Single-Strand Necklace and Earrings with Crystal Passions® Bicone Beads and Gold-Plated Findings

Design Idea R N 2 9 - Necklace has alternating twisted gold jump rings and tiny gold-hued bicone beads. Earrings have a twisted gold jump ring with two gold-hued bicone beads hanging from the bottom of the jump rings.

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Design Idea RN29

-- 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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Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
Earstud, gold-plated brass and stainless steel, 6mm half ball with closed loop
Earnut gold-plated, 4.5mm round, brass
Head pin, gold-plated brass, 2 inches, 21 gauge
Eye pin, gold-plated brass, 1 inch, 21 gauge
Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 8mm twisted round, 5.8mm inside
diameter,16 gauge
Bead crystal metallic sunshine, Crystal Passions® 4mm bicone 5328
Bead crystal metallic sunshine, Crystal Passions® 6mm bicone 5328
Clasp lobster claw gold-plated, 9.5x6mm swivel, brass 1-strand

Instructions

Necklace Instructions

Step 1

Pliers bend a wire into a curve to form a loop at the end of an eye pin with a bicone bead on it.

Create 29 links by inserting a 1-inch 21-gauge gold-plated eye pin through a Crystal Passions® 4mm crystal metallic sunshine bicone bead and finishing each with a simple loop.

Pliers have completed a single loop in the end of an eye pin, completing a bicone drop

Step 2

Twisted jump ring is being inserted through one side of the drop created in Step 1

Create a long strand of linked components by attaching thirty 8mm 16-gauge gold-plated twisted round jump rings and the 29 links created in Step 1, alternating jump rings with links. Make sure you end with a jump ring on each end of the strand.

Chain of twisted jump rings alternating with bicone drops. Pliers are attaching a twisted jump ring at one end of the chain.

Step 3

Pliers are closing a jump ring to attach a twisted jump ring and a lobster claw clasp.

Attach a 9.5x6mm gold-plated lobster claw swivel clasp to one end of the chain.

Earring Instructions

Step 1

Make a drop by threading a Crystal Passions® 6mm crystal metallic sunshine bicone bead onto a 2-inch 21-gauge gold-plated head pin. Finish the drop with a double wrapped loop.

Step 2

Make a link by threading a Crystal Passions® 4mm crystal metallic sunshine bicone bead onto a 1-inch 21-gauge gold-plated eye pin. Finish with a simple loop.

Step 3

Attach the drop from Step 1 to the link from Step 2.

Step 4

Attach a 4mm 20-gauge gold-plated round jump ring to a 6mm gold-plated half ball earstud.

Step 5

Pliers are closing a twisted jump ring to link an earstud to a bicone drop

Using an 8mm 16-gauge gold-plated twisted round jump ring, attach the drop to the jump ring on the earstud.

Jump ring is closed, completing the earring.

Step 6

Repeat Steps 1 - 5 for the second earring.

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