Christmas Starlight Bag Charm

Step 1

Cut 8" piece of 18-gauge wire. Use the looper tool to make a loop at one end. Set this piece aside.

Step 2

Cut 8" of cord. Slide on 5 fused glass 10mm beads.

• Image 2: Bring the needle around the bottom of all the beads and back through all of the beads.
• Image 3: Pull tight. Tie two overhand knots.
• Image 4: Take one cord and bring it through two beads; trim the cord. Do this on the opposite side as well.

Make one ring of each fused bead size. You should have one ring of the 10mm, one ring of the 8mm, and one ring of the 6mm.

Step 3

This image shows the order in which you will slide the beads onto the wire.

Step 4

• Image 1: Slide on a 10mm bead, then the 10mm ring.
• Image 2: Slide on an 8mm bead
• Image 3: Slide on the 8mm ring
• Image 4: Slide on a 6mm bead
• Image 5: Slide on the 6mm ring
• Image 6: Slide on an 8mm bead
• Image 7: Slide on the gold round and star
• Image 8: Use the looper tool to create a loop at the top.
• Image 9: Finished

Use a 5mm jump ring to attach the snowflake charm to the bottom loop of the tree.

Step 5

Rock Crystal and Czech glass bag charm:

• Cut 18" of strand wire
• Slide the beads on in the order shown.

Step 6

Feed the strand wire through the crimp tube and up and over the wire protector. Bring the wire back down through the protector and tube, and through a few beads. Use crimping pliers to crimp the tube. Use pliers to close the crimp cover over the tube. Do the same on the opposite end.

Step 7

For the tassel, I used 1' of sari ribbon. This was an extra piece I had left over from another project. I folded it twice to create a loop. You should have 4 tails. Cut any folds at the bottom to make the tails. I used gold 1mm Linhasita cord for wrapping the tassel. I tied on a 9" piece and wrapped it around just below my loop several times. Tie a knot on the back to finish.

Step 8

Attach the tree, rock crystal bag charm, and tassel to the carabiner using 8mm jump rings.