Earthy Lampwork Necklace

Long necklace made using chain and crimps.

This design is similar to last week, however this time we have not used large hole beads – instead we are using the new Faceted agate rondelles. Make your jump rings out of 18ga Artistic Wire, to be about 14mm in diametre. We have made smaller rings for the ends at about 8mm in diametre.

Why We Love This Tutorial: These earrings are made completely from scratch – using just wire and beads! They are quite easy to make, too, taking about 30 minutes per earring. Using the Artistic Wire, the earrings are strong and tarnish-resistant. Gotta love that! We’ve used some of our pretty new natural Amazonite beads for…

Why We Love This Tutorial: This is a simply strung, long necklace that you can complete in less than an hour! We would often knot between each gemstone bead with this style of necklace, but by using tiny 15/0 seed beads we get the same effect with a lot less effort (and time, yay!). I…

Why We Love This Tutorial: These pretty bangles are made using just wire and beads, and once you get going are very easy and quite quick to create! We’ve used tarnish resistant wire, which means these lovely bangles will hold up against the test of time. We’ve used some of our very sweet little ‘pebble’…

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.