
Garden Colors Bracelet and Earrings
Loaded with the colors of summer, this fun bracelet and earring set is made with our vintage brass pieces including butterfly connectors and chain. The ceramic raku beads by Keith O'Connor in lime green are accented with playful drops of fuchsia and hyacinth fire polished crystals.
Materials:
1 Pkg Lime Raku Ceramic Flat Rectangles (#21483) Qty:
1 Pkg Lime Raku Ceramic Small Cubes (#21498) Qty:
2 Pkg Fuchsia Fire Polished Crystals, 6mm (#16154) Qty:
1 Pkg Hyacinth Fire Polished Crystals, 8mm (#16107) Qty:
3 Vintage
Two Hole Butterfly Connector (#59031) Qty:
1 Pkg Vintage Head Pins, 2 inches (#50326) Qty:
1 Pkg Vintage Eye Pins, 2 inches (#50327) Qty:
1 Pkg Solid Copper Jump Rings, 8mm (#50323) Qty:
1 Pkg Solid Copper Jump Rings, 6mm (#50560) Qty:
1 Pkg Vintage Large Lobster Clasps (#50325) Qty:
1 Foot Vintage Medium Oval Cable Chain (#62027)
Qty:
1 Pkg Copper Niobium Ear Wires (#50320) Qty:
Tools you will need (change quantity to 1 if
you need them):
Flat Chain Nose Pliers (#51016) Qty:
Round Nose Pliers (#51017) Qty:
Side Cutters (#51018) Qty:
Memory Wire Cutters (#51005) Qty:
Directions:
Bracelet Directions
Directions:
Bracelet Directions
Step 1. Cut 3 sections of Chain, with a memory wire cutter, that will each be 9 links long.
Step 2. Twist open an 8mm Jump Ring and insert the link at the end of each section of Chain. Twist the Jump Ring closed. Set aside.
Step 3. Onto each of 13 Head Pins, place a Fuchsia Crystal. We will call these Head Pins A.
Step 4. Using a Side Cutter cut off the excess of each Head Pin leaving approximately 3/16". For each Head Pin, using Flat Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Using Round Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire from each Head Pin into a loop and close tightly. Set aside.
Step 5. Onto each of 5 Head Pins, place a Hyacinth Crystal. We will call these Head Pins B.
Step 6. Repeat Step 4 with Head Pins B.
Step 7. Onto each of 3 Eye Pins, place a Square Lime Ceramic Bead. Onto 2 Eye Pins place a Rectangle Lime Ceramic Bead.
Step 8. Repeat Step 4 with these Eye Pins.
Step 9. Twist open a 6mm Jump Ring and attach to the loop on one end of a Rectangle bead Eye Pin, add the Clasp and close the Jump Ring. Twist open a Jump Ring and insert the other loop of the Eye Pin that you just attached, 2 of Head Pins A, 1 of Head Pin B, and 1 of Head Pin A, and the loop of another rectangle Eye Pin. Twist the Jump Ring closed.
Step 10. Open a Jump Ring and attach one end of the Butterfly Connector to the other end of the Rectangle Ceramic Bead Eye Pin. Twist the Jump Ring closed.
Step 11. Open a Jump Ring and attach the other end of the Butterfly Connector to the Eye Pin of a Square Ceramic Bead and close.
Step 12. On the other end of the Eye Pin, open another Jump Ring, insert 2 Head Pins A, one Head Pin B, and one more Head Pin A and the loop of another Square Lime Ceramic Bead Eye Pin. Twist the Jump Ring closed. Repeat once, leaving the last end Eye Pin loop empty.
Step 13. Twist open an 8mm Jump Ring and insert the loop at the end of the Cube Ceramic Bead, that you just attached, and the links from the opposite ends of each of your 3 pieces of Chain. Twist the Jump Ring closed.
Earring Directions:
Step 1. Open a 6mm jump ring and insert 1 Head Pin A, 1 Head Pin B, 1 Head Pin A, and the bottom loop of the Butterfly Connector. Twist the Jump Ring closed.
Step 2. Twist open the loop of an Eye Pin and insert onto the top loop of the
Butterly Connector. Twist the loop closed.
Step 3. Onto the Eye Pin, place a Square Ceramic Bead and a Fuchsia Crystal. Using a Side Cutter cut off the excess of the Eye Pin leaving approximately 3/16". Using Flat Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of wire 90°. Using Round Nose Pliers, bend the 3/16" piece of into a loop, insert your Ear Wire, and close tightly.
Step 4. Repeat for the second earring and enjoy! |