Memory Wire Bracelet with Dyna-Mites™ Seed Beads and Candy Cane Charm
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Design Idea RE2A
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead end, silver-plated brass, 3mm half-drilled round
- Charm, enamel / crystals / imitation rhodium-plated "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), crystal clear and red, 18x14mm single-sided candy cane heart
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 6mm twisted round, 3.6mm inside diameter, 16 gauge
- Memory wire cutter, steel and rubber, blue and black, 5-1/2 inches
- Memory wire, silver-plated stainless steel, 2-1/4 inch bracelet, 0.65-0.75mm thick
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, silver-lined translucent clear, #8 round
- Seed bead, Dyna-Mites™, glass, silver-lined translucent red, #8 round
- Seed bead, TOHO BEADS®, glass, #8 round, opaque ceylon snowflake (TR-08-141)
Instructions
Step 1
Cut a length of 3 circle rounds of silver-plated 2.25-inch 0.65-0.75mm bracelet memory wire, using memory wire cutters.
Make a simple loop at one end of the memory wire.
Step 2
String the beads onto the memory wire in this order:
- One TOHO BEADS #8 seed bead in opaque ceylon snowflake
- One Dyna-Mites #8 seed bead in silver-lined translucent red
- One TOHO BEADS #8 seed bead in opaque ceylon snowflake
- One Dyna-Mites #8 seed bead in silver-lined translucent clear
- One Dyna-Mites #8 seed bead in silver-lined translucent red
- One Dyna-Mites #8 seed bead in silver-lined translucent clear
Repeat this pattern until you reach the end of the memory wire.
Step 3
Glue a 3mm half-drilled round bead end to the end of the memory wire using E6000® adhesive.
Add silver-plated 6mm 16-gauge twisted round jump ring to a candy-cane heart charm. Attach the jump ring to the simple loop at the starting end of the memory wire.
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