Two-Piece Necklace and Earring Set with Celestial Crystal® Beads, Gold-Finished Brass Chain and Wirework
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Design Idea MK2R
Color Your World
-- Designer --
Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Patti Miller, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Bead, Celestial Crystal®, 32-facet, transparent lime green, 8mm faceted round
- Bead, Celestial Crystal®, 66-facet, transparent red, 11x7.5mm-12x8mm faceted teardrop
- Bead, Celestial Crystal®, opaque / translucent / transparent multicolored, 6mm faceted bicone
- Bead, Celestial Crystal®, transparent turquoise blue, 8mm faceted bicone
- Bead, gold-finished steel, 6x1mm heishi
- Bead, gold-plated brass, 2.5mm round
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, Dijon gold, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter
- Chain, gold-finished brass, 4mm flat figure 8
- Clasp, lobster claw, gold-plated brass, 10x6mm
- Crimp cover, gold-plated brass, 4mm round
- Crimp, sterling silver, 2mm cut tube, 1.4mm inside diameter
- Ear wire, gold-plated brass, 46mm fishhook with 35mm shank, 22 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 6mm round, 4.2mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
- Wire protector, Accu-Guard™, gold-plated brass, 5mm tube
- Wire, ParaWire™, gold-finished and silver-plated copper, round, 20 gauge
- Adhesive, epoxy, Devcon® 2 Ton® Clear Epoxy, 30-minute, 2-part
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Cut the following:
- Three 5-inch lengths of 20-gauge wire
- One 18-inch length of Accu-Flex® professional quality beading wire
- One 22-inch length of figure-8 chain
Bicone Necklace
Step 2
String onto the length of beading wire: one crimp and one Accu-Guard™ wire protector. Pass the beading wire back through the crimp. Pull the beading wire so the crimp rests snug against the Accu-Guard leaving approximately 1/4 inch of beading wire on the end. Crimp then trim the excess from the short end of the beading wire. Finish with a crimp cover.
Step 3
String onto the beading wire:
- Sixteen 6mm bicones
- Five 6x1mm heishis
- Fifteen 6mm bicones
- Five 6x1mm heishis
- Nine 6mm bicones
Step 4
Continue to string five 6x1mm heishis onto the beading wire then repeat Step 3 in the opposite direction.
Repeat Step 2 to secure the strand.
Step 5
Pass one 6mm jump ring through one Accu-Guard and one lobster claw clasp then close. Attach a 6mm jump ring to the opposite Accu-Guard to complete the necklace.
Chain Necklace
Step 6
String one red teardrop onto one 5-inch length of wire. Working with the tail of the wire (coming out of the bottom of the teardrop), bend the tail up, following the contour of the bead, then wrap once around the wire exiting the top of the bead. Trim the tail.
With the working end of the wire, form a wrapped loop. Continue to wrap the wire to form a wire-wrapped bead cap that covers the topmost portion of the teardrop. Trim excess wire.
Step 7
String a lime 8mm round onto a second length of wire. Position the bead so it is approximately centered on the wire.
Form a wrapped loop with one end of the wire. Do not trim excess wire. With the tail of wire from the wrapped loop, bend and spiral the wire up around the bead.
Note: There should be two working ends of wire; one that goes through the bead and one that is the remainder of the wrapped loop.
Continue to wrap the tail around the wire exiting the top of the bead then trim excess.
With the opposite end of wire, form a wrapped loop, connecting it to the centermost link of the length of chain.
Step 8
Pass one 6mm jump ring through the link on one end of the chain and one lobster claw clasp then close. Attach a 6mm jump ring to the opposite end of the chain to complete the necklace.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
Cut two 5-inch lengths of 20-gauge wire.
Step 2
String one red teardrop onto one 5-inch length of wire. Working with the tail of the wire (coming out of the bottom of the teardrop), bend the tail up, following the contour of the bead, then wrap once around the wire exiting the top of the bead. Trim the tail.
With the working end of the wire, form a wrapped loop. Continue to wrap the wire to form a wire-wrapped bead cap that covers the topmost portion of the teardrop. Trim excess wire.
Step 3
String one 6mm bicone, three 6x1mm heishis and two 6mm bicones onto the shank of an ear wire then form a simple loop. Connect the simple loop to the wrapped loop of the red teardrop drop to complete the earring.
Step 4
Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to create a second earring.
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