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- Apr 27, 2014
Vintage Jewelry Ideas- How to Make Beaded Snowflake Brooch
Summary: In today’s tutorial I’ll tell you how to make a beaded snowflake brooch. It will be a great gift for the Mother’s Day.
If you like snowflakes, the design of beaded snowflake brooch will shake you. Don’t you want to have a try? Keep reading and learn how to make the amazing beaded snowflake brooch.
Materials needed in making snowflake brooches:
0.8mm Silver Copper Wires
0.5mm Silver Copper Wires
Mixed Bead Caps
3mm Acrylic Bicone Beads
8mm Glass Pearl Beads
Green Acrylic Bicone Beads
8mm White Acrylic Abacus Beads
Mixed Drop Acrylic Beads
Crimp Beads
Brooch Setting
Tibetan Beads
Wire Cutter Plier
Round Nose Plier
Flat Plier
How to make a beaded snowflake brooch?
Step1: Make the frame of the snowflake
1st, cut six 20cm 0.8mm copper wire and fold them in half;
2nd, cut 20cm 0.5mm copper wire and twist the six wires in the center tightly as shown;
3rd, clockwise wrap the 0.5mm wire around the 12 pieces of 0.8 copper wire in sequence;
4th, continue wrapping until you get your desired scale.
Step2: Start beading the snowflake brooch
1st, slide a 3mm acrylic bicone bead, a dark green drop acrylic bead, a bead cap, a 8mm acrylic abacus bead, a Tibetan bead and a 6mm green acrylic bead onto a working end;
2nd, continue stringing a crimp bead onto the wire and crash it, and then cur the extra wire;
3rd, repeat the 1st and 2nd to bead the next wire, but the dark green drop acrylic bead should be changed into a light drop acrylic bead;
4th, repeat the 1st, 2nd and 3rd to bead all other wires.
Step3: Finish the snowflake brooch
1st, cut a 15cm 0.5mm copper wire and fold it in half, and then slide a 8mm glass pearl bead onto the middle;
2nd, thread two bead caps onto both working ends in the sequence as picture shows, and then pull them tight;
3rd, pass both working ends through the middle of the snowflake;
4th, attach the beaded snowflake to the brooch setting by wrapping.
Awesome!
The beaded snowflake brooch has been finished. The design of the beaded snowflake brooch looks elegance and nice. If you want to make it as a gift for your mom, I believe she will like it very much.
