Bib-Style Necklace and Earring Set with Anodized Aluminum Components and Chainmaille
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Design Idea G51X
Oh! Flowers
-- Designer --
Anna, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Clasp, toggle, silver-plated brass, 16mm round
- Component, anodized aluminum, dark green, 36x22mm 2-sided curved scale blank with 8mm hole, 20 gauge
- Component, anodized aluminum, green, 22x14mm 2-sided curved scale blank with 5mm hole, 20 gauge
- Component, anodized aluminum, silver, 36x22mm 2-sided curved scale blank with 8mm hole, 20 gauge
- Component, Oh! Ring™, silicone, antique white, 10mm round with 6mm hole
- Component, Oh! Ring™, silicone, antique white, 15mm round with 10mm hole
- Component, Oh! Ring™, silicone, light green, 10mm round with 6mm hole
- Component, Oh! Ring™, silicone, light green, 15mm round with 10mm hole
- Component, Oh! Ring™, silicone, turquoise blue, 10mm round with 6mm hole
- Component, Oh! Ring™, silicone, turquoise blue, 15mm round with 10mm hole
- Ear wire, silver-plated brass, 15mm leverback with 6x3mm shell and open loop
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 6mm round, 4.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 7mm round, 5.1mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Pass one 7mm jumpring through two turquoise blue 10mm Oh! Ring™ silicone components and two white 10mm Oh! Rings then close. Repeat to attach a second 7mm jumpring creating double jumprings.
Step 2
Use double 7mm jumprings to connect one set of two light green 10mm Oh! Rings to the previous set of turquoise Oh! Rings. Repeat to connect the set of light green Oh! Rings to the set of white Oh! Rings.
Continue to connect a total of six alternating sets of turquoise and light green Oh! Rings to the previous set of Oh! Rings and to the set of white Oh! Rings in the center, creating an Oh! Ring flower.
Step 3
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to create a total of 12 Oh! Ring flowers.
Step 4
Pass one white 15mm Oh! Ring through the loop on one silver 36x22mm curved scale then fold the Oh! Ring in half. Pass one 7mm jumpring through the loops on each end of the Oh! Ring then close. Repeat to attach a second 7mm jumpring creating double jumprings.
Repeat to attach a second Oh! Ring to the scale. Use 7mm double jumprings to connect the two previous sets of double jumprings.
Repeat to create a total of five silver scale drops.
Step 5
Pass one turquoise 15mm Oh! Ring through the loop on one dark green 36x22mm scale and one green 22x14mm scale. Connect the ends of the Oh! Ring using double 7mm jumprings. Attach a second set of 7mm jumprings to the previous set.
Repeat to attach a second turquoise Oh! Ring to the set of scales.
Step 6
Repeat Step 5 to create two scale drops using light green Oh! Rings.
Step 7
Use double 7mm jumprings to connect one set of white 10mm Oh! Rings to one set of turquoise Oh! Rings in one Oh! Ring flower. Using double 7mm jumprings continue to connect one set of white Oh! Rings and an Oh! Ring flower end to end for a total of 12 sets.
Using double 7mm jumprings continue to connect one last set of white Oh! Rings to the opposite end of the last Oh! Ring flower.
Step 8
Use double 7mm jumprings to attach one silver scale drop to the fifth set of white Oh! Rings in the chain.
Use double 7mm jumprings to attach the one side of one turquoise scale drop to the bottom set of turquoise Oh! Rings on the adjacent Oh! Ring flower. Repeat to attach the opposite side of the scale drop to the adjacent set of light green Oh! Rings on the flower.
Step 9
Continue to connect one silver scale drop to the next white Oh! Ring and one light green Oh! Ring and green scale drop to the next Oh! Ring flower. Continue to alternate attaching silver drops and green scale drops then attach one last silver scale drop.
Step 10
Attach one 6mm jumpring to the loop on the ring portion of the toggle clasp. Pass one 7mm jumpring through the previous jumpring and one set of white Oh! Rings on one end of the chain.
Use 7mm jumprings to attach the second portion of the clasp to the set of white Oh! Rings on the opposite end of the chain.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
Using double 7mm jumprings connect two turquoise blue 10mm Oh! Rings and two white 10mm Oh! Rings.
Step 2
Using double 7mm jumprings connect two turquoise blue 10mm Oh! Rings and two white 10mm Oh Rings.
Continue to connect a total of six alternating sets of turquoise and light green Oh! Rings, to the previous set of Oh! Rings and to the set of white Oh! Rings in the center, creating an Oh! Ring flower.
Step 3
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to create a total of 2 Oh! Ring flowers.
Step 4
Use double 7mm jumprings to connect one set of white 10mm Oh! Rings to one set of turquoise Oh! Rings in one Oh! Ring flower. Repeat to connect the white Oh! Rings to the next adjacent set of Oh! Rings in the flower.
Step 5
Attach double 7mm jumprings to the white Oh! Rings. Pass one 6mm jumpring through the loop on one leverback earwire and the previous double jumprings then close.
Step 6
Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to create a second earring.
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