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the completed dangling bead charm necklace
How to Make a Necklace,  Step-By-Step Tutorials

Here’s another delicate dangling beaded chain to add to your jewelry box!

completed necklace

I love dainty chain necklaces that accentuate lovely beads. If you love to layer your beads and chains then why not add this dangling bead chain necklace to your personal jewelry collection. A special bead pattern will make this design really POP! What will you wear with your pretty new necklace? I can’t wait to layer mine with a lovely stack of delicate chain necklaces.

You will need the following tools and materials to make your dangling beaded chain necklace:

1: Pliers. You will need your flat nose pliers and round nose pliers.

A pair of flat nose pliers

A pair of round nose pliers

2: A length of chain, make sure that it fits comfortably around your neck.

silver chain

3: Eight small head pins.

8 small headpins

4: One lobster clasp.

a silver colored lobster clasp

5: One jump ring.

a silver colored jump ring

6: Beads of your choice. I used some small gold bugle beads and eight blue faux pearl beads.

16 gold tube beads

8 blue pearl beads

Here are the steps for making your delicate dangling bead necklace:

1: Add the beads in your desired pattern to each of the head pins.

adding beads to head pin

all beads added

2: Once all your head pins have been beaded, use the round nose pliers to bend the pin at a right angle to the beaded section.

bending pin at right angle

all pins bent

3: Create a loop at the top of each pin using the round nose pliers. This will secure the beads in place.

curling pin

all pins looped

4: Once all your pins have been looped you can prepare to attach them to the necklace chain.

5: Work out where you want to place the first bead charm.

lining pin up in position

6: Open the loop on the first bead charm and slide it onto a chain link close to the middle of the necklace chain.

attaching the first charm to the necklace

7: Once the charm is in place, close the loop again using the round nose pliers to secure the bead charm in place.first charm added

8: Measure out the next point to which you will attach the next bead charm, I attached my beads 5 chain links apart. Attach the second charm.

adding the second charm to the necklace

two charms attached

9: Continue to attach the bead charms, placing the final 4 charms on the other side of the first charm you attached to ensure that they are placed evenly along the necklace chain.

all charms added

10: Once all your bead charms have been attached, open a link at the end of the necklace chain and slide the lobster clasp onto the open link.

adding clasp

11: Close the link again to secure the clasp in place.

clasp attached

12: Open a jump ring and attach it to the other side of the necklace chain.

jump ring added to end

13: Once the final jump ring is in place your necklace is complete and ready to wear!

completed necklace hanging

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