Purple Meadow Live Challenge Mix

You can use all of the items from our mix, or pick your favorites. Try a whole new direction and shop all of our other jewelry-making components to create your own style inspired by some pieces from this mix . Remember, you can use the categories on the left of our search pages to shop by color, theme, and more.

Make something special with your chosen items. You can use these pieces for making necklaces, bracelets, earrings, or something else entirely. Try making a matching jewelry set. See what Cynthia made with these items while watching the video. You'll find basic instructions for each design she made in the steps below. If you need more inspiration, make sure to check out all of the fabulous free instructions in our Design Studio.,

Hedgehog Necklace

• Cut three lengths of 22 gauge Gold Artbeads Designer Wire approximately three inches long each. Glue a Czech glass metallic suede pink half-drilled 2mm round Finial Bead onto the end of each wire using epoxy adhesive and allow to dry (two of these wires will be used for the earrings later on).
• Slide a bicone from the 4mm Crystal Mix Sunshine Forest Designer Blend onto one of your custom head pins, followed by a Grace Lampwork iris and critter lentil focal bead, a TierraCast gold antique small Turkish heishi bead spacer, and a pearl from the blend. Make a wrapped loop at the top of the beads.
• cut a length of jewelry wire approximately 16 inches long. Slide a 14K/20 gold-filled 2x2mm crimp tube, followed by a TierraCast gold-plated brass medium oval open jump ring. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place.
• Add a black bicone from the 6mm Crystal Mix Granite Sparkle Designer Blend to the wire followed by a 4mm bicone. Then, add the following pattern to the wire: A 6mm black bicone, one Turkish spacer, one 4mm green pearl, one 4mm green bicone, one 4mm green pearl, one Turkish spacer, one 6mm black bicone, one 6mm faceted round, one 6mm pearl, one Grace Lampwork purple meadow roundel bead, one 6mm pearl, one 6mm faceted round. Repeat this pattern once.
• Add the following beads to the wire: One 6mm black bicone, one 4mm bicone, one 6mm black bicone, one Turkish spacer, one 4mm green bicone, one 4mm green pearl. Add the hedgehog focal to your necklace. Make a mirror image of the entire bead pattern on the other side of the focal.
• Slide a crimp tube onto the end of your wire, followed by a jump ring. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place.
• Cut the Hand-Dyed Regal Robes blend silk ribbon in half. Add a JBB gold-plated pewter small fancy crimp end cap with loop to the cut end of each piece of ribbon. Use pliers to gently squeeze the crimp end down around the ribbon until it is firmly in place.
• Open the jump ring on one end of your necklace and attach the crimp end loop on one piece of your silk ribbon. Close the jump ring. Repeat on the other side of the necklace with the other piece of ribbon.

Crimp Tool Tutorial
Crimp Tube Video Tutorial
Using Two-Part Epoxy Adhesive Video Tutorial
Opening and Closing Jump Rings Video
Wrapped Loop Tutorial
Crimp End and End Cap Tutorial
More Crimp End and End Cap Basics
Fancy Crimp End Tutorial

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Turquoise Necklace

• Cut a length of jewelry wire approximately 17 inches long. Slide a crimp tube onto the end of the wire. Link three jump rings together and attach half of the 13mm satin Hamilton gold-plated brass studded round magnetic clasp. Add the first jump ring in the chain to the wire, and then go back through the crimp tube. Crimp in place.
• Add seven Czech glass 10mm milky peridot gold round beads to the strand and then add the following pattern: One JBB 5.1mm gold-plated pewter daisy spacer, one Czech glass 5x3mm 24K gold-plated pinch bead, one daisy spacer, one round bead. Repeat this pattern 10 times. Then, add six more round beads.
• Slide a crimp tube onto the end of the wire. Link three jump rings together and attach the other half of the clasp to the last one. Add the first jump ring in the chain to the wire and then go back through the crimp tube. Crimp in place.

Opening and Closing Jump Rings Video
Crimp Tool Tutorial
Crimp Tube Video Tutorial

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Bracelet

• Add a 4mm bicone, a 6mm pearl, and a 4mm bicone to a 1.5-inch satin Hamilton gold-plated 23 gauge eye pin and make a simple loop at the end of the beads. Repeat once for two beaded links.
• Attach one of the beaded links to one side of the TierraCast brass oxide pewter reversible flora square link using a jump ring. Attach another square link to the other end of the beaded link using another jump ring. Attach a beaded link to the end of this new square link using a jump ring. Attach a square link to the end of the new beaded link using a jump ring.
• Attach a jump ring to the square link on one end of your bracelet. Cut a length of jewelry wire approximately 6 inches long. Slide a crimp tube onto the wire and then bring the wire through the jump ring at the end of your bracelet. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place.
• Add a 4mm bicone, three Czech glass 3x5mm transparent crystal with Picasso finish faceted roundel beads, one 4mm bicone, two roundel beads, and a 4mm bicone to the wire.
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• Add a crimp tube to the wire, followed by a jump ring attached to half of the TierraCast gold-plated pewter renaissance toggle set. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place.
• Repeat the last three steps for the other side of the bracelet.

Simple Loop Tutorial
Opening and Closing Jump Rings Video
Crimp Tool Tutorial
Crimp Tube Video Tutorial

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Earrings

• Slide a 6mm black bicone onto one of your custom head pins that you made earlier, followed by a 4mm green bicone, a purple meadow bead, a 4mm green bicone, and a 4mm green pearl.
• Make a wrapped loop at the top of the beads.
• Open the loop of a gold-filled flat earwire with 2mm bead and attach it to the wrapped loop. Close the loop.
• Repeat these steps to make the other earring.

Wrapped Loop Tutorial

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List of Components
4mm Crystal Mix Sunshine Forest Designer Blend (ADB0433, qty 1)
6mm Crystal Mix Granite Sparkle Designer Blend (ADB0452, qty 1)
Grace Lampwork Iris and Critter Lentil Focal Bead (BEAD4769, qty 1)
Czech Glass 5 x 3mm 24K Gold-Plated Pinch Bead Strand (BEADS5525, qty 1)
TierraCast Gold Antique Small Turkish Heishi Bead Spacer (GA-0425, qty 10)
JBB 5.1mm Gold-Plated Pewter Daisy Spacer (BEAD-1376, qty 22)
TierraCast Brass Oxide Pewter Reversible Flora Square Link (BRO-3195, qty 3)
Czech Glass 3x5mm Transparent Crystal with Picasso Finish Faceted Roundel Bead Strand by Raven's Journey (BEADS-2518, qty 1)
Czech Glass 10mm Milky Peridot Gold Round Bead Strand (SCR-G51200-10, qty 1)
Grace Lampwork Purple Meadow Roundel Bead Strand (7 pcs) (BEADS-2698, qty 1)
Artbeads Designer Wire - Gold Non-Tarnish 22 Gauge (24 ft. spool) (ADW0071, qty 1)
Czech Glass Metallic Suede Pink Half-Drilled 2mm Round Finial Bead 2.5-Inch Tube (FIN0023, qty 1)
TierraCast Gold-Plated Brass Medium Oval Open Jump Ring (G-0018, qty 10)
TierraCast Gold-Plated Pewter Renaissance Toggle Set (G-6208, qty 1)
13mm Satin Hamilton Gold-Plated Brass Studded Round Magnetic Clasp (CLASP-0786, qty 1)
Gold-Filled Flat Earwire with 2mm Bead (GF-EAR09, qty 1)
1.5-inch Satin Hamilton Gold-Plated 23 Gauge Eye Pin (FIND-0448, qty 2)
JBB Gold-Plated Pewter Small Fancy Crimp End Cap with Loop (PG-CREND005, qty 2)
14K/20 Gold-Filled 2x2mm Crimp Tube (GF-CRM2, qty 8)
Hand-Dyed Silk Ribbon Regal Robes Blend (32-36 Inches) (RBSILK-RGL, qty 1)