Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set with Crystal Passions® Beads, Blue Labradorite Gemstone Beads and Black Onyx Gemstone Beads
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Design Idea KA19
An Aquamarine Escape
-- Designer --
Esther, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Esther Pollock, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Bead, Crystal Passions®, aquamarine, 5mm faceted round (5000)
- Drop, Crystal Passions®, aquamarine light chrome, 22x12mm faceted metallic cap pear pendant (6565)
- Drop, Crystal Passions®, aquamarine light chrome, 18x10mm faceted metallic cap pear pendant (6565)
- Bead, antiqued sterling silver, 3mm seamless corrugated round
- Bead, sterling silver, 4mm seamless-look round
- Crimp, sterling silver, 2mm cut tube with heavy wall, 1.2mm inside diameter
- Crimp cover, sterling silver, 4mm
- Bead, sterling silver, 4mm seamless corrugated round
- Eye pin, sterling silver, 1-1/2 inch, 24 gauge
- Head pin, sterling silver, 1-1/4 inch with 1.5mm ball, 24 gauge
- Bead, black onyx (dyed), 4mm round, A- grade, Mohs hardness 6-1/2 to 7
- Bead, black onyx (dyed), matte, 4mm round, B grade, Mohs hardness 6-1/2 to 7
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, opaque gunmetal, (RR451), #15 rocaille
- Jump ring, sterling silver, 6mm round, 4.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- French wire, silver-plated copper, fine, 0.85mm
- Jump ring, sterling silver, 5mm round, 3mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
- Jump ring, sterling silver, 4mm round, 2.2mm inside diameter, 19 gauge
- Clasp, lobster claw, sterling silver, 11x6mm rounded with swivel
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, clear, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter
- Ear wire, sterling silver, 18mm fishhook with 3mm ball and 2mm coil with open loop, 22 gauge
- Bead, blue labradorite (natural), 6mm round, B- grade, Mohs hardness 6 to 6-1/2
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
String a 4mm sterling silver round onto a head pin and create a wrapped loop.
Step 2
Add a 5mm jump ring to the drop created in Step 1.
Alternating 4mm and 5mm jump rings, add eight more jump rings to create an extender chain.
Step 3
Add a 6mm jump ring to an aquamarine 22x12mm metallic cap pear pendant.
Step 4
Cut a 19-inch length of Accu-Flex® professional-quality beading wire and two 1/2 inch lengths of French wire.
Add a crimp and a length of French wire to the end of the beading wire then complete with a crimp cover.
Step 5
String the following onto the beading wire twice:
- Two aquamarine 5mm rounds
- One 4mm onyx round
- One aquamarine round
- One 4mm matte onyx round
- Three aquamarine rounds
- One 4mm sterling silver corrugated round
- Three aquamarine rounds
- One 4mm sterling silver round
- One 6mm blue labradorite round
- One 4mm sterling silver round
- Three aquamarine rounds
- One matte onyx round
- One aquamarine round
- One onyx round
- Two aquamarine rounds
- One 4mm corrugated round
- Three aquamarine rounds
- One 4mm sterling silver round
- One blue labradorite round
- One 4mm sterling silver round
- One 3mm antiqued sterling silver corrugated round
- One matte onyx round
- One onyx round
- Three aquamarine rounds
- One 4mm corrugated round
- Three aquamarine rounds
- One 4mm sterling silver round
- One blue labradorite round
- One 4mm sterling silver round
- Three aquamarine rounds
- One 3mm corrugated round
Step 6
String one metallic hematite #15 seed bead and the jump ring added to the pear pendant.
Step 7
Repeat Steps 4 and 5 in reverse to complete the beaded strand.
Step 8
Use 4mm jump rings to add a lobster claw clasp to one end of the beaded strand and the extender chain to the opposite end.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
String an aquamarine 5mm round and a 3mm corrugated round onto an eye pin then create a simple loop.
Repeat to create a second link.
Step 2
Add a 6mm jump ring to an aquamarine metallic cap pear pendant. Repeat to add a jump ring to a second pendant.
Step 3
Connect one ear wire, one beaded link and the jump ring of one pendant.
Repeat to complete a second earring.
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