Soft Silver Sparkle Bracelet & Earrings
by Joy Jones.
(Washington DC)
I love the sparkly stuff and couldn’t resist these sale beads! The bracelet in this set is made of tiny Czech glass faceted beads and 4mm round glass pearls in a matte silver color.
The individual beaded strands are strung on flexible beading wire and crimped at each end; 3mm crimp covers hide the folded crimps. The individual strands were then attached (at each end of the bracelet) to the loop of a 3″ eye pin.
After closing the loops securely, I threaded each eyepin through a silver cone end, and finished by making a wrapped loop that fit snug to the top of each cone. Jump rings attached the bracelet to the magnetic clasp. For each earring, I strung the leftover Czech beads on lightweight/fine beading wire, adding a crystal AB spacer at the bottom of the teardrop shape.
I threaded both ends of the wire through a 1mm crimp bead, then crimped and covered the bead. Using a double bead tip (clamshell), the beading wire was threaded through the bottom hole of the clamshell tip, knotted tightly and glued, then snipped at the ends very close to the knots.
Then I closed the bead tip, added a jumpring to the top loop of the tip, closed it, and hung the earrings on handmade earwires.
When I finished I realized this would make beautiful wedding jewelry!
Joy Jones
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