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Love feathers? Here’s how to make a bead and feather pendant
Feathers can look so carefree and fun, and they’re easy to find when you are out and about outside. Here’s how to turn your foraged feathers into a unique pendant.
You will need the following tools and materials to make this pendant:
1: Pliers. You will need your cutting pliers, round nose pliers and flat nose pliers.
2: Four head pins.
3: Three feathers.
4: Beads of your choice. I used a selection of glass and wood beads.
5: Three leather crimp ends.
6: One large jump ring.
Follow these steps to make your feather pendant:
1: Trim the ends of your feathers using the cutting pliers.
2: Add a leather crimp end to each of the trimmed feathers. Squash each side of the crimp using the flat nose pliers.
3: Add 4-5 beads to each of the head pins.
4: Bend the pins at a right angle to the beaded section using your round nose pliers.
5: Create a loop at the top of each pin to secure the beads in place.
6: Once all your charms are complete add them to the large jump ring and close it to secure the charms in place.
7: Now your charm is complete, add it to a chain or cord of your choice and wear it out!
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Need some sweet scents in your life? Here’s how to turn your clay beads into oil diffusers!
If you’ve made yourself some cool clay beads and pendants using our clay bead tutorial you might be looking for some creative ways to incorporate them into your DIY jewelry designs… well this tutorial is for you! We’ll show you all the steps you need to take to turn your clay creations into wearable essential oil diffusers.
You will need the following tools and materials to make your clay diffuser pendant:
1: A clay pendant or bead.
Make your own using some air dry clay
2: Your favorite essential oil. I used some lavender oil.
Follow these steps to turn your clay creations into essential oil diffusers:
1: Open up your bottle of oil.
2: Turn your pendant over to expose the back or choose the part of the bead you want to add your oil too.
3: Put some oil on your finger (you don’t need very much).
4: Apply the oil to the back of the pendant or bead using your finger.
5: Now you are done! You can add your great smelling clay diffuser to a special piece of jewelry or add oil to clay jewelry you have already made.
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These Earrings are Oh So Sexy! Make These Double Sided Chain Earrings Today
These earrings are a such a delight. They feature chains on the front and the back for a really cool, edgy look!
You will need the following tools and materials to make these earrings:
1: Pliers. You will need your cutting pliers, flat nose pliers and round nose pliers to make these earrings.
2: Eight small head pins.
3: Four pieces of chain, two short ones and two longer ones.
4: Two stud connector earrings with butterfly backs.
5: Six jump rings.
6: Two small jump rings.
7: Beads of your choice. I used six hematite beads and two fluorite beads.
Follow these steps to make these awesome earrings:
1: Add the small beads to six of the head pins.
2: Use your round nose pliers to loop the tops of each pin and secure the bead in place.
3: Repeat steps one and two for the larger beads and remaining head pins.
4: Add three of the small bead charms to one of the jump rings and slide on one of the longer piece of chain. Close the jump ring to secure the bead charms to the chain.
5: Repeat step for to add the remaining small bead charms to the other long chain.
6: Add the two larger beads to the shorter chains using the small jump rings.
7: Add a jump ring to the top of each of the shorter chains and attach them to the front of each earring.
8: Add the remaining jump rings to the top of the long pieces of chain and attach each chain to the butterfly earring backs.
Once the final chain has been attached to the back of the second earring they are complete! Wear these sexy little things to your next dinner date.
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Need a Little Something Sexy for Valentine’s Day? Make This Vampy Choker!
Valentine’s Day is meant to be the most romantic day of the year, so get those pulses racing with some sexy accessories. Using some deep red ribbon and sultry lace this choker design is perfect for V-day!
You will need the following tools and materials to make this choker:
1: Pliers. You will need your flat nose pliers and round nose pliers to make this choker.
2: Scissors. To cut your ribbon to length.
3: A piece of red ribbon.
4: A piece of black lace ribbon.
5: Two ribbon crimp ends.
6: Two jump rings.
7: One lobster clasp.
Follow these steps to make your sexy Valentine’s Day choker:
1: Cut both pieces of ribbon to length and layer the lace ribbon over the red satin ribbon and place one end into one of the crimp ends.
2: Squash the crimp end around the ribbons using the flat nose pliers. Now you will have one end secured in place.
3: Repeat this step for the other end of the ribbon so that both crimp ends are in place.
4: Add a jump ring to one end of the choker.
5: Add the lobster clasp to the open jump ring and secure it in place by closing the jump ring again.
6: Add the remaining jump ring to the other side of the choker.
Once this last jump ring is in place your Valentine’s day choker is complete! Whip it on and get romantic!
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