Bracelet with Crystal Passions® Beads and Sterling Silver Charms
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Design Idea MC2B
-- Designer --
Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Jump ring, sterling silver, 4.5mm round, 2.6mm inside diameter, 19 gauge
- Jump ring, sterling silver, 6.5mm round, 4.7mm inside diameter, 19 gauge
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, pearl, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter
- Bead, Crystal Passions®, cyclamen opal, 4mm bicone (5328)
- Clasp, lobster claw, sterling silver, 28x4mm with 2 crimp ends, 1mm inside diameter
- Charm, sterling silver, 11x9mm double-sided open butterfly
- Bead, Crystal Passions®, crystal paradise shine, 6x4mm faceted rondelle (5040)
Instructions
Step 1
Add a 4.5mm sterling silver jump ring to each of five sterling silver 11x9mm open butterfly charms.
Step 2
Cut one 8-inch section of 0.019-inch Accu-Flex® 49-strand beading wire.
Step 3
Using chain-nose pliers, clamp down one crimp end of a sterling silver lobster claw double-crimp-end clasp onto one end of the 8-inch section of beading wire.
Step 4
Thread the following beads onto the beading wire:
- Two 4mm Crystal Passions® cyclamen opal bicones
- One 6x4mm Crystal Passions crystal paradise shine rondelle
- The jump ring attached to a butterfly charm
Step 5
Thread the following sequence of beads onto the beading wire five times:
- One 6x4mm Crystal Passions crystal paradise shine rondelle
- Two 4mm Crystal Passions cyclamen opal bicones
- Three 6x4mm Crystal Passions crystal paradise shine rondelles
- Two 4mm Crystal Passions cyclamen opal bicones
- One 6x4mm Crystal Passions crystal paradise shine rondelle
- The jump ring attached to a butterfly charm
Step 6
Thread the following beads onto the beading wire:
- One 6x4mm Crystal Passions crystal paradise shine rondelle
- Two 4mm Crystal Passions cyclamen opal bicones
Step 7
Leaving a tail of bare wire of approximately 5mm, cut off the excess wire using a flush cutter. Clamp the bare end of wire into the free crimp end of the clasp.
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