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How to make a beaded necklace with cute little bead charms!
This is a cute little piece that looks great layered with chains! Use some fun gemstone beads to add some pizazz to your design. Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need these tools and materials to make this necklace:
1: Some tiger tail wire long enough to fit around your neck, plus some extra.
2: A set of pliers. I used my cutting pliers (left), flat nose pliers (right) and round nose pliers (middle).
3: Some glass beads. I used these green glass e-beads.
4: Some statement beads. I used 5 stone beads.
5: Four crimp beads.
6: Two jump rings.
7: Five head pins.
8: A lobster clasp.
Follow these steps to make your beaded charm necklace:
1: Add each of the statement beads to each of the head pins.
2: Curl the tops of each pin using the round nose pliers. This will keep the bead in place.
3: Set the charms aside.
4: Put two of the crimp beads onto the tiger tail wire.
5: Add one of the jump rings.
6: Loop the wire around the jump ring and back through the crimp beads. Pull the wire tight.
7: Squash the crimp beads using the flat nose pliers.
8: Begin adding beads to the wire.
9: Bead until you get to a length you like, before the middle of the wire.
10: Add the first bead charm from the set you made earlier.
11: Add some more glass beads and then add another bead charm.
12: Continue adding charms in your chosen pattern until they are all in place.
13: And now you can add the glass beads until your necklace is at the right length and is beaded evenly so that the bead charms are at the bottom.
14: Add the second pair of crimp beads and the jump ring.
15: Loop the wire around the jump ring and back through the crimps and the last few beads on the strand.
16: You should now pull the wire tight and squash the crimps with the flat nose pliers.
17: Now you can trim the excess wire with cutting pliers.
18: Open one of the jump rings and attach the lobster clasp. Close the ring to secure the clasp in place.
So now your necklace is finished and ready to wear! So so cute. What necklaces will you layer yours with?
Or maybe you’ll wear it as a statement on its own?!
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Here’s how to add beaded sections to your boho body chain!
Nothing screams warm weather like a bohemian body chain! This waist chain design is embellished with gemstones for a luxe bohemian look. As an added bonus, it can also be worn as a necklace during the colder months. Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need the following tools and materials to make your beaded body chain:
1: A piece of chain that fits closely around your waist (It will get longer when you add the beads).
2: Pliers. I used my flat nose and round nose pliers.
3: Some eye pins. I used 8.
4: Two jump rings.
5: A lobster clasp.
6: Some beads. I used these pink gemstone chip beads.
Follow these steps to make your cute boho waist chain:
1: Add beads to a pin. I added four to each pin.
2: Bend the pin to form an angle with the beaded section.
3: Wrap the end of the pin around the round nose pliers to form a loop that secures the beads onto the pin.
4: Repeat steps 1 – 3 for the rest of the pins.
5: Line up the beaded pins along the chain so you can place them in a roughly even pattern.
6: Split the chain for the first beaded pin.
7: Attach one side of the pin to the first piece of chain, secure the pieces together by closing the loop on the beaded pin.
8: Attach the other side of the pin to the other piece of chain. Now you have a chain with one charm attached.
9: Repeat steps 6 to 8 for the rest of the beaded pins until they are all attached.
10: Add a jump ring to one end of the chain and slide on the clasp before closing it.
11: Add the other jump ring to the other end of the chain to finish it off.
Now your beaded waist chain is finished and ready to wear! What gemstones will you use on your cute body chain design?
Find some more waist and body chain tutorials here
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Here’s how to make a super cute lariat!
This tutorial shows you how to put beads on a chain necklace! This bead and chain lariat is really pretty and surprisingly simple to DIY at home. This design is perfect if you are looking for an at home craft activity or want something new to spice up your zoom outfit!
Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
You will need the following tools and materials to make your beaded lariat:
1: Pliers. I used my cutting pliers, my round nose pliers and my flat pliers.
2: You’ll also need some chain. I used two pieces of gold-tone rolo chain, one long enough to fit around my neck and another that was a bit shorter, approximately 12cm long.
3: A selection of beads. I didn’t use all these beads but it’s good to have a range to choose from!
4: Some eye pins. You’ll use these to add beads to your chain necklace.
5: One head pin.
6: A couple of jump rings.
7: A lobster clasp.
Follow these steps to make your own chain beaded lariat. Have fun with this one ;):
1: First separate your long chain into two halves. Depending on what kind of chain you have you’ll need to cut it or open up one of the links with your flat nose pliers.
2: Add a jump ring to one end of each of the chain halves.
3: Add a lobster clasp to one of the chains and set them aside.
4: Add one of the beads to one of the eye pins.
5: Bend the eye pin to form an angle.
6: Trim the length of the pin using the cutting pliers so that it is approximately 1cm long past the bead.
7: Create a loop at the end of the pin by bending it around the barrel of the round nose pliers.
8: Repeat steps 4 to 7 for the other beads, I put 7 beads on eye pins, 6 round beads and one long bead which I used as a feature bead.
9: Add a couple of beads to the head pin and loop the top as you did with the other bead charms.
10: Add the long bead to one end of the short chain and the head pin charm to the other end.
11: Link three of the round beads together to form a mini chain.
12: Repeat this for the second set of beads so you have two chains made up of three beads each.
13: Attach the bead chains to the loop at the top of the long bead.
14: Attach each of the necklace chains to each of the short beaded chains to finish the lariat off.
Now your bead and chain lariat necklace is finished and ready to wear!
Here are some other lariat tutorials you can make at home:
- An adorable lariat with a cute love heart bead detail
- A handmade beaded chain lariat made with mixed vintage beads
- This pretty lariat with a double hole bead detail
- A beaded strand with a chain detail lariat
- This chunky gold curb chain lariat
- This fun lariat with round beaded charms
- A triangle detail lariat necklace
- This special charm that you can attach to any necklace to turn it into a lariat
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Love a bracelet stack? Here’s how to get the look with one bracelet!
For this bracelet design you need to construct three different beaded chains and attach them together using charm connectors for a stacked bracelet look. This design is really cute and the chain extender means that putting it on by yourself is easier! Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need these tools and materials to make your triple strand stack bracelet:
1: Pliers. I used my round nose and flat nose pliers. You might also need your cutting pliers depending on the length of your eye pins.
Here’s where you can buy some jewellery pliers to add to your tool kit:
2: Eye pins. You’ll need a bunch of small eye pins to make your beaded chain.
Here are eye pins in different lengths:
3: Charm connectors. I used these charm connectors that have three loops on one side and one on the other.
you can buy some charm connectors here:
4: Six small jump rings.
5: Two larger jump rings.
and here’s a link to differently sized jump rings to buy:
6: A small piece of chain. I used this spare piece of chain I had.
Get some here:
7: A small head pin.
A link to some small head pins:
8: A lobster clasp.
Here’s a link:
9: Beads. I used a mix of glass evil eye beads and yellow e-beads.
Find some beads for crafting here:
Follow these steps to make your three-in-one stacked chain bracelet:
1: Take one of the eye pins and add beads.
2: Bend the end of the pin to form an angle with the beaded section.
3: Create a loop at the top of the pin using your round nose pliers to secure the beads in place.
4: Repeat steps 1-3 to create another beaded chain link.
5: Attach the two beaded links together.
6: Repeat steps 1-5 until you have a chain long enough to fit your wrist, make it one link shorter than you think you’ll need, the charm connectors will add extra length to your finished bracelet.
7: Make another two chains in the same way.
8: Attach each of the chains to one of the charm connectors using three of the small jump rings.
9: Attach the other end of the chains to the other charm connector using the remaining three small jump rings.
10: Add A jump ring to one side of the bracelet and attach the lobster clasp.
11: Add another jump ring to the other side and attach the small piece of chain.
12: Add one more bead to the head pin and create a loop at the top as you did in step 3.
13: Attach the charm you just made to the end of the small chain to finish your bracelet off!
So, now your triple chain bracelet stack is finished and ready to wear! What kind of beads will you use in your design? I think that this bracelet would look great with three different types of gemstone beads layered on top of each other. Gemstone chip beads would be perfect for this DIY. You can buy some
And here are some other multi-strand bracelet tutorials you can follow:
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Here’s another way to upcycle broken headphones… into a necklace!
Remember the upcycled bracelet tutorial? Here’s another idea for how you can recycle broken headphones… turn them into a stylish necklace!
You will need the following tools and materials to make your headphone necklace:
1: Pliers. You’ll need cutting, flat nose and round nose pliers.
2: A charm. I used this old vintage earring charm.
3: Two crimp ends.
4: Two jump rings.
5: A lobster clasp.
6: A pair of broken headphones. I used these Sony headphones that don’t work any more.
Follow these steps to make your headphones into a necklace:
1: Clip the headphones so that you have a length that fits around your neck. I used the part between the ear bud and the split.
2: Add the charm to the cord.
3: Add a crimp end to either side of the cord, folding it in place using the flat nose pliers.
4: Add the lobster clasp to one side of the necklace using one of the jump rings.
5: Add the remaining jump ring to the other side of the necklace to finish it.
Now your upcycled headphone necklace is finished and ready to wear!
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