When sports and jewelry making intersect, everyone in the Beadalon office is on board! We're root, root, rooting for our home team Phillies as they are playing for the National League Division Title against the Atlanta Braves. I couldn't resist running out to our local Hobby Lobby and picking up these fabulous sparkly pave beads to make a quick rally necklace like the major league ball players are wearing these days. Materials: Pave beads in your choice of colors - I found mine at Hobby Lobby Beadalon 49 Strand .024 Bead Stringing Wire Size 2 Crimp Tubes Clasp Tools: Crimping Pliers Chain Nose Pliers Nippers Bead Board Instructions: 1. Lay out your design on the Bead Board. Be sure to start and end with smaller beads. 2. Working from the spool, string up your design. 3. Add a crimp tube and one half of the clasp on one the end. Thread the wire around the clasp, back through the crimp tube and use the crimping pliers to crimp it in place. 4. Snug all of the beads down to the cl
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