Double-Strand Necklace and Earring Set with Crystal Passions® Beads and Metal Beads
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Design Idea KA1P
Crystal Shimmer
-- 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®, Siam shimmer 2X, 6mm bicone (5328)
- Bead, Crystal Passions® crystals, Crystal Passions®, rose peach shimmer 2X, 6mm Xilion bicone (5328)
- Bead, Crystal Passions®, silk shimmer 2X, 4mm faceted bicone (5328)
- Bead, Crystal Passions®, Siam shimmer 2X, 4mm bicone (5328)
- Bead, Crystal Passions® crystals, rose peach shimmer 2X, 4mm Xilion bicone (5328)
- Bead, Crystal Passions® crystals, Crystal Passions®, light Siam shimmer, 6mm Xilion bicone (5328)
- Bead, Crystal Passions® crystals, light Siam shimmer, 4mm Xilion bicone (5328)
- Ear wire, gold-plated brass, 16mm leverback with 3mm ball with closed loop
- Wire protector, Accu-Guard™, gold-plated brass, 4mm tube, 0.5mm inside diameter
- Bead, gold-finished brass, 9x5.5mm rondelle with line and dot design. Sold per pkg of 2.
- Bead, gold-finished steel, 4mm round
- Spacer bar, antique gold-finished "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), 13x6mm 3-strand double-sided rectangle
- Crimp cover, gold-plated brass, 4mm corrugated round
- Bead, antique gold-finished "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), 7x5mm studded beaded rondelle
- Clasp, lobster claw, gold-plated brass, 11x5mm with diamond pattern
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 5.5mm round, 3.5mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
- Chain, gold-finished brass, 2mm figure 8
- Crimp cover, gold-plated brass, 4mm round
- Crimp, 12Kt gold-filled, 2mm smooth tube, 1.1mm inside diameter
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, clear, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4x3mm oval, 2.5x1.5mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Cut one 15-inch length and one 18-inch length of Accu-Flex® professional-quality beading wire and four 6-inch lengths of figure-8 chain.
Step 2
String onto the 15-inch length of beading wire: one crimp and one Accu-Guard™ wire protector. Pass the beading wire back through the crimp. Pull the beading wire so the crimp rests snug against the Accu-Guard leaving approximately 1/4 inch of beading wire on the end. Crimp then trim the excess from the short end of the beading wire. Finish with a 4mm crimp cover.
Step 3
String the following onto the beading wire:
- One silk shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One 4mm gold-finished round
- One silk shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- Two rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicones
- One silk shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One 4mm gold-finished round
- Two rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicones
- One silk shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One 4mm gold-finished round
- Two rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicones
- One light Siam shimmer 4mm bicone
- One rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One 4mm gold-finished round
- Two light Siam shimmer 4mm bicones
- One rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One 4mm gold-finished round
- Three light Siam shimmer 4mm bicones
- One rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- Two light Siam shimmer 4mm bicones
- One 4mm gold-finished round
- One Siam shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One light Siam shimmer 4mm bicone
- One Siam shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One 7x5mm studded rondelle
- One Siam shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One light Siam shimmer 4mm bicone
- Three Siam shimmer 2X 4mm bicones
- One light Siam shimmer 4mm bicone
- One studded rondelle
Step 4
String the following three times:
- Four Siam shimmer 2X 4mm bicones
- One studded rondelle
Step 5
Repeat Steps 2 and 3 in reverse to complete the beaded strand.
Step 6
Repeat Step 2 using the 18-inch length of beading wire.
Step 7
String the following three times:
- Three rose peach shimmer 2X 6mm bicones
- One 4mm gold-finished round
String the following:
- One light Siam shimmer 6mm bicone
- One Siam shimmer 2X 6mm bicone
- One light Siam shimmer 6mm bicone
- One 4mm gold-finished round
- One light Siam shimmer 6mm bicone
- One rose peach shimmer 2X 6mm bicone
- Two light Siam shimmer 6mm bicones
- One studded rondelle
- One light Siam shimmer 6mm bicone
- One rose peach shimmer 2X 6mm bicone
- One light Siam shimmer 6mm bicone
- One studded rondelle
- One light Siam shimmer 6mm bicone
- One Siam shimmer 2X 6mm bicone
- One light Siam shimmer 6mm bicone
- One Siam shimmer 2X 6mm bicone
- One studded rondelle
Step 8
String one 9x5.5mm rondelle.
Step 9
Repeat Steps 6 and 7 in reverse to complete the beaded strand.
Step 10
Pass a 4x3mm jump ring through the first link of two lengths of chain and a closed 5.5mm jump ring then close.
Step 11
Use a 4x3mm jump ring to attach the last link of one of the lengths of chain used in Step 10 to the end of the 15-inch beaded strand.
Repeat to attach the second length of chain to the end of the 18-inch beaded strand.
Step 12
Add a 4mm jump ring to a lobster claw clasp.
Pass a 4x3mm jump ring through the first link of the two remaining lengths of chain and the jump ring of the clasp then close.
Step 13
Repeat Step 11 to complete the second half of the necklace.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
Cut two 5-inch lengths of beading wire.
Step 2
String onto one length of beading wire one crimp and one Accu-Guard wire protector. Pass the beading wire back through the crimp. Pull the beading wire so the crimp rests snug against the Accu-Guard leaving approximately 1/4 inch of beading wire on the end. Crimp then trim the excess from the short end of the beading wire. Finish with a 4mm crimp cover.
Step 3
String the following onto the beading wire:
- The first hole of a 3-strand spacer bar
- One silk shimmer 2X bicone
- One rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One light Siam shimmer 4mm bicone
- One 2.5mm gold-finished round
- One rose peach shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One light Siam shimmer 4mm bicone
- One studded rondelle
- One Siam shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
- One light Siam shimmer 4mm bicone
- One Siam shimmer 2X 4mm bicone
Step 4
String one studded rondelle then repeat Step 3 in reverse using the third hole of the spacer bar.
Step 5
Repeat Step 2 to secure the strand.
Step 6
Pass a 5.5mm jump ring through the Accu-Guards of the beaded strand and the loop of an ear wire then close.
Step 7
Repeat Steps 2 - 6 to create a second earring.
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