Elegant Jewelry Beads and Accessories

Sunday 11 February 2018

How to Braid a Rainbow Bracelet with One String in 15 Minutes

Summary: Here's a tutorial about braiding a rainbow bracelet with only one strand of 2mm nylon string material. With the same weaving pattern (doing Sun knot), you can finish this one string bracelet within 15 minutes.


Have you ever braid a bracelet with only one strand of string for jewelry making? Today we’ll show you a 15-minutes friendship bracelet braided from one rainbow colored string, in which you'll merely need to work the sun knot one and one. Let's get started now!

Supplies needed for braiding rainbow string bracelet:

2mm Nylon Thread
Lighter
Scissors

How to braid rainbow bracelet with one string?

Step1: Braid first sun knot with one string

Unlike the sun knot tying techniques in our learning center, here we divide the knot into two parts:
1st, cut a length of 2mm nylon thread, fold in half;
2nd, create a loop with right working end, keep the end over the vertical parallel lines;
3rd, work the second loop using the left working end, over the right end. Go under the folded loop and then through the first loop from back to front;
4th, make the folded loop a proper size and then pull the ends tautly and this is one part of the sun knot. ;
5th, repeat the processes 1~4 with left working end firstly;
6th, tighten your ends. 
You’ve done your first complete sun knot!

Step2: Repeat the same pattern

Keep working the sun knot in step 1 one after one.


Step3: Make the closure of one string bracelet

Create a button knot at end. Trim off the excess thread and melt the cut with lighter.

Done!

OK, we've finished this rainbow bracelet with one string. And, you can choose to add some beads for a brand new version or to customize the jewelry design accords to your individual needs. Whatever, we hope you’ll love this one string bracelet.

Wednesday 18 January 2017

Innovative Wire Wrapped Cluster Dangle Earrings

If you want to look for a pair of cluster beaded dangle earrings, heres one original design that you might like. This pair of handmade earrings combine the golden wire element, the cluster beads and gemstone pendants. They are elegant but also look cute. If you also have fallen in love with them, just make one pair for yourself.
Material and tools for making these wire wrapped dangle earrings:
Mixed Color 4x3mm Faceted Abacus Glass Beads
Dark Salmon 8x6mm Faceted Abacus Glass Beads
6mm White Pearl Beads
8mm White Pearl Beads
Pink Gemstone Pendants
1.5mm Golden Aluminum Wire
0.3mm Golden Copper Wire
Golden Ball Headpins
Golden Jumprings
Golden Twist Chain
Round Nose Pliers
Long Nose Pliers
Side Cutting Pliers
How to make this pair of gemstone dangle earrings:
Step 1: cut off two pieces of 1.5mm aluminum wires and wrap them into the patterns like the picture shows;
Step 2: wrap a piece of 0.3mm copper wire on these aluminum wires to combine the two pieces. Then slide a 6mm white pearl bead onto the copper wire and hang it to the top of the pattern;
Step 3: wrap another piece of copper wire on the middle part of the pattern;
Step 4: slide a 8mm white pearl bead onto a copper wire then thread it with the bottom parts of the aluminum wires;
Step 5: attach an earring hook to the top pearl bead with a jump ring;
Step 6: slide some mix color glass beads onto headpins, then hook some of them onto a piece of golden chain;
Step 7: hook a piece of jump ring into the 8mm pearl bead then link a gemstone pendant with it;
Step 8: use a jump ring to hang the beaded chain to the jump ring;
Step 9: hook the other beaded dangles onto the jump ring like the picture shows.
This is the final look of this pair of cluster dangle earrings.
How do you think of this design? Do you like it? If you have better ideas to improve this pair of wire wrapped dangle earrings, it would be the best if you could share with me. Thank you for reading this. Bye-bye!



Wednesday 11 January 2017

DIY Jewelry - Copper Wire Wrapped Ring

This tutorial is going to introduce how to make a beaded wire ring with simplest tools and materials. If you like this simple yet delicate diy wire wrapped ring, follow this tutorial to learn how to make it.
You only need these materials and tools:
1.5mm Silver Aluminum Wire
0.5mm Red Copper Wire
4mm Blue Bicone Glass Bead
Side Cutting Pliers
Long Nose Plier
Then, follow these steps to make this beaded wire ring.
Step 1: cut off five pieces of aluminum wires, and make sure they are of equal lengths;
Step 2: wind a piece of copper wire around the first aluminum wire, then add the second aluminum wire. Wrap them with the copper wire;
Step 3: add the third aluminum wire, then use the copper wire to wrap around it and the second one;
Step 4: in this way, wrap the copper wire around the fourth and the fifth aluminum wires;
Step 5: wrap around the whole pattern like the second picture shows;
Step 6: wrap around the top two aluminum wires, then wrap the second and the third. In this way, wrap more copper wires until it gets to the bottom aluminum wire;
Step 7: wrap around the bottom aluminum wire;
Step 8: wrap more copper wires around the aluminum wires like the picture shows;
Step 9: slide a blue bicone glass bead onto the copper wire, then fix it onto the pattern;
Step 10: continue to wrap more copper wires;
Step 11: cut off other four aluminum wires except the middle one, then use copper wires to wrap the two ends together like the picture shows;
Step 12: cut off extra copper wires.
This is the final look of the copper wire wrapped ring.
Here is another picture~
We spent some time making this copper wire wrapped ring. But its fair to say that this wire work ring is not very hard to make. You just need to devote some patience and deal with every detail with carefulness. So, hurry up to have a try on this diy wire wrapped ring.

Thursday 29 December 2016

How to Make a Tibetan Style Silver Beaded Hair Jewelry

Do you want to learn how to make this Tibetan style silver hair accessory showed in the below picture? It looks perfect, right? Let me tell you, its more beautiful and chic when you look at them directly. Its design idea is borrowed from Tibetan style jewelries, and by decorating this hair jewelry with pearl beads and glass beads, it becomes more ornate than others.
These materials and tools will be needed to make this beaded hair jewelry:
Fish Tibetan Style Chandelier Components
12mm White Glass Pearl Beads
8mm White Glass Pearl Beads
6mm White Glass Pearl Beads
4mm White Glass Pearl Beads
8x6mm Clear Glass Beads
15x10mm DarkTurquoise Glass Beads
Tibetan Style Flower Links
Flower Bead Caps
Iron Cross Chains
Silver Eyepins
Silver Headpins
Side Cutting Pliers
Round Nose Pliers
Then, follow these steps to make the silver hair jewelry:
Step 1: use pins and beads to make these five elements like the picture shows.
Step 2: use the round nose plier to connect the eyepin with a pearl bead to the dark turquoise glass bead and the flower bead cap to make a pendant.
Step 3: connect the pendant to the middle hole of the chandelier component. Connect other four elements to other holes of the chandelier component.
Step 4: slide a clear glass bead and a 12mm pearl bead onto a headpin and connect them to the center of the chandelier component.
Step 5: slide a 8mm pearl bead onto an eyepin, then connect one end of the eyepin to a flower link. Connect another end of the eyepin to the top of the chandelier component.
Step 6: make 4 dangles like the picture shows.
Step 7: use an eyepin to fix a 8mm pearl bead in the middle. Connect the two ends of the eyepin to 2 dangles.
Step 8: in same way, make another piece of beaded chain. Connect these two chains to the right side of the flower link. Connect other two ends of these two chains to another piece of flower link.
Step 9: make other two chains and connect them to the left side of the flower link and then connect them with another flower link like picture shows.
Step 10: use eyepins to connect 8mm pearl beads and clear glass beads alternatively to make a beaded chain. Connect the two ends of the chain to the two flower links.
Step 11: connect a 8mm pearl bead and a 6mm pearl bead to the flower link on the right side like the picture shows. Then use two pieces of chains to link these pearl beads with the beaded dangles.
Step 12: imitate step 11 to complete the left side.
This is the final look of the silver beaded hair jewelry, do you love it?
OK, by now I have shared all my experience with you about how I made this hair accessory. Hope it can give you some inspirations. And if you have better designs, you can share with me too. Do you like this tutorial? I will talk to you later in my next blog.







Thursday 22 December 2016

An Easy Tutorial For Beginners: Handmade Gemstone Necklace

This is an easy tutorial on how to make a pink bead necklace made of gemstone pendants and jade beads. If you like this necklace, you should give it a try to make one by yourself. This jade bead necklace is suitable for many different occasions. For example, party, summer vacation, or you can also send it out as gift to a friend or hang it in the room as a decor.
These are the materials will be used to make this handmade gemstone necklace:
19x15mm Oval Gemstone Beads
21x11x10mm Gemstone Pendants
10mm Natural Mashan Jade Beads
10x8mm Abacus Jade Beads
8x6mm Abacus Jade Beads
Platinum Column Magnetic Clasps
0.2mm White Fishing Wire
Stainless-Steel Scissor
Then you need to follow these steps to make the necklace.
Step 1: cut off a piece of fishing wire, and cross it through one end of the magnetic clasp. Make sure the two parts of the wire besides the magnetic clasp are of equal lengths.
Step 2: cross both ends of the wire through some 8*6mm abacus jade beads and 10mm natural Mashan jade beads like the picture shows.
Step 3: slide a gemstone pendant onto the fishing wire and then slide one 8*6mm abacus jade bead, one oval gemstone bead, another 8*6mm abacus jade bead onto the wire. 
Step 4: repeat step 3 to slide more gemstone pendants, gemstone beads, and jade beads onto the wire. 
Step 5: slide more 8*6mm abacus jade beads and 10mm natural Mashan jade beads to complete the necklace. Cross the wire through another end of the magnetic clasp and make a knot. Cut off extra wires.
Step 6: cut off another piece of fishing wire and slide about 32 pieces 8*6mm abacus jade beads and 9 pieces 10x8mm abacus jade beads onto the wire to make a beads string.
Step 7: tie the two ends of this beads string on each side of the necklace. And cut off extra wires.
Here is the final look of this handmade gemstone necklace.
Jobs are done really quickly, then you can own this beautiful gemstone pendant necklace. After finishing this one, you could choose your favorite colors to design an original one, or you can add more cute pendants to the necklace. Hope you enjoy this tutorial!





Wednesday 14 December 2016

Christmas Gift For This Year: A Pair of Christmas Dangle Earrings

Christmas day is approaching, everybody wants to prepare something special for the holiday. Why dont you make yourself this pair of cute diy Christmas dangle earrings? They are really beautiful, arent they? If you agree, please follow me to learn how to make this diy Christmas earrings with cube glass beads.
Before we start, you need to prepare the following jewelry making supplies:

4mm Mixed Color Cube Glass Beads
5mm Goldenrod Glass Bugle Beads
2mm Silver Glass Seed Beads
0.3mm Silver Copper Jewelry Wire
Silver Earring Hooks
Flat Nose Pliers
Side Cutting Pliers
Step 1cut off two pieces of 0.3mm silver copper jewelry wire, whose length are about 40cm and 5cm. Then slide 10 cube glass beads onto the wire, make sure they are in the exact position as the first picture shows.

Step 2: make both ends of the shorter wire cross through the below beads, and at the same time, make the other end of the longer wire cross through the above beads to form the pattern like the second picture.
Step 3: cut off another 5cm copper wire, and slide 5 pieces golden glass beads onto it. Then slide the beads together with the short wire onto the longer wire.
Step 4: imitate step 2 to thread the shorter wire through the former pattern and at the same time, make the other end of the longer wire cross through the five beads to form the pattern like the final picture shows.
Step 5: use same means to fix more beads onto the pattern. When threading the longer wire through the last lining of beads, make sure the wire comes out from the third bead.
Step 6: make the two end of the wire cross through one piece of golden glass bead and tighten it on the top.
Step 7: slide five 2mm silver seed beads and two 5mm goldenrod bugle beads from one end of the wire, then make this end of the wire cross back the first seed bead and the golden glass bead.
Step 8: repeat step 7 to the left part.

Step 9: slide seventeen silver seed beads onto the wire and thread the wire through the golden glass bead to tight it. Cut off extra wires.
Step 10: attach an earring hook to the seed beads chain. And make another earring by same means.
OK, hold our breath and welcome our pure original handmade Christmas earrings!

They are irresistible, right? Because we dealt every process with carefulness, they wont be easily damaged with all the glass beads tightened by copper wires. You could feel free to wear this pair of Christmas beaded earrings every day! Hope you like this tutorial, see you!


Wednesday 7 December 2016

How to DIY Beaded Charm Bracelets in a Simple Way

Hi, my dear friends, Happy Thursday! Today I want to share a simple project on how to make bead and chain bracelets with you. If you are searching for some bracelets inspiration and have desire to make charm bracelets by yourself, never miss todays sharing, follow me to learn the details together.
Supplies needed to DIY this glass bead charm bracelet:
6mm Faceted Normal Glass Beads 
Iron Cross Chains
3.5cm Iron Headpins
Plating Acrylic Beads
Brass Spring Clasps
Needle Nose Pliers
Round Nose Pliers
How to make this bead charm bracelet:
Step 1: slide one acrylic bead and one glass bead in sequence to the iron headpin like picture shows, then repeat the same ways to make about another fifty headpins beaded patterns like picture shows, finally connect these beaded patterns with the cross chain as picture shows.
Step 2: continue to connect all these glass and acrylic beaded patterns with the cross chain like picture shows, dont forget to add one beaded pattern to the left end of the chain, finally attach a brass spring clasp to the right end of the chain and connect it with the left part of the chain as picture shows.
Your chic beaded charm bracelet is ready! Lets appreciate its final look.
How about this bead and chain bracelet? Do you like it? Its really simple to make, isnt it? I like this beaded chain bracelet very much, because it can perfectly match any style of my sweaters. If you like such kind of glass bead bracelets, no hesitation, just follow this tutorial to have a try. May you a wonderful day, see you!