Harvest Bracelet & Earrings

Project Sheet: cd1399

Harvest Bracelet & Earrings

Harvest Bracelet & Earrings

Project Sheet: cd1399

Materials

(for an 8’’ bracelet; adjust if needed)  

• “Cousin: Jewelry Basics” orange/yellow/bronze glass bead mix (17’’ strand)
   (4) ovals (two of each color) and (6) bronze spacer rings will be used
• (5) “Nicole: Crystal Strands” 6x8mm crystals, in Peridot AB (8’’ strand)
• (4) “Imagine it…“ 4mm fire polished Czech rounds, in Olivine (8’’ strand)
• (4) “Toho” 6/0 e-beads in Transparent Brown (9 gram tube)
• (5) “Imagine it…” 4mm China Mtn Jade round beads, in Yellow (8’’ strand)
• (3) Red-orange e-beads from “Cousin: Jewelry Basics” 18 oz Red Seed Bead Mix
• (8) “Beader’s Paradise” beadlettes in Brown Iris (22 gram tube)
• (1 set) “Cousin: Jewelry Basics” S-clasp with jump ring in Antique Gold (8 set closure pack)
• (2) crimp tubes
• (Appx 9’’) 7-strand stringing wire, in Satin Gold, .018’’
• Nippers or small scissors
• Crimper
• (2) bronze earring forms
• (2) bronze headpins
• Round nose pliers
• Wire cutters

Directions

BRACELET:
1. Cut a 9’’ piece of stringing wire with the nippers. Attach the jump ring using the crimp tube and crimper. Leave about ½ inch of overlapped wire for the first couple beads to go over.

2. String on:
    brown e-bead, yellow oval, brown e-bead;
    bronze spacer and red e-bead;
    beadlette, peridot crystal, beadlette;
    yellow jade, bronze spacer, green Czech, orange oval, green Czech, bronze spacer, yellow jade;
    beadlette, peridot crystal, beadlette;
    red e-bead, bronze spacer, brown e-bead, yellow oval, brown e-bead, bronze spacer, red e-bead;
    beadlette, peridot crystal, beadlette;
    yellow jade, bronze spacer;
    green Czech, orange oval, green Czech
    
 3. Attach the clasp to the end using the other crimp tube and crimper tool. String the wire back through a few of the beads before securing the crimp. Trim the excess wire with the nippers.

EARRINGS:
1. String a green crystal, brown beadlette, and yellow jade bead onto a headpin.

2. Using a round-nose pliers, bend the headpin at a 90 degree angle as close to the beads as possible. Then, move the pliers down the headpin a tiny bit and bend it the other direction so it starts forming a loop. Bending the headpin backwards first helps center the loop around the beads, versus it being off to one side.

3. Continue moving down the headpin and bending the loop. When it is just about closed, trim the excess headpin with a wire cutter, and complete the loop.

4. Open the loop on the earring form, attach the beaded headpin, and close the loop.