8/9/2019 Sandcastle Necklace Jewelry Making Tutorial from Ornamentea.com

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Light as a sea breeze at your neck, this summery necklace is made with ve

dierent strands o silk cord and delicate glass beads. Dont like to knot? No

problem, youll crimp these beads in place. Weve used size 8 silk beading

cord here but you could also use size 4 or 6.

Unwind your Jade silk beading cord rom the card. Stretch the cord

between your hands, working down the length o the cord until the old

marks begin to all away.

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Bedizen Ornaments, Inc.

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Feed the needle end o your cord through a

crimp tube and position the crimp tube 1

inches rom the end o the cord. Using your

chain nose pliers fatten the crimp tube.

Feed your needle through an 8-0 bead and

a second crimp tube. Slide the bead and

second crimp tube down into position nextto the fattened crimp tube. Flatten second

crimp tube.

Feed the needle end o the your cord through a crimp tube and position

the crimp 1 inch away rom the previous crimp and bead set. Flatten

crimp. Feed your needle through a 6-0 bead and a second crimp

tube and position next to the fattened crimp. Flatten second crimp.

Repeat this, alternating beads until you have created a strand that is

approximately 15 1/2 inches long.

Supplies:* Jade silk beading cord, size 8* Beige silk beading cord, size 8* Turquoise silk beading cord, size 8

* Carnelian silk beading cord, size 8* Amber silk beading cord, size 8* 8x14 antique brass lobster claw* 2 inches antique brass reallyround cable chain* 2 antique brass old over ends* 3 antique brass jump rings, 5 mm* chocolate brown Toho 6-0 beads* chalk white Toho 8-0 beads* gold plate tube crimps, size 2* 527 jewelry glue

* Scissors* Chain nose pliers

Tools:

Create the remaining our strands o beaded silk in the same manner

with the ollowing lengths: 17 inches, 18 inches, 19 inches, 20 inches, 21inches.

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5Place a very small drop o glue inside one

o the old over ends. Place the end o each

strand inside the old over end and press

each side in using a pair o chain nose pliers.

Repeat on the other end o the strands using

the second old over end.

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Using your chain nose pliers open on link on

the chain. Remove the link rom the chainand eed it through the loop on the lobster

claw and through the loop on one o the

old over ends. Close securely. Attach the

remaining chain to the other side o the

necklace in a similar manner to create an

extender chain.

7Using your chain nose pliers open a 5 mm

jump ring and use it to attach a 6-0 bead to

the end link in the extender chain. Repeat

with 2 8-0 beads on each side o the 6-0.

If you prefer to make your necklacewith one color of silk cord you will

only need to purchase one package

to make the necklaceand youll

have some left over!

Finished length: 16 inches, adjusts to 18 inches