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Secret Garden Necklace
About this design:
I designed this necklace around this great Gaea ceramic focal piece. I paired it with Czech glass. porcelain, and bead chain. I think the combination of colors really makes the focal piece stand out!
What you’ll need: (buy products below)
- Bead Chain
- Brass Cable Chain
- Beading Wire
- Crimp Tubes
- Czech Glass Rondelles
- Czech Glass Gold Spacers
- Gaea Ceramic Spring Bundle
- Porcelain Rondelles
- Gold Seed Beads
- Gold Headpin
- Gold 3mm Jump Rings
- Gold Chain
- Lobster Clasp
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Step-by-Step Instructions:
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Step 1: Attach a 4" piece of the stringing wire to each side of the focal. I did this by sliding a crimp onto the wire, looping the wire through the loop on the focal and back up through the crimp, and then clamping the crimp down with pliers. *optional* I wrapped the loops on the focal with lilac waxed linen. |
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Step 2: On each side, string on a Czech gold spacer, a green turquoise rondelle, and another gold spacer. Bring the two pieces of wire together and slide on a gold spacer, the blue rondelle from the Gaea set, a gold spacer, the polka dot bead, another gold spacer, a green turquoise rondelle, and another spacer. Separate the strands and slide on the beads in the order shown in the picture. |
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Step 3: Attach each side to a 7" piece if brass chain & bead chain. |
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Step 4: For the additional necklace, I slid the rose bead from the Gaea bundle onto a headpin with a gold spacer above & below it. Make a loop at the top of the headpin with round nose pliers & trim off the excess. Attach it to two 2" pieces of gold chain, and attach two 4.5" pieces of the bead chain to the gold chain. |
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Measurements: 1.5mm x 1.0mm link
Measurements: 9.5x6.5mm links
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On Jan 17, 2020 at 6:40 am #
Beady Little Eyes says:Elaina – You’re right about making the focal pop. Love the way you dis-assembled the Gaea pieces and added the beads. Beautiful.
On Jan 19, 2020 at 4:41 pm #
Little Round Chick says:Very bright and cheerful design with great color.
On Feb 11, 2020 at 4:40 pm #
J Danhaus says:This is really elegant! The colors and the form of the necklace harmonize perfectly with the pendant. This one is definitely no my wish list.