Bone Beads

For A Long Necklace Design Idea

Bone beads are made from cow or buffalo. Usually their color vary from off-white to light brown.
If you wish to design with natural, earthy colors think of them... Also, note that they can be carved or dyed ( tea dyed gives an" antique" finish).
This necklace is made with hair pipes (long and narrow bone beads, popular in Native American designs), lampwork, glass, resin beads and a gemstone feather.
Native American designs, cow boy style are trendy, that's why we wanted here at C.J.M. to design with different tints of beige, brown and blue.
We wanted to give also an illusion of long fringe finished with a "camel" handmade flower bead and a carnelian feather. You can wear it as a long necklace or wrap it twice around your neck.
The drop is attached to the necklace at the clasp (see the picture). This has been done on purpose for you to be able to wrap it twice around your neck easily!
So, if you like it, let's see how to make this "bone beads necklace"

Supplies

For the necklace

• Beads
• 20 tube beads (1.5 inches long)
• 11 Indonesian lampworked glass beads
• 20 light blue glass "rondelles"
• 10 small 3 mm blue resin beads

• A clasp, jump rings and crimp beads . Look at "jump rings and clasp" for more informations.
• A small " made with love " heart tag.

• Beading wire (. 019" size). Look at "bead stringing for more informations

• Pliers and a cutter. Click here for more informations

For the drop

• Beads
• 12 glass drops
• 2 white 5 to 6 mm round resin beads
• 1 orange brown 12 mm round resin beads
• 2 small 3 mm blue resin beads
• 2 light blue "rondelles"
• A cornelian carved feather

• 2 eye pins and 1 head pin

• Pliers and cutter

How to

• The necklace is made using the stringing technique" Look at : "stringing and finishing a jewelry using a nylon coated wire".
• The pattern is shown in the picture.Finish it with a " made with love" heart tag if you want to...

• The drop is made with a flower ( done using the right angle weave technique) and dangles.
  Click here to make the flower beaded bead.
• Take an eye pin and string a white resin bead, the flower and the white resin bead and make a loop.
• Repeat the same process with the orange bead, the "rondelles" and the blue resin.
• Take a head pin, string the feather and wrap it around.
• Attach all the pieces together and attach the drop to one end of the clasp.

More design ideas?

Want to make a pendant using the right angle weave technique? click here.

Want to make a bracelet using the right angle weave technique? click here.
Want to make a bracelet with these Indonesian lampworked beads?click here
Click here for design ideas with big beads

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