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Here’s a cute idea… make a beaded hair elastic!
I’m really into quick DIY’s at the moment, so here’s another one you can make quickly with no tools! This hair elastic has some fun timber beads on it so you can add some extra spice to your hairstyles. You can also wear it on your wrist as a bracelet when it isn’t tying back your hair.
You’ll need these tools and materials to make your beaded hair elastic:
1: A piece of elastic.
2: Beads. I used these painted timber beads.
Follow these steps to make your super cute beaded hair elastic:
1: Add the beads to the elastic.
2: Tie the ends of the elastic into a knot.
Now you’re done! It’s literally a two step process and it looks so cute!
Here’s how it looks as a bracelet
Here are some other hair accessories tutorials you can follow at home:
- A cool barrette with a chain feature.
- This rhinestone embellished hair comb.
- A shell covered hair clip.
- Floral embellished bobby pins.
- How to cover hair clips with ribbons.
- Sparkly rhinestone hair clips.
- How to add rhinestones to a headband.
- A knot feature headband.
- A beaded bobby pin.
- Add feature rhinestones to your old headband.
- Glue a charm to an old hair clip for a quick revamp.
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Here’s how to make a 2-tone necklace that clips together for a customisable look.
This necklace makes use of clasps to create a customiseable design that you can mix and match. Make as many of these strands as you like, and clip them together for a custom look each time. please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need the following tools and materials to make this necklace:
1: Pliers. I used my round nose (middle), cutting (left) and flat nose pliers (right).
2: Two lengths of tiger tail wire. Make sure they add up to be long enough to fit around your neck. You can measure this by wrapping the wire loosely around your neck, choosing the necklace length you like, then cut the wire in half.
3: Eight crimp beads.
4: Four jump rings.
5: Four large lobster clasps.
6: A head pin.
7: Beads of your choice. I used some recycled timber beads (the blue disks and natural tone beads) and some yellow glass beads. I also used a floral glass bead to make an extra charm.
Follow these steps to make your customisable necklace that clips together:
1: Take one of the pieces of tiger tail wire and add two crimps and one of the jump rings.
2: Loop the end of the wire around the jump ring and through the crimp beads.
3: Squash the crimp beads to secure the jump ring to the end of the wire.
4: Begin beading in your choice of pattern.
5: Once you have reached the length you like, add another pair of crimps and a jump ring to the end of the wire as you did in steps 1-3. This will secure the beads on the strand. Trim the excess wire with cutting pliers once the end has been secured.
6: Repeat steps 1-5 for the other strand.
7: Attach a lobster clasp to each end of the pair of strands by opening the jump rings slightly, sliding the clasps on and then closing the rings using your pliers.
You can clip the strands together at this point.
8: Take the head pin and add your accent beads.
9: Bend the top of the pin over and then curl it into a loop using your round nose pliers.
10. Attach the charm to one of the strands.
Now your necklace is finished and ready to wear, open up one side and put it on as you would an ordinary necklace. Make as many clip end strands as you like so you can mix and match them depending on your outfit or mood!
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Here’s how to make a bead chain lariat
Bead chains are pretty cool, and a fun way to use any random beads you have lying around. I recently made this kitschy hodgepodge lariat necklace using the bead chain technique. This tutorial features affiliate links.
Here are the tools and materials you need to make your bead chain lariat:
1: Pliers. I used by round nose and flat nose pliers for this design.
2: An assortment of beads. I used a random assortment of plastic, timber and glass beads.
3: A bunch of eye pins.
4: Two head pins.
5: A lobster clasp.
6: Two medium jump rings.
7: Two smaller jump rings.
Follow these steps to make your bead chain lariat:
1: Add some feature beads to one of the head pins. I used this silver plastic heart bead and some glass seed beads.
2: Bend the pin at a right angle and use the round nose pliers to form the top into a loop.
3: Set this pin aside.
4: Begin adding beads to the eye pins.
5: Once each pin is beaded, bend the top to form a loop using round nose pliers. This will secure the beads in place.
6: Repeat this step for the other pins, attaching the pins together by opening one of the loops and sliding it through another to form the chain.
7: Once you have a chain long enough to fit your neck, attach the two ends together using one of the larger jump rings.
8: Create a few extra links and attach them to the middle of the necklace, finishing with the first head pin you beaded.
9: Split the top of the chain opposite the lariat chain you just attached.
10: Attach the clasp to the chain using one of the smaller jump rings and add another jump ring to the other side.
11: Bead the other head pin, looping it at the top as you did the others. Attach this pin to the chain behind the clasp using the other larger jump ring.
Now your necklace is finished! So fun!
This tutorial contains affiliate links.
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Here’s how to make some cool chandelier earrings!
These earrings are pretty cool! They feature some differently sized hoops that hang from a beaded bar for a stunning statement.
You will need the following tools and materials to make your earrings:
1: Pliers. You’ll need flat nose pliers and round nose pliers. Keep your cutting pliers around just in case.
2: Some thin wire. I used some wire recycled from an old design and cut it into four pieces, two long and two short.
3: Two long eye pins.
4: Four smaller eye pins.
5: Earring hooks.
6: Four small jump rings.
7: Beads. I used some timber beads, rose quartz beads and mixed glass beads.
Follow these steps to make your chandelier earrings:
1: Curl the end of one of the long thin wires using the round nose pliers.
2: Bead the wire using the mixed glass beads.
3: Curl the other end of the wire to secure the beads in place. Then form the wire into a circle shape.
4: Repeat steps 1 to 3 for the other thin wires. I used the rose quartz beads on the shorter pieces of wire.
5: Link the ends of each circle using the jump rings.
6: Add more of the coloured beads to the four small eye pins.
7: Loop the end of each eye pin and set them aside.
8: Add some of the wooden beads to one of the longer eye pins. I added six to meet the middle of the pin (but leaving room for the end to be looped later). The add one of the earring hooks to the pin.
9: Add another set of beads so that there is an even amount either side of the earring hooks. Repeat this for the second pin.
10: Loop the ends of the pins to secure the beads and earring hook in place.
12: Attach each of the smaller eye pins to the top of each of the circle charms.
13: Attach the charms to either side of the long pins with the earring hooks, make sure that each earring has one large and one small circle charm.
Now your earrings are finished and ready to wear! How special are these?
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How to make beaded love heart earrings.
Do you remember the love heart necklace tutorial? Here’s how to make love heart earrings too! Contains affiliate links.
You will need the following tools and materials to make your beaded love heart earrings:
1: Pliers. You’ll need flat nose pliers, cutting pliers and round nose pliers.
2: Four pieces of wire cut to approximately 12cm long.
3: Earring hooks.
4: Beads. I used timber beads and some yellow glass beads.
Follow these steps to make your love heart earrings:
1: Create a loop at one end of the wire using the round nose pliers.
2: Add beads to the wire leaving 1cm unbeaded.
3: Create a loop at the other end of the wire using the round nose pliers.
4: Repeat steps 1-3 for the remaining pieces of wire, make 2 wires with the timber beads and 2 with the glass beads.
5: Link one of the timber bead wires to the glass bead wires and one end.
6: Form the wires into a heart shape and link the wires at the bottom of the heart.
7: Repeat these steps for the second heart.
8: Squash the bottom loops of each earring so that it doesn’t fold in half when it hangs from your ears.
9: Add an earring hook to the top of each heart earring.
Now your love heart earrings are ready to wear!
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Here’s another cute way to upcycle your broken headphones, a double strand necklace!
If you aren’t sick of my headphone recycling tutorials yet here is another way you can upcycle them into beautiful jewelry. This one gives you all the steps you need to take to make a double strand headphone necklace.
You will need the following tools and materials to make your double strand headphone necklace:
1: Pliers. You’ll need cutting pliers, flat nose pliers and round nose pliers
2: A pair of broken headphones. I used the top part of the headphones that I used in the finger knit bracelet tutorial.
3: Four crimp ends.
4: Four small pieces of chain, one pair longer than the other. My headphone cords weren’t quite long enough to fit around my neck so I added some small pieces of chain to the end of each to make them fit.
5: Two beads. I used these chunky wooden beads with big holes.
6: Four larger jump rings.
7: Four smaller jump rings.
8: A lobster clasp.
Follow these steps to make your double strand necklace out of recycled headphones.
1: Cut the headphone cords using the cutting pliers to separate them and remove the ear buds.
2: Add a crimp end to either end of the headphone cords, folding them in place using your flat nose pliers.
3: Add one pair of chains to either end of one of the cords using two of the larger jump rings.
4: Add the second pair of chains to the other cord using another pair of larger jump rings.
5: Add the beads to each of the strands.
7: Secure the chains together using a smaller jump ring on either side of the necklace.
8: Attach the clasp using another smaller jump ring.
9: Add the remaining jump ring to the other side of the necklace to finish it.
Now your double strand necklace made from recycled headphones is finished! I love coming up with creative ways to save broken products from the trash.
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Here’s how to make a simple pendant necklace!
This necklace is a simple but beautiful way to use your favorite beads.
You will need the following tools and materials to make your necklace:
1: Pliers. You will need your flat nose pliers and round nose pliers to make this necklace.
2: A piece of chain at the length you would like your necklace to fall.
3: A long head pin.
4: A lobster clasp.
5: Two jump rings.
6: One large jump ring.
7: Beads of your choice. I used these dalmatian jasper beads, wooden beads and hematite beads.
Follow these steps to make your necklace:
1: Add the beads to the head pin in your chosen pattern.
2: Create a loop at the top of the pin using the round nose pliers to secure the beads in place.
3: Add the large jump ring to the top of the beaded charm and add it to the chain.
4: Add a jump ring to one side of the necklace chain, slide the lobster clasp onto the open jump ring and close it to secure the clasp in place.
4: Add the other small jump ring to the other end of the chain. And now your necklace is finished!
