Beads & Beyond Designer Challenge

Make this on trend jewellery set using quick and easy techniques.

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Materials

• 1 x pack of 10 20mm woven cloth beads pink (CTDA22)
• 1 x 100g high quality pearl mix natural (GLXHP20)
• 1 x pack of 10 filigree heart medium gold plated (MPED2032)
• 1 x metre light chain antique gold (CHLAG)
• 1 x trigger clasp antique gold (TRGAG)
• 1x pack of 6 long ballwires antique gold (LBWAG)
• 2 x packs of 12 eyepins antique gold (EPAG)
• 1 x pack of 12 headpins antique gold (HPAG)
• 1 x pack of 15 7mm jump rings antique gold (JR7AG)
• 22 x 9mm bead cap antique gold (CAPEAG)
• 1 x metre thick Elasticity black (EYK01)
• 1 x project sheet (BB1109PDC)
• A pair of multi pliers (CRMT)

Stage 1

Thread a bead cap, a medium sized pearl from the mix followed by a bead cap onto an eyepin. Trim the eyepin 1cm above the cap, bend into a loop and close.

Stage 2

Open the loop of an eyepin and attach to the bottom of the pearl. Thread on a heart rounded end first, trim the eyepin 1cm above the end of the bead, bend into a loop and close.

Stage 3

Continue to add the beads in the same way in the following order: a woven bead with caps on each side, a medium size pearl, a woven bead with caps on each side, a large pearl with caps on each side, a heart pointed side first, a small pearl, a woven bead with caps on each side, a heart pointed side first and a large pearl with caps on each side.

Stage 4

Make a 10cm chain of pearls in varying sizes from your mix. Attach a 7mm jump ring to one end and join the other end to the last beaded eyepin.

Stage 5

Cut two 10cm lengths of chain, join the two ends with a 7mm jump ring and join to the first beaded eyepin.

Stage 6

Join the two remaining ends of chain with a 7mm jump ring and a trigger clasp to finish.

Stage 7

To make the bracelet
(Top) squash the eye on an eyepin and use as a needle to thread the Elasticity through the woven beads!

Thread your beads onto the Elasticity in the following order:
Woven bead, a pearl with bead caps, a woven, a heart, a pearl with bead caps, a woven, a heart, a woven, a pearl with bead caps, a woven and a heart bead. Tie a knot in the Elasticity and pull tight. Thread the ends through a few beads and trim the excess.

Stage 8

To make the earrings
Thread a tiny bead from your mix onto a headpin followed by a larger pearl with a bead cap on each side. Thread on a second tiny bead. Trim the headpin 1cm above the bead, bend into a loop, attach a long ballwire and close the loop. Repeat to make a pair.

Stage 9

This is what your finished set should look like.

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