Make It For Mum Necklace

Big blue beads and silver plated chain make a stylish and bold necklace

Posted by Beads Unlimited

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These lovely big blue and white flowery beads remind me of willow pattern plates! Floral beads in a variety of colours and all other items in this project are available from Beads Unlimited.

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You Will Need (12 things)

  • 85 6mm Wooden Beads royal blue
  • Metal Spacers silver plated
  • 24 x 18mm Acrylic Beads blue and white floral
  • 4 Light Chain silver plated
  • 25 x 5mm Jump Rings silver plated
  • 10 x 8mm Jump Rings silver plated
  • 12 x Crimps silver plated
  • 8 x Crimp Covers silver plated
  • 1 x Trigger Clasp silver plated
  • 2 x Decorative Connectors silver plated
  • 10 m Plastic Coated Wire silver plated
  • 1 x Multi Tool pliers

Steps (6 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Cut a 60cm length of plastic coated wire.
    Thread on a crimp, pass the wire back through
    to make a loop and squeeze the crimp flat. Use
    a crimp cover to hide the crimp.

  2. 2

    Thread on a 6mm wooden bead, all of the
    plastic beads and another wooden bead. Add a
    crimp, thread the wire back through the crimp
    and a few beads, pull tight to make a loop and
    squeeze flat. Add a crimp cover.

  3. 3

    Make a beaded length of all of the silver
    spacers and another of the remaining wooden
    beads in the same way.

  4. 4

    Use a 5mm jump ring to attach one end of the
    beaded length to the left hand side of a connector
    and the other end to the right hand side of the
    remaining spacer.

  5. 5

    Attach the wooden strand to the centre of one
    of the connectors and the spacer bead to the
    remaining loop. Wrap the
    wooden strand and the
    spacer strand loosely
    around the floral beads
    and attach them to the
    other connector.

  6. 6

    Cut two 12cm lengths of chain. Attach one to
    each of the connectors with an 8mm jump ring.
    Add an 8mm jump ring with a trigger clasp to one
    of the chains and an 8mm jump ring to the other.