Bracelet and Earrings with Crystal Passions® and Preciosa Bicone Beads and 14Kt Gold-Filled Beads
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Design Idea RK2A
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Elaine Young, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Bead, blue zircon, Crystal Passions® 4mm bicone 5328
- Bead, Caribbean Sea, Preciosa Czech crystal 4mm bicone
- Bead, peridot AB, Crystal Passions® 4mm bicone 5328
- Bead, 14Kt gold-filled, 4mm corrugated round
- Bead, 14Kt gold-filled, 5mm corrugated round
- Bead, sterling silver, 4mm seamless corrugated round
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, Dijon gold, 0.019-inch diameter
- Clasp lobster claw, 14Kt gold-filled, 13.5x5mm
- Crimp cover, gold-plated brass, 4mm stardust round
- Crimp, gold-plated brass, 2.5mm round, 1.5mm inside diameter
- Earring hoop, 14Kt gold-filled, 32mm round
- Jump ring, sterling silver, 5mm round, 3.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Wire protector, Accu-Guard™, sterling silver, 4mm tube with 0.5mm inside diameter
Instructions
Bracelet Instructions
Step 1
Cut a 12-inch length of Accu-Flex® Dijon gold 0.019-inch diameter professional-quality beading wire. Place a bead stopper at one end.
Step 2
String your desired pattern of 4-5mm beads onto the beading wire.
Step 3
String onto the beading wire: one 2.5mm gold-plated crimp and one Accu-Guard™ 4mm sterling silver tube 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 4mm gold-plated stardust round crimp cover.
Repeat on the other end of the bracelet.
Step 4
Attach a 5mm 20-gauge jump ring to one end of the bracelet. Attach another 5mm 20-gauge jump ring and a lobster claw clasp to the other end of the bracelet.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
String your desired pattern of about nine 4-5mm beads onto a 32mm 14Kt gold-filled round earring hoop.
Step 2
Bend 1/8-inch of the ear wire up at a horizontal angle. Insert into the hole on the opposite side of the earring.
Step 3
Repeat Steps 1 - 2 for the second earring.
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