other side of the necklace.

Crimp End and End Cap Tutorial
More Crimp End and End Cap Basics
Fancy Crimp End Tutorial

Attach a crimp end to each end of the necklace. Then, add each half of the TierraCast antique silver classic clasp set to each end of the necklace using two 4.60mm jump rings linked together for each end.

List of Components
TierraCast Antique Silver-Plated Pewter Small Blossom Charm (SA-2547, qty 5)
Dakota Stones 3mm Amethyst Faceted Bicone Bead Strand (R1655, qty 1)
Dakota Stones 3mm Peridot Faceted Bicone Bead Strand (R1652, qty 1)
TierraCast Silver 3mm Beaded Heishi Spacer (S-0418, qty 12)
TierraCast Rhodium Kenyan Heishi Spacer (RB-0405, qty 8)
Leather Cord USA .5mm Metallic Berry Round Leather - By the Foot (BTF-0868, qty 1)
1.2mm Sterling Silver Fancy Crimp End Cap with Loop (SS-CREND01, qty 4)
TierraCast Antique Silver Classic Clasp Set (SA-6045, qty 1)
Sterling Silver Open Jump Ring - 0.035 x .180 inches (0.90 x 4.60mm) (SS-OJR35-C, qty 6)
Sterling Silver 2 x 2mm Crimp Tube (SS-CRM2, qty 2)
Sterling Silver 3mm Crimp Cover (SS-CCOV01, qty 2)
Sterling Silver Open Jump Ring - 0.030 x .170 inches (0.75 x 4.30mm) (SS-OJR30-D, qty 5)