Here's a fun charm bracelet that's perfect for summer! Assemble an eye-catching collection of treasures: pearls, crystals, ceramic beads and metallic components create a delightful mélange.
• Materials & Tools •
• 5 aqua 20mm shell disk beads
• 6 aqua/brown 10mm ceramic lentils
• 6 silver stardust 12mm disk bangles
• 6 gray 8x9mm potato freshwater pearls
• 6 gray 5x6mm rice freshwater pearls
• 6 Pacific opal 6mm crystals
• 6 Pacific opal 4mm crystals
• 12 black diamond 4mm crystals
• .018" diameter Satin Silver Beadalon 7
• Silver Elongated Cable Chain
• 6 silver Pinch Bails
• 17 silver Head Pins
• 6 silver Eye Pins
• 12 silver 4mm Jump Rings
• 18 silver #1 Crimp Beads
• Silver Lobster Clasp
• Crimping Tool
• Round Nose Pliers
• Chain Nose Pliers
• Wire Nipper
• Instructions •
1. Cut a 7" length of Elongated Cable Chain.
2. Open the first link on the chain and connect it to a Lobster Clasp.
3. Pass a Head Pin through a black diamond crystal, leave ½" and make a basic loop. Attach it to the first link on the Cable Chain. Make five more identical dangles and attach them to the following links on the Cable Chain: 7, 13, 19, 25, 31
4. Pass an Eye Pin through a potato pearl and make a basic loop. Attach one loop to a stardust disk. Connect the dangle to the second link on the Cable Chain. Make five more dangles and attach them to the following links on the Cable Chain: 8, 14, 20, 26, 32.
5. Pass a Head Pin through a black diamond crystal and a lentil and make a wrapped loop to connect the dangle to the third link on the Cable Chain. Repeat for the following links on the Cable Chain: 9, 15, 21, 27, 33.
6. Cut a 2" length of Beadalon 7 and pass it through the fourth link on the Cable Chain. Hold the wire ends together and pass them through a Crimp Bead. Crimp it. String a 4mm Pacific opal onto one wire end and attach a Crimp Bead to hold it in place. String a rice pearl onto the other end and attach a Crimp Bead to hold it in place. Repeat for the following links on the Cable Chain: 10, 16, 22, 28, 34.
7. Attach a Pinch Bail to each 6mm Pacific opal crystal. Connect two Jump Rings together and attach one to the Pinch Bail loop; repeat for each Pinch Bail dangle. Attach one dangle to each of the following links on the Cable Chain: 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 35.
8. Pass a Head Pin through an aqua disk and make a wrapped loop to connect it to the sixth link on the Cable Chain. Repeat for the following links on the Cable Chain: 12, 18, 24, 30.
9. To fasten the bracelet, connect the Lobster Clasp to the last link on the Cable Chain.
- Katie Hacker for Beadalon
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