Though the weather is finally cooling down here, It will be no surprise if the sun comes out bright and shinny again – so I am guessing that white and pastels (clothes) will be around for a while. But the festive season is here, with lots of opportunities to dress up and wear bling. So to showcase the best of both I thought of this necklace – soft and light yet blingy. Bring out your rhinestones, swarovskis and crystal beads and have lots of fun making this Fairy lights necklace.
PS: I love Fairy lights and I think they make any surrounding or setup beautiful.
Fairy Lights Necklace
Materials:
18” dull finish rhinestone cup and slot chain
1 Swarovski elements Crystal pink 30x14mm Navette Pendant
100 1.5mm dull silver finish Metal beads
18” Silver tone cable chain (unsoldered)
2 6mm light green pearl beads
6 6mm light pink pearl beads
2 12mm white pearl beads
6 10mm pink acrylic chips
10 silver tone 22-gauge 1″ eye pins
6 silver tone 22-gauge 1″ eye pins
1 silver tone 7mm jump rings
3 silver tone 8mm jump rings
4 silver tone 2mm crimp beads
1 silver tone 9x14mm lobster clasp
2 silver tone clamshells
20″ of silver gray.015 beading wire
Tools:
chain- or flat-nose pliers
Round-nose pliers
Wire cutters
Method:
1. Use one 20″ piece of beading wire to string 50 metal beads, followed by 90 crystals and remaining 50 metal beads. Insert each end through the clamshell, crimp using 2 crimps and close clamshell on 8mm jump ring.
2. Add rhinestone chain to jump ring from (1). Repeat on the other side and add lobster clasp to it. Set aside
3. Use 1 eye pin to form a simple loop with a pink pearl. Set aside. Repeat for 1 pink pearl, 2 white pearls and 6 pink chips. Set aside.
4. Cut chain into following lengths – 2 pieces of 6”, 2 pieces of 1.6”, 1 piece of 2”.
5. To 6” chain add 1 looped pink chip (by opening and closing the loop), followed by one 1.6” chain, then 1 looped pink chip, one looped pearl, 1 looped pink chip, one looped white pearl, 2” chain, followed one looped white pearl, 1 looped pink chip, one looped pearl, 1 looped pink chip, one 1.6” chain piece and finally the left over chain of 6”. Connect the longer ends of chain to the jump ring for closure.
Finished size: 20″ (excluding the pendant drop)
Finished size: 20″ (excluding the pendant drop)
I know that this is a departure from my usual picture heavy tutorials, but I am having a crazy 14 hour workday sort of month, so I really didnt have time to take step by step pics. I have tried to write a really clear tutorial, but if you dont understand any of the steps, please ask me and i’ll be happy to clarify
I hope you find it interesting
Cheers
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