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Mystic Falls Necklace
About this design:
This week I was really excited to design with these new seed beads- the colors are all so vibrant! For this design, I used headpins to create an ombré focal piece. I thought the deep purple looked great with the greens, so I paired it with an aquamarine nugget to create a unique (and easy to make!) layered necklace.
What you’ll need: (buy products below)
- Gold or Silver Arc Focal (1)
- Gold or Silver Headpins
- Gold or Silver Chain (2')
- Czech Glass Gold Spacers
- Beading Wire
- Aquamarine (or a similar color) Nugget
- Jump Rings
- 24 Gauge Wire
- Super Glue
- Seed Beads
- Crimp Tubes
Additional Images:
Step-by-Step Instructions:
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Step 1: Make 5 bead charms with the seed beads & headpins. Slide the beads on in the order shown in the picture. |
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Step 2: Attach the charms to the gold arc focal with the jump rings. Place a small drop of glue on each jump ring so they don't move around. Attach the chain to the arc focal with jump rings. Move about 2 inches up the chain & cut it. Make a bead link with a 2" piece of wire and attach it directly to the chain. Slide on 2 light green seed beads, a gold seed bead, and 2 more light green beads. Loop the wire to the other piece of chain to connect them back together. |
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Step 3: To make the focal for the seed bead necklace, slide a gold spacer, an aquamarine (or similar color) nugget and another spacer onto a headpin & make a bead charm. On beading wire, slide on the seed beads & the focal in the center. |
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Step 4: To break up the purple, every few inches I slid on 2 cream, 2 mint, 1 gold, 2 mint, and 2 more cream seed beads. |
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| Package of 10 | $0.40 |
| Package of 10 | $3.45 |
| 15-16" strand | $15.90 |
| Package of 10 | $1.87 |
Parawire Non-Tarnish Gold 24 gauge, 10 yards
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| 10 yd. spool | $3.08 |
| Piece | $1.90 |
| 5" strand | $6.95 |
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On Apr 23, 2020 at 3:18 pm #
Beady Little Eyes says:Wow Elaina- those are some beautiful Tohos. I love your design -partly symmetrical and partly asymmetrical. I love the way you used the arc focal to make a waterfall – so creative. and the daisy spacers are a great accent to the stone.
On Apr 23, 2020 at 3:59 pm #
K skiba says:This email was just what I needed! Thank you!
On Apr 23, 2020 at 5:01 pm #
Maggies Mom says:Beautiful!
On Apr 23, 2020 at 8:09 pm #
Fresh Baked says:Love that Zola focal…it has so much potential for different design uses. Love this one with the beautiful waterfall effect.
On Apr 23, 2020 at 9:02 pm #
BevB says:Gorgeous!
On Apr 23, 2020 at 9:17 pm #
dolllady aka Pam says:I love this necklace so much that I had to buy the Zola focal. I know that the two young girls next door will love these.
On Apr 24, 2020 at 1:46 pm #
Crystal Canary says:Thanks for the idea using that Zola focal. I was stumped on how it could be used in a design. The cascading effect of the seed pins attached to the bar portion is brilliant. Nice job!
On Apr 25, 2020 at 4:43 pm #
kye says:Beautiful! Love the waterfall effect.
On Jun 06, 2020 at 7:03 pm #
M Henry says:Lovely! Where can I purchase the focal you use? I don’t see it in the Zola list of focals.
On Aug 11, 2020 at 5:44 pm #
C Dallara says:Can you provide the part # for the gold focal and why isn’t it listed?