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- Oct 17, 2013
Make a Necklace Out of Chunky Beads - Make Your Own Statement Necklace
Summary: With a few of lovely beads to make your own statement necklace! I present you a quick way to make a statement necklace. Hope you like it!
The latest jewelry idea is about beaded statement necklace making; statement necklaces are generally easy to create, and this one is most time-saving with just 2 simple steps. You can pare down your budget, as making a statement necklace like this needs less money than you expected.
Materials and tools for making a chunky beaded statement necklace:
10mm black glass pearls
12mm pink acrylic beads
0.5mm black brass wire
Opaque acrylic beads mixed shapes
Black iron chain
Black jump rings
Lobster clasp
Round nose plier
Flat nose plier
Wire cutter
Instructions on :
Step 1: Make the beaded part of statement necklace
1st, cut two 16cm lengths of black chain, cut a 25cm piece of copper wire;
2nd, thread the copper wire through one end link of one chain;
3rd, make a wire wrapped loop there;
4th, slide onto copper wire the glass pearls and opaque acrylic beads alternately
5th, attach the wire to the other chain in the same way, and cut off excess wire;
6th, cut another piece of copper wire, cut two pieces of black chain that measure about 20cm long;
7th, attach the copper wire to one of the chains, add 12mm pink acrylic beads between each two opaque acrylic beads;
8th. Attach the other chain to this copper wire; so the beaded part of statement necklace is done.
Step 2: Attach clasp to finish the statement necklace
1st, assemble two chains with jump rings;
2nd, attach lobster clasp to one jump ring.
The final look is like this:
Great! You have made your own statement necklace! While making this kind of necklace, you might as well learn some color match skills, like hot pink with black for craziness, orange with green for pleasure and etc. which would be very help to lift the look of your necklace.