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Create Your Own Beaded Summer Jewelry Set

Create a fresh, summer-ready jewelry look with beach-inspired colors and natural materials. This video highlights how pearls, light blue gemstones like sesame jasper and agate, and warm golden accents can be combined to inspire a coordinated necklace, bracelet and earring set.

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Design Idea S E 2 3 - The shortest of 3 necklaces has a teardrop blue gemstone on chain. The longest has a black and white speckled gemstone on chain. The middle necklace is all chain with little golden circles. The bracelet has blue, brown and clear round beads and golden heishi beads. The earrings match the bracelet.
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This beach-inspired jewelry collection features two gold paperclip chain necklaces—one adorned with a teardrop light-blue larimar pendant and the other with a larger speckled jasper stone. It also includes a coordinating beaded bracelet made from alternating creamy pearls, sky-blue larimar spheres, and earthy brown jasper beads.
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Design Idea S E 2 3 - The shortest of 3 necklaces has a teardrop blue gemstone on chain. The longest has a black and white speckled gemstone on chain. The middle necklace is all chain with little golden circles. The bracelet has blue, brown and clear round beads and golden heishi beads. The earrings match the bracelet.
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This beach-inspired jewelry collection features two gold paperclip chain necklaces—one adorned with a teardrop light-blue larimar pendant and the other with a larger speckled jasper stone. It also includes a coordinating beaded bracelet made from alternating creamy pearls, sky-blue larimar spheres, and earthy brown jasper beads.
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Design Idea SE23


-- 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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Necklace One

  • Larimar, pear bead, 16x12mm
  • Jump ring, gold-plated, 4mm round, 20 gauge / 2.4mm inside diameter / brass
  • Jump ring, gold-plated, 5.5mm round, 20 gauge / 4mm inside diameter / brass
  • Head pin, gold-plated, 3 inch, 21 gauge brass
  • Clasp hook&eye, gold-plated, 12x7mm twist, brass
  • Chain, paperclip, 2.4mm, gold-finished brass

Necklace Two

  • Jump ring, gold-plated, 4mm round, 20 gauge / 2.4mm inside diameter / brass
  • Clasp hook&eye, gold-plated, 12x7mm twist, brass
  • Chain, mirror, 4mm, gold-finished brass

Necklace Three

  • Sesame jasper, hand-cut teardrop focal natural 31x20mm
  • Bail, ice pick, gold-plated brass, 22x5mm with 8mm grip length and soldered bail
  • Jump ring, gold-plated, 4mm round, 20 gauge / 2.4mm inside diameter / brass
  • Clasp hook&eye, gold-plated, 12x7mm twist, brass
  • Chain, paperclip, 2.4mm, gold-finished brass

Bracelet

  • Larimar, hand-cut round bead natural, graduated 6-8mm
  • Brown chrysanthemum stone, round bead natural 8mm
  • Pearl, light blue, Crystal Passions® 6mm round 5810
  • Bead, gold-finished, 8x1mm heishi, steel
  • Sesame jasper, round bead natural 8mm
  • Crimp, gold-finished, 2.5mm corrugated round / approx 1.2mm inside diameter, brass
  • Crimp cover, gold-plated brass with satin finish, 4mm round
  • Wire protector, Accu-Guard™, gold-plated brass, 5mm tube
  • Jump ring, gold-plated, 4mm round, 20 gauge / 2.4mm inside diameter / brass
  • Clasp hook&eye, gold-plated, 12x7mm twist, brass
  • Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, Dijon gold, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter

Earrings

  • Larimar, pear bead 16x12mm
  • Brown chrysanthemum stone, round bead natural 8mm
  • Sesame jasper, round bead natural 8mm
  • Pearl, light blue, Crystal Passions® 6mm round 5810
  • Bead, gold-finished, 8x1mm heishi, steel
  • Head pin, gold-plated, 3 inch, 21 gauge brass
  • Ear wire fishhook, gold-plated, 17mm / 8.5x8mm shell / hidden open loop, 21 gauge brass

Instructions


Necklace One

Step 1

Using flush-cutting pliers, cut a 16-inch length of gold-finished 2.4mm paperclip chain.

Step 2

Using a 4mm 20-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach one half of a 12x7mm gold-plated twist hook&eye clasp to one end of the 16-inch length of chain. Close the jump ring securely.

Step 3

Repeat Step 2 for the other half of the clasp and the other end of the chain.

Step 4

String a 16x12mm “larimar” pear bead onto a 3-inch 21-gauge gold-plated head pin. Finish the head pin with a simple loop.

Step 5

Using a 5.5mm 20-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach the “larimar” drop to the center link of the chain.

Necklace Two

Step 1

Cut a 20-inch length of gold-finished 4mm mirror chain.

Step 2

Using a 4mm 20-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach one half of a 12x7mm gold-plated twist hook&eye clasp to one end of the 20-inch length of chain. Close the jump ring securely.

Step 3

Repeat Step 2 for the other half of the clasp and the other end of the chain.

Necklace Three

Step 1

Using flush-cutting pliers, cut a 24-inch length of gold-finished 2.4mm paperclip chain.

Step 2

Using a 4mm 20-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach one half of a 12x7mm gold-plated twist hook&eye clasp to one end of the 16-inch length of chain. Close the jump ring securely.

Step 3

Repeat Step 2 for the other half of the clasp and the other end of the chain.

Step 4

Insert the prongs of a 22x5mm gold-plated ice-pick bail into the hole of a 31x20mm sesame jasper teardrop focal. Use chain-nose pliers to gently close the bail.

Bracelet

Step 1

Cut a 10-inch length of Accu-Flex® 49-strand 0.019-inch diameter Dijon gold beading wire.

Step 2

String onto the beading wire: one 2.5mm gold-finished corrugated round crimp and one Accu-Guard™ 5mm gold-plated tube wire guard. Pass the beading wire back through the loop portion of a 12x7mm gold-plated twist hook&eye clasp, then 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 round crimp cover.

Step 3

String your desired pattern of beads onto the beading wire. To replicate the pattern shown, string the beads on in the following order, repeating the pattern until the bracelet reaches your desired length.


  • One 8mm sesame jasper round bead
  • One 8x1mm gold-finished heishi bead
  • One 8mm brown chrysanthemum stone round bead
  • One 8x1mm gold-finished heishi bead
  • One Crystal Passions® 6mm light blue round pearl
  • One 8x1mm gold-finished heishi bead
  • One 6-8mm larimar round bead
  • One 8x1mm gold-finished heishi bead

Step 4

Repeat Step 2 to finish the bracelet. Trim any excess wire.

Earrings

Step 1

String the following onto a 3-inch 21-gauge gold-plated head pin:


  • One 16x12mm “larimar” pear bead
  • One 8x1mm gold-finished heishi bead
  • One 8mm sesame jasper round bead
  • One 8x1mm gold-finished heishi bead
  • One brown chrysanthemum stone round bead
  • One 8x1mm gold-finished heishi bead
  • One Crystal Passions 6mm light blue round pearl
  • One 8x1mm gold-finished heishi bead

Step 2

Using round-nose pliers, form a wrapped loop in the end of the head pin. Trim any excess wire.

Step 3

Attach the beaded drop to the loop of a 17mm 21-gauge gold-plated fishhook ear wire.

Step 4

Repeat Steps 1 - 3 to create the second earring.

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