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.
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
- Chain, paperclip, 2.4mm, gold-finished brass, unfinished
- 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
Necklace Two
- Chain, mirror, 4mm, gold-finished brass, unfinished
- Jump ring, gold-plated, 4mm round, 20 gauge / 2.4mm inside diameter / brass
- Clasp hook&eye, gold-plated, 12x7mm twist, brass
Necklace Three
- Sesame jasper, hand-cut teardrop focal natural 31x20mm
- Chain, paperclip, 2.4mm, gold-finished brass, unfinished
- Jump ring gold-plated, 4mm round, 20 gauge / 2.4mm inside diameter / brass
- Bail, ice pick, gold-plated brass, 22x5mm with 8mm grip length and soldered bail
- Clasp hook&eye, gold-plated, 12x7mm twist, 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
- Sesame jasper, round bead natural, 8mm
- Bead, gold-finished, 8x1mm heishi, steel
- Jump ring, gold-plated, 4mm round, 20 gauge / 2.4mm inside diameter / brass
- Clasp hook&eye, gold-plated, 12x7mm twist, brass
- 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
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, Dijon gold, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter
Earrings
- Larimar, pear bead 8 inch 16x12mm
- Brown chrysanthemum stone, round bead natural 8mm
- Pearl, light blue, Crystal Passions® 6mm round 5810
- Sesame jasper, round bead natural, 8mm
- Bead, gold-finished, 8x1mm heishi, steel
- Ear wire fishhook, gold-plated, 17mm / 8.5x8mm shell / hidden open loop, 21 gauge brass
- Head pin, gold-plated, 3 inch, 21 gauge brass
Instructions
Necklace One
Cut exactly 16 inches of 5193CH paperclip chain using flush cutters.
Using chain-nose pliers, open one 1390FN jump ring sideways. Attach the loop portion of one 6552FD clasp to one end of the chain. Close securely. Repeat on the opposite end using a second 1390FN jump ring and the hook portion of the clasp.
String one 2100GE larimar pear bead onto one 1735FN head pin.
Using round-nose pliers, form a simple loop directly above the bead. Trim excess wire if needed.
Open one 5266FD jump ring. Attach the larimar drop to the center link of the chain. Close securely.
Necklace Two
Cut exactly 20 inches of 5496CH mirror chain.
Open one 1390FN jump ring. Attach the loop portion of one 6552FD clasp to one end of the chain. Close securely.
Repeat on the opposite end using one 1390FN jump ring and the hook portion of the clasp.
Necklace Three
Cut exactly 24 inches of 5193CH paperclip chain.
Attach one 6552FD clasp to each end of the chain using two 1390FN jump rings. Close securely.
Insert the prongs of one C2951FN bail into the hole of one A2100NB sesame jasper teardrop focal. Gently close the bail using chain-nose pliers.
Open one 1390FN jump ring and attach the bail to the center link of the chain. Close securely.
Bracelet
Cut exactly 10 inches of beading wire. Attach the loop portion of one 6552FD clasp using a crimp bead and Accu-Guard™ wire protector. Crimp securely and cover with a crimp cover.
String beads in the following pattern until the bracelet reaches approximately 7–8 inches or desired length:
- One sesame jasper bead
- One heishi bead
- One chrysanthemum stone bead
- One heishi bead
- One Crystal Passions® pearl
- One heishi bead
- One larimar bead
- One heishi bead
Repeat pattern as shown in the bracelet.
Attach the hook portion of the clasp using a crimp bead and Accu-Guard™ wire protector. Crimp securely and trim excess wire.
Earrings
Onto one 1735FN head pin, string beads in the following order:
- One larimar pear bead
- One heishi bead
- One sesame jasper bead
- One heishi bead
- One chrysanthemum stone bead
- One heishi bead
- One Crystal Passions® pearl
- One heishi bead
Using round-nose pliers, form a wrapped loop above the top bead. Trim excess wire.
Open the loop of one B3162FN ear wire sideways. Attach the beaded drop and close securely.
Repeat Steps 1–3 to create the second earring.
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