Spring Flower Necklace
This Month's project is inspired by the beauty of the Spring Gardens.
We all endured the April Showers and are rewarded with glorious May Flowers
Materials:
" 1 Package 1.5 headpins
" 36 Flower beads
" 36 4mm crystals
" 10 leaf beads w/ vertical hole
" 2 6mm round beads
" 2 crimp beads
" 4 6mm soldered rings
" ½ yard ultra suede cord, cut in half
· 1 foot 24g Sterling wire
· Sterling clasp
· 6 soft flex wire
Tools:
" Wire cutter
" Round-nose Pliers
" Chain-nose Pliers
Step One:
Place flower, beads, crystals and 8
of the leaf beads onto headpins and
bend pins to a right angle.
Step Two:
Trim wire to 3/8 and turn wire with
with round nose pliers to create a loop above
beads.
Step Three:
Thread end of ultra suede cord through a soldered ring and wrap tightly with 24g
wire. Repeat with the second piece.
Step Four:
Crimp the soft flex wire to the soldered ring.
Step Five:
String one leaf bead and a 6mm round bead
onto the soft flex wire.
Step Six:
Add in all the flowers and leaves onto the wire in a random
order. You may want the largest flowers in the center.
Step Seven:
After the flowers are on end with a 6mm bead and a leaf
bead and crimp to the other ring.
Step Eight:
Size cord to desired length and attach rings to the cord.
Step Nine:
Attach clasp to one ring.
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