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the completed center drop necklace
How to Make a Necklace,  Step-By-Step Tutorials

Need something to compliment your décolletage? Make this dainty chain drop necklace

This delicate and dainty chain drop necklace is an absolute stunner! Using two pieces of chain and some cleverly placed jump rings you can create your own beautiful, modern necklace that is perfect for day and evening looks. And while it may look incredible, this necklace isn’t too complicated to put together.

You will need the following tools and materials to make this delicate chain drop necklace:

1: Pliers. You will need your round nose pliers and flat nose pliers to make this necklace.

A pair of round nose pliers

A pair of flat nose pliers

2: Two pieces of chain. Cut one piece of chain so that it long enough to fit closely around your neck. The second piece of chain will be shorter, I made mine approximately 8.5cm (approx 3.3 inches) long.

necklace chain

center chain

3: Three jump rings.

three jump rings

4: One lobster clasp.

a silver colored lobster clasp

5: Three small head pins.

three small head pins

6: Beads of your choice. I used these different colored pearl beads.

three pearls
If you love pearls as much as I do you can get some here to use in your own DIY jewelry designs:

Follow these steps to make your pretty chain necklace:

1: Open one jump ring using your pliers and add both ends of the long chain to it.

open jump ring

adding chain end 1

two ends attached to ring

2: Add the short piece of chain to the same jump ring.

last piece added

3: Close the jump ring using your round nose pliers and secure the chains together.

closing jump ring

4: Take another jump ring and add the other end of the short piece of chain.

adding jump ring to end

all chains attached

5: Add each of the beads to the head pins.

adding pearls to pins

all beads added

6: Take each of the pins and bend them at a right angle to the beads using the round nose pliers.

bend pin at right angle

all pins bent

7: Use the round nose pliers to loop the tops of the head pins. Loop the pin a few times around the barrel of the round nose pliers so that the loop sits closely to the beads.

curling pins

curling around

8: Use the round nose pliers to flatten down the ends of the pins so that they align with the loops.

loop before finishing

completed charm

completed charms

9: Add all the beaded charms to the jump ring at the end of the short chain at the center of the necklace.

adding charms to end

10: Close the jump ring to secure the beaded charms in place.

all charms attached

11: Find the center of the necklace loop and open a link to split the necklace ready to add the lobster clasp.

open middle of necklace

12: Add the lobster clasp to the open chain link and secure in place by closing it again using your pliers.

Adding clasp

clasp atached

13: Add the third jump ring to the other side of the necklace to correspond with the lobster clasp. Once this jump ring is in place the necklace is complete!

ends finished

finished clasp

How will you style your fabulous chain drop necklace? I love this design and I’m super excited to wear mine out day and night!

completed drop necklace

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necklace detail

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