Jewellery Making For Newbies!

Hello!

Just a quick one this week to let all you jewellery designers in the making know that i've made a beginners tutorial on how to create a simple beaded necklace. We were all beginners at one point so why not start your jewwllery making journey here? This necklace is super quick to make and covers basic jewellery making skills like stringing beads, using jewellery Pliers and wire cutters as well as securing Crimp Beads onto wire and creating a professional finish with calottes.

What do you think? Are you going to have a go? Go on.......

Materials you'll need for this project:

• Beadalon 7 strand beading wire in your chosen Shade

• 2mm Silver plated crimp beads

• Silver plated calottes

• A selection of beads of your choice. The Beads used here are: Fuchsia 6mm Swarovski Crystal Bicones, Metallic Silver 8mm Chinese Crystal Bicones, 8mm Amethyst Round Gemstone Beads)

• Chain nose pliers

• Wire cutters

• Clasp of your choice (Lobster clasp or an S-clasp like the one used here)

• Silver plated 8mm jump rings (If you're using the S-clasp from this tutorial, you will be supplied with 2 x 8mm jump rings)

Click here to start this project! Do let me know if you gave this a try and how it turned out :)

Emma xo