Mermaid Dangle 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…

Why We Love This Tutorial: We really wanted to try knotting between each bead using Rondelle gemstones (as opposed to the usual round shape). I actually really love how it turned out – we’ll definitely be doing a few more knotted designs using rondelles in the future! We have used some of our new 0.65mm…

Why We Love This Tutorial: I must admit, the main reason I love this tutorial is not so much about the technique this time… but mostly because of those amazing Picasso Jasper nugget beads! Those rich warms tones mixed with rustic bronze is exactly what I need to warm me up this winter 🙂 Combined…

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.