Bracelet and Earring Set with Lampworked Glass Beads and Miyuki Rocaille Seed Beads
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Design Idea RF2X
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4mm round, 2.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge.
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 6mm round, 4.2mm inside diameter, 18 gauge.
- Head pin, gold-plated brass, 2 inches, 21 gauge.
- Crimp, 12Kt gold-filled, 2mm smooth tube, 1.1mm inside diameter.
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, Dijon gold, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter.
- Crimp cover, gold-plated brass, 4mm round.
- Clasp, lobster claw, gold-plated brass, 10x6mm.
- Bead, lampworked glass, translucent blue and white, 10mm bumpy round.
- Bead, lampworked glass, translucent red and white, 10mm bumpy round.
- Bead, lampworked glass, translucent red and white, 18x11mm bumpy flat round.
- Ear wire, gold-plated brass, 35mm marquise with open loop, 19 gauge.
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, pkg/4g, #8 rocaille, opaque 24Kt gold-plated (RR-191).
- Wire protector, Accu-Guard™, gold-plated brass, 5mm tube.
Instructions
Bracelet Instructions
Step 1
Cut 12” of Accu Flex.
Step 2
String Accu flex through a crimp bead and an Accu Guard.
Step 3
Bring the Accu Flex back around and sting back into the Accu Guard on the other side then back into the crimp bead.
Step 4
Use crimping pliers to crimp the crimp bead.
Step 5
Cover crimp bead with a crimp cover.
Step 6
Trim off excess Accu Flex.
Step 7
Start threading a bumpy bead then two seed beads, then alternate the color bumpy bead, add two more seed beads.
Step 8
Continue this pattern till you get desired length (I used 7 of each color bumpy bead total of 14).
Step 9
Thread the end of the Accu Flex into another crimp bead and Accu Guard. Thread into other side of the Accu Guard and back through the crimp bead.
Step 10
Use Crimping plier, crimp bead and cove with crimp cover.
Step 11
Add jump ring and lobster clasp to ends.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
Thread 2” head pin through a seed bead then through the smaller bumpy bead through another seed bead then through the larger bumpy bead and one more seed bead.
Step 2
Make a simple loop with the rest of the head pin.
Step 3
Use your flat nose pliers and open the ear wire.
Step 4
Slide the ear wire through the simple loop and twist back in place.
Step 5
Repeat with other earring.
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