Jingle All The Way Bracelet Project What could be more festive than a loaded drop bead bracelet in all the colors of winter and the festive holiday season? Wear this jingly, dangly bracelet to all your parties or anytime you are feeling festive. It is loaded with colors of December including Turquoise and Aqua for those born of this month! A dash of red, silver and gold to round off the season's best! Karla Schafer, Aunties Beads Designer Instructions:
1. To construct the charm bracelet, first decide the finished length, subtracting the toggle measurement. I made a 7 1/2" bracelet by attaching the toggle to 6 1/2" of chain or 25 links. (Note: I like to have an odd number of links when using focal beads)
2. Attach the toggle to each end of the chain using jump locks, see VIDEO-501
3. Lay the bracelet out on your work surface; the round toggle to your left; find the center link.
4. For a drop bead "how to" see my Drop Beading Video. Layout the following focal beads in order underneath the bracelet, working the center out: Bright Silver Pewter, 25mm Open Flower Bead, to the left now, Tibetan Style, Turquoise; Tibetan Style Red with Dots; Chinese Crystal Aqua Heart; to the right of the focal now, Tibetan Styles, Copper/Gold; Chinese Crystal Turquoise Falling Heart; Red Lampwork Bead.
5. Drop the center bead on a head pin with a 4mm Aqua Crystal on each end and start a loop, slipping it into the center link, closing with enough wraps to tighten the hold.
6. Work the remaining focal beads placing them with 3 blank links in between, anchoring the focals with bead on the head pins as follows: Tibeatan style, turqoise and copper/gold: silver plated corrugated bicones; the Red Tibetan Style bead, with a dark red and white opal bicone from the Stawberry Fields mix; the Chinese Crystal Hearts with the Sterling Silver 2.5mm beads and the lampwork with 4mm bicones, Light Siam.
7. Now that the focals are attached I will be working link by link from left to right, adding 2 drops per link unless otherwise specified (your left being the round toggle end): • Drop a 4mm bicone, lt. siam, round turquoise stone bead; drop a 2.5mm ss bead, Chinese Crystal gold rondelle, 8mm aqua bicone • Drop a 8mm aqua bicone; drop a 2.5mm ss bead dark copper round of the metallic strand, gold rondelle • Drop a 6mm turquoise bicone, 8mm round lt. siam; drop a round turquoise stone bead, silver plate corrugated bicone • Drop a 8mm aqua round, gold rondelle; drop a 6mm turquoise bicone, silver round from metallic strand • Attach 12.5x18mm heart to link with jump lock • Drop 8mm aqua bicone, 4mm lt. siam bicone; drop a dark copper round from metallic strand, 8mm aqua bicone • Drop 8mm lt. siam round, 6mm turquoise round; drop a 6mm round turquoise, gold rondelle • Drop a round turquoise stone bead, rhodium lt.siam spacer, round turquoise stone bead • Drop a 2.5mm ss bead, gold round from the metallic strand; drop a 8mm lt. siam round • Drop a 2.5mm ss bead, gold rondelle; drop a 8mm aqua bicone • Drop a round turquoise stone bead, rhodium lt.siam spacer, round turquoise stone bead • Drop a 2.5mm ss bead, silver plated corrugated bicone, 8mm lt. siam round; drop a gold rondelle, silver round from the metallic strand • Drop a 4mm turquoise bicone, lt. copper round from the metallic strand; drop a gold rondelle, round turquoise stone bead • Attach large puff heart charm with a jump lock • Drop a 8mm aqua round, gold rondelle; drop a 8mm lt. siam round, silver round from metallic strand • Drop a 4mm lt. siam bicone, lt. copper round from the metallic strand, 6mm turquoise round; drop a silver plated corrugated bicone, gold rondelle • Drop a 4mm lt. siam bicone, 8mm lt. siam round; drop a 6mm turquoise bicone, lt. copper round from metallic strand • Attach 9.5mm heart to link with jump lock
8. Fill in with additional beads if you so desire! |
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