Are you ready for this week's Redo?
Up until now they have all been easy. I decided to make a bracelet and while I love how it turned out, I had to make some adjustments of how to construct it. If anyone can tell me some other ways I'd love to know them!
Here's what I started with.......
....these are what I bought new besides the necklace for this project. The beads were half off at Hobby Lobby. Since I didn't use all the beads this was about a $5 project!
Supplies:
Necklace
Bracelet clasp
Beads
Silk thread for beading
Crimping beads are in the photo but I didn't use them!
Started off by measuring about 7 1/2 inches of the pearl necklace and cut two strands from it.
Then I took the light green and pink beads only and beaded them on a piece of thread.
I had to add a clear bead to each end to make it long enough. I then tied it with a knot onto the clasp.
Here's where I had some road bumps! I was hoping that I would be able to thread through the pearls. Nope! I even tried a straight pin! So I had to figure out a way to get the pearls attached to the clasp. Enter the fancy bead cap!.........
........and cement!!
It was also a little tricky trying to figure out how to attach the bead cap....enter the jump ring! I looped it through the bottom and out the side.
Here's one end...
.......and the other end. I then glued the pearls into the bead caps.
A little tricky but a pretty result!
Hopes this inspires you today!!
11 comments:
That turned out great!
Ooohhhh la la! Every time I see your posts on my Blogger Dashboard, I get excited cause I know its going to be so pretty! Thanks for sharing! I also love your new page layout.
Have a wonderful Thursday...
~ Jill
You are so talented with these! Amazing!
Ooh, sophisticated! I love it!
So love it! That looks better than some I've seen in stores!
wow! This is so pretty! I love it!
that's very cute! it kind of has a cool vintage look to it!
Love this! What a beautiful piece.
~Heidi
This is a great tute! Thanks for linking up to Make & Share. I'll be featuring you next weeks so stop by and grab the feature button .)
What a great gift idea for Mother's Day!
Christy
this is really really cute! I like the beads and the focal...ok I like everything :) Great job!!
Thanks for linking up to Your Whims Wednesday!
So pretty!
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