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Beading Crystal Wrapped Bracelet

 
 Materials
 
  • Wire
  • Pretty clasp
  • 50 small metal beads
  • 5 Round Blue glass beads
  • 6 Square Aqua Glass beads
  • 2 Round Aqua Glass Beads
  • 5 Oval Aqua Glass Beads
  • 5 Square Clear Crystal Glass Beads
  • 5 Pink Glass Beads
  • 10 Blue Crystal Beads (8mm)
  • 27 head pins
  • Round nose pliers
  • 2 crimps
 
 
Step One
Wires wrap each of a glass beads (except the 10 blue crystal beads) plus a metal bead onto a headpin. To wire wrap thread a glass bead then a metal bead onto a headpin. Make a loop about ½ centimetre above the metal bead and then wrap the excess of the wire around the headpin below where the loop has been created.
 
Step Two
Cut a piece of wire approximately 25cm long. Thread the wires through one end of the clasp and secure them with a crimp.
 
Step Three
Thread the following combination onto the wire making sure that the wire wrapped beads are threaded randomly.
Metal Bead, Blue Crystal Bead, Metal Bead, 3 wire wrapped beads. Keep repeating this combination until all the beads are used.
 
Step Four
Thread the excess wire through a crimp and then through the clasp and back through the crimp and the metal bead and blue crystal bead. Squash the crimp to secure and cut off the excess wire with pliers.
 
This project was supplied by Creative Addiction. www.creativeaddiction.com.au
 
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