Long Pearl & Crystal Necklace

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…

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!). We’ve…

Why We Love This Tutorial: This is a class we teach once a year or so – we absolutely love the wire swirl design. If you are local we suggest coming along to the class – the swirl design is much easier to learn in person. Plus the class is always a lot of fun!…

Why we love this tutorial: Here’s another lovely memory wire bracelet… I love making memory wire bracelets – simply thread on your beads, loop the ends, and you’re done! I’ve used some of our new Autumn toned gemstone beads, including Carnelian, African Turquoise and Yellow Turquoise. I’ve also used a bunch of our antique-look bronze…

This chain link necklace is an impressive 85cm long, and only used one strand of the 8mm round fire agate.

This is a technique we teach in our beading classes!