Memory Wire Bracelet with Celestial Crystal® Beads and Gold-Plated Miyuki Seed Beads
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Design Idea RE2D
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Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead 32 facets translucent clear frosted, Celestial Crystal® 4mm round 15.5-16 inch
- Bead transparent green, Celestial Crystal® 4mm bicone 15.5-16 inch
- Bead transparent red AB, Celestial Crystal® 4mm bicone 15.5-16 inch
- Bead Celestial Crystal®, 8x6mm teardrop / 66 facets, transparent medium green
- Head pin, gold-plated brass, 2 inches with 1.5mm ball, 23 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Memory wire, gold-finished stainless steel, 2-1/4 inch bracelet, 0.65-0.75mm thick
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, #11 rocaille, opaque 24Kt gold-plated light, (RR-193).
Instructions
Step 1
Cut off three full loops of bracelet memory wire. Using round-nose pliers, make a simple loop in one end of the wire.
Step 2
Slide beads onto the memory wire in this order:
- 3 Celestial Crystal® transparent green 4mm bicone beads
- 4 Miyuki #11 24Kt light gold-plated seed beads
- 3 Celestial Crystal transparent red AB 4mm bicone beads
- 4 Miyuki #11 24Kt light gold-plated seed beads
- 3 Celestial Crystal translucent clear frosted 4mm bicone beads
- 4 Miyuki #11 24Kt light gold-plated seed beads
Repeat this pattern until you get to the end of the wire. Then make a simple loop at the end of the wire.
Step 3
Add a Miyuki #11 24Kt light gold-plated seed bead to a 2-inch 23-gauge head pin with a 1.5mm ball end. Then add a Celestial Crystal 8x6mm medium green teardrop bead, followed by another gold seed bead.
Make a wrapped loop to finish the dangle.
Using a 4mm 20-gauge gold-plated jump ring, attach the dangle to the simple loop in the end of the bracelet.
Repeat these steps to create and attach a dangle to the other end of the bracelet.
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