Artbeads Chief Jewelry Designer Cynthia Kimura is teaching her daughter Jessica how to bead and make jewelry. She had her choose beads with unique shapes for this bracelet design. The elongated teardrop and rectangle shapes draw attention to the bold floral shapes perfectly, while melon beads bring some texture.
Cut a length of jewelry wire approximately 10 inches long. Slide a TierraCast 2x2mm brass oxide brass crimp tube onto the end of the wire, followed by a 6mm 18 gauge satin Hamilton gold-plated open jump ring attached to half of the TierraCast 3/8-inch brass oxide pewter Anna's toggle and clasp set. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place.
Crimp Tool Tutorial
Crimp Tube Video Tutorial
Opening and Closing Jump Rings Video
Add the Czech glass 18mm light turquoise opaque with dark bronze wash wild rose bead and then make a mirror image of the bead pattern on the other side of the wild rose bead.
Nice choice! All or most of the products needed for this project are shown below with quantities. Sometimes we sell out of components and aren’t able to order more from the manufacturer (we know, it is very disappointing to us, too). Use the opportunity to mix up the design and make it yours by substituting similar products or altering the entire color scheme—it’s up to you!
Artbeads Chief Jewelry Designer Cynthia Kimura is teaching her daughter Jessica how to bead and make jewelry. She had her choose beads with unique shapes for this bracelet design. The elongated teardrop and rectangle shapes draw attention to the bold floral shapes perfectly, while melon beads bring some texture.
Cut a length of jewelry wire approximately 10 inches long. Slide a TierraCast 2x2mm brass oxide brass crimp tube onto the end of the wire, followed by a 6mm 18 gauge satin Hamilton gold-plated open jump ring attached to half of the TierraCast 3/8-inch brass oxide pewter Anna's toggle and clasp set. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place.
Crimp Tool Tutorial
Crimp Tube Video Tutorial
Opening and Closing Jump Rings Video
Add the Czech glass 18mm light turquoise opaque with dark bronze wash wild rose bead and then make a mirror image of the bead pattern on the other side of the wild rose bead.