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This necklace is special! Make one of your own today.
This necklace looks amazing, it’s a really cool way to use your favorite drop 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.
2: Two pieces of chain to form the length of your necklace.
3: Two pieces of wire or two eye pins, one longer than the other.
4: A toggle clasp.
5: Four jump rings.
6: Beads of your choice. I used some frosted blue glass beads and a turquoise droplet bead.
Follow these steps to make your necklace:
1: If you are using wire, make a loop at the end of the longer piece of the wire.
2: Add the beads to the wire until there is only 1cm left without beads.
3: Create a loop at the other end of the wire.
4: Create a loop at the end of the shorter piece of wire.
5: Add the turquoise bead to the wire.
6: Create a loop at the other end of the wire using the round nose pliers to secure the bead on the wire.
7: Bend the longer beaded wire into a U shape and attach the drop bead to the inside of the U.
8: Attach each piece of chain to either side of the beaded U shape using two of the jump rings.
9: Attach each component of the toggle clasp to either end of the chain to finish the necklace. Secure them in place using the two remaining jump rings.
Now your necklace is finished!
Here’s another one I made with a longer U and a glass feature bead.
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Stuck In A Rut? Here Are Some DIY Jewelry Design Tips
Sometimes you need a little bit of extra help when it comes to designing your own DIY jewelry, so here are some of my favorite tips and tricks that I use to design and make my jewelry.
My number one rule when it comes to designing jewelry is to go with your gut, I usually find that too much planning stifles creativity. My personal DIY jewelry design process is quite intuitive; I might choose a feature bead or a particular material and then select my colors and materials accordingly.
Choosing a color scheme can also be an interesting starting point for your designs. Selecting colors that are complimentary, contrasting or using a monochrome color scheme can lead to some stunning results. Color blocking your beads can also be a fun way to use different colors in your designs.
This bracelet design uses color blocking and texture blocking. Or you can just throw caution to the wind and a random assortment of multicolor beads like I have in this charm bracelet design.
This cute charm bracelet was made using a random assortment of colored seed beads. Check out my tutorial on how to make a beaded necklace for an example of a monochrome color scheme. I used mostly white and clear glass beads to create a monochrome background for the turquoise feature beads at the center of the necklace.
The fundamental steps for making your own jewelry are easy, once you’ve got them mastered you can start to explore, experiment and inevitably create your own incredible and unique DIY jewelry designs.
Go on, get making!
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How to Make a Beaded Necklace (Just quietly, It’s really easy)
Do you want to learn how to make a necklace? Well then you have come to the right place! Making your own necklace doesn’t to be an intimidating task… it’s easy as! In this DIY jewelry tutorial you’ll learn all the steps you need to make your own beaded necklace with the beads of your choice.
You will need the following tools and materials to make this necklace:
1. Pliers
To make this necklace you will need flat nose pliers, round nose pliers and cutting pliers.
2. Tiger tail wire.
3. Four crimp beads.
4. A lobster clasp.
5. A jump ring.
6. A selection of beads.
In this design I have used three turquoise beads as feature beads and a selection of e beads, seed beads and metal beads.
The Steps
1. Cut wire the tiger tail wire to the length you want it. You can quickly measure and test your length by pulling the wire around your neck and checking where it falls on your chest before cutting. For this necklace I cut my wire to 46cm (approximately 18 inches). Remember to cut it slightly longer than you want the length of your necklace to be.
2. Add two crimp beads and the lobster clasp to the end of your tiger tail wire.
3. Bend the tiger tail wire around the clasp and into the crimp beads.
4. Squash the crimp beads using the round nose pliers to secure the clasp in place.
5. Start threading your beads.
6. When you start getting close to the middle of your length of wire, add the first of the three feature beads.
7. Continue your beading pattern until all feature beads have been added.
8. Continue beading until the necklace is beaded up to the length you want it and the middle feature bead hangs in the middle of your wire. It helps if you keep count of the number of beads you have used before the first feature bead to ensure that your necklace looks even.
9. Once the beading has been completed, add another two crimp beads and a jump ring. Bend the wire around the jump ring and back through the crimp beads and a few necklace beads.
10. Use round nose pliers to pull the wire tight.
11. Once the wire has been pulled all the way through, secure it in place by squashing the crimp beads using your round nose pliers.
12. Once your crimps have been secured you can trim the extra tiger tail wire.
13. Open the jump ring using your pliers and slip on the clasp tag. Close the jump ring once the tag has been put into place.
14. Now your necklace is complete. How easy was that?!
