Author: mybeadsaustralia

Step 1. First, make the coiled bead sections. For this project, we’ll be using a coiling gizmo. Take about two meters of 24 gauge wire and using the smallest coil bar, make a coil about 12cm long (the whole length of the coil bar). Slide this coil onto a piece of 18ga wire 2cm longer…

Step 1. Take two pieces of 18ga wire approx. 20cm long, and form swirls at both ends of each wire (start the swirls off with round nose pliers, then continue them with flat nose pliers). Step 2. Connect the two wires togetehr at one end near the swirls by wrapping the 24ga wire around 5…

Fluorite and Amethyst I absolutely LOVE the new rough tumbled fluorite beads, I just had to make something with them. So I teamed them with some Amethyst. These are so lovely to handle

We wanted to see what else we could come up with using the new Large hole gemstone beads, and this is it 😀 We made our own jump rings using artistic wire, and the base is just a 15/0 seed bead rope.

A cute variation of the wired bead cap design. We’ve used a combination of Fancy Jasper gemstone rounds and drops. We have made our own jump rings, and hammered them slightly to create a finished look. We have also made the clasp using wire and hammered it also.

This necklace is so quick to whip up and yet so effective! Simply crimp the beads in place.

We really love this combo! This is a simple braid using multiple strands of beads. Lots of work to string it all together but worth the time!!

We are still playing with braiding! This was originally going to be a simple multi-strand necklace, but we couldn’t help ourselves 😉 We wanted to see how the braid would turn out with some little 15/0 seed beads between each gemstone. We kinda like it!

We wanted to show off the beauty of these amazing rough Tiger Eye nuggets, so we kept this necklace quite simple. We have crimped the beads in place onto a very fine chain.