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What's Your Mood Ring
About this design:
Mood beads are definitely a throwback to the 70's and are so fun to wear! I love how they start black and as you wear them they turn into meaningful moody colors.
What you’ll need: (buy products below)
You will need 22 gauge wire, I used about 2 feet and a 8x9mm rondelle mood bead. I listed other options in the product list. You will also need a ring tool or I used a highlighter marker to size my ring. I used stainless steel wire, if you use this you may want to file your ends down. Stainless wire is very sharp when cut.
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Step-by-Step Instructions:
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Step 1: Cut a 2ft piece of wire, and feed it through the bead. |
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Step 2: Once throught the bead, push opposite ends through the bead again. |
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Step 3: Now place your ring sizer or marker through the loop and pull tight. |
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Step 4: Take one side of the wire and go over the top, and the other wire around the bottom of the bead. |
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Step 5: Keep wrapping the wire around the bead until you like how it looks. |
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Step 6: Then take your ends and start to wrap around the wire that goes into the ring on each side. Make it tight, use pliers if you need to. |
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Step 7: Just make sure to file or tuck in any sharp wire ends. Just adjust the wire to make it tight and neat, finished! |
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On Dec 10, 2020 at 2:01 pm #
Crystal Canary says:Lovin’ this! What a great way to rekindle some great memories from the 70′s. The multiple wraps around the bead create an unusual but smashing effect. Groovy & fun ring!
On Dec 10, 2020 at 3:08 pm #
Beady Little Eyes says:Always loved mood rings and yours is so fun. All the wraps give it an unusual new look.
On Dec 12, 2020 at 8:51 pm #
Robin nursechick says:What an awesome ring! Fun to make and fun to wear! I love the mood beads!
On Dec 21, 2020 at 8:59 am #
Andrea at Lima says:Thank you!
On Jan 13, 2021 at 1:22 pm #
I Richardson says:I just saw the new design today. I love the ring design. I can’t wait for supplies to come back in stock.