Tuscan Fields Necklace Tutorial

Slide a Czech glass 5mm turquoise Picasso Melon bead onto a 2-inch satin Hamilton gold-plated 20 gauge eye pin, followed by a Damyanah Studio earth tone floral ceramic lentil bead and another melon bead. Make a wrapped loop at the top of the beads.

Wrapped Loop Tutorial

Attach the TierraCast antique gold-plated pewter large blossom charm to the eye of the eye pin using a gold-filled 14K 4.6mm open jump ring and set aside your focal for now.

Opening and Closing Jump Rings Video

Cut a length of jewelry wire approximately 10 inches long. Slide a 14K/20 gold-filled 2x2mm crimp tube onto the end, followed by a 4.6mm jump ring attached to a JBB 2mm antique brass crimp end cap with loop. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place. Hide the crimp with a 3mm gold-filled crimp cover.

Crimp Tool Tutorial
Crimp Tube Video Tutorial
Crimp Cover Tutorial

Add a Dakota Stones 3mm red garnet faceted bicone bead to the jewelry wire, followed by a melon bead, a bicone, and a Damyanah Studio green speckled ceramic lentil bead. Add a bicone and a melon bead and repeat this alternating pattern twice. Add a bicone and then slide on your focal. Make a mirror image of the entire bead on the other side of the focal.

Add a crimp tube to the wire, followed by a 4.6mm jump ring attached to a crimp end cap. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place. Hide the crimp with a crimp cover.

Add an 8-inch length of Leather Cord USA 2mm metallic dusty brown round leather into the end cap on one side of your necklace and crimp in place with chain nose pliers. Repeat on the other side of the necklace.

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

Add a crimp end cap to each end of your necklace and crimp in place.

Attach each half of the TierraCast brass oxide pewter large leaf toggle clasp set to each end of the necklace using a 6mm antique brass-plated open jump ring for each.

List of Components
Damyanah Studio Earth Tone Floral Ceramic Lentil Bead (BEAD4837, qty 1)
Damyanah Studio Green Speckled Ceramic Lentil Bead (BEAD4828, qty 2)
Czech Glass 5mm Turquoise Picasso Melon Bead Strand (BEADS7027, qty 1)
Dakota Stones 3mm Red Garnet Faceted Bicone Bead Strand (R1646, qty 1)
TierraCast Antique Gold-Plated Pewter Large Blossom Charm (GA-2548, qty 1)
Leather Cord USA 2mm Metallic Dusty Brown Round Leather - By the Foot (BTF-0256, qty 2)
TierraCast Brass Oxide Pewter Large Leaf Toggle Clasp Set (BRO-6054, qty 1)
14K/20 Gold-Filled 2x2mm Crimp Tube (GF-CRM2, qty 2)
6mm Antique Brass-Plated Open Jump Ring (BBA-OJR06, qty 2)
3mm Gold-Filled Crimp Cover (GF-CCOV01, qty 2)
2-inch Satin Hamilton Gold-Plated 20 Gauge Eye Pin (FIND-0450, qty 1)
Gold-Filled 14K Open Jump Ring 0.035 x .180 inches (0.9 x 4.6mm) (GF-OJR35-C, qty 3)
JBB 2mm Antique Brass Crimp End Cap with Loop (BBA-ENDCAP02, qty 4)