Jewelery, as well as costume jewelery, can be expensive. Learning how to make jewelry by hand doesn't just mean getting beautiful pieces at a lower cost, it also means you can coordinate perfectly in style with your personal taste. Once you have mastered the basic techniques, you can combine them to make unique necklaces, bracelets, earrings and many other things.
Steps
Step 1. Get all the materials you need (wire, beads, wire, etc.)
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Step 2. Get creative
Grab the thread and put whatever you want on it to make your own necklace / bracelet!
Method 1 of 3: Necklace
Step 1. Arrange the beads in the grooves of the pattern in the following order:
5 beads, 1 spacer, 1 double-pointed crystal, 1 spacer. Repeat the pattern until you have reached the marks of a 45 cm design.
Step 2. Cut 50 cm of thread
Step 3. Thread one end of the wire through a rounded tube and through half of a paper clip
Run the thread back through the tube, leaving about 1.5 cm, and close the tube with the pliers.
Step 4. Thread the beads from the pattern to the wire, threading the end of the wire into the first beads
Step 5. Thread a tube and the other half of the clip onto the wire
Go back through the tube and the last few beads. Pull the thread tight; it may be easier to do this step with curved caliper. Close the tube with the bending pliers. Trim excess threads with the thread cutter.
Method 2 of 3: Bracelet
Step 1. Arrange the beads on the chart to make a bracelet measuring 6 or 6 inches, depending on your wrist size
Use this pattern: 2 beads, 2 spacers, 2 beads, 1 spacer, 1 double pointed crystal, 1 spacer. Repeat until you have reached the desired size.
Step 2. Thread the tube and one side of the bar to close on a 22.5cm piece of wire
Go back through the tube and close it with the pliers.
Step 3. Put the beads on the wire
Step 4. Add another tube and the other part of the clip
Go back through the tube and close it.
Method 3 of 3: Earrings
Step 1. Thread 1 pearl, 1 spacer, 1 double-ended crystal, 1 spacer and 1 pearl on 4 heads
Thread 2 pearls, 1 spacer, 1 double-ended crystal, 1 spacer and 2 pearls on 2 heads.
Step 2. Make an open loop just above the last bead on each clasp
- Use tweezers to bend the heads at a 90 ° angle.
- Take the bent wire with tweezers and fold the tail around the tip of the pliers with your fingers.
- Trim off the excess thread with the thread cutter.
Step 3. Open a ring and add 1 short, 1 long and 1 short element
Slide the ring through the earring and close the ring. Repeat with the other heads and wires or clips.
Advice
- Use the same steps to add clasps and clasps to any beaded jewelry. Arrange the beads on the chart until you have a design you like and then put them on the thread. Use 2 or 3 spacers to make multi-strand necklaces or bracelets. Use the same pattern you drew for the bracelet to make an anklet by making it longer so it fits on your ankle.
- Now that you know the basic techniques of making jewelry by hand, add pendants from the earrings to the necklace to give a unique design or make a shorter and similar one to add in the middle of the pearls of your bracelet.
