LEAF NECKLACE DESIGN IDEA

With Coco, Wood And Glass Beads

Want to make a leaf necklace?

Here is an idea: A long sautoir with "blooming" flower beads and a natural coco pendant.
Natural coco comes in different beads/charms (flowers, leaves, chips...) and finishes (natural or dyed). Because they are so lightweight, they are easy to use for any jewelry making or crafting projects.
Yellow glass beads and silk thread add some light and brightness to this handcrafted jewelry. They provide a nice counterpoint with the grey and dark brown beads.
Some blooming flowers (wood bead-charms) are added randomly along this leaf necklace.
Want to make it?

Supplies

• A flat coco bead
• A long tube bead

• Glass pearl beads( metallic grey)
• Wood beads in different sizes
• Yellow and red glass beads

Findings:

• Eye pins
• Head pins
• Bead caps
• Bead tips
• A clasp

• Basic tools
• Silk thread with a needle attached
• An awl

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How-To

• Decide first the length of your necklace.


• Make the pendant by attaching the leaf bead and the glass tube together using the simple loop technique
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• Make some bead charms using the eye loop technique.


• Using the basic knotting technique, knot randomly your beads.

Quick tips:
When you string your jewelry, don't leave more than 3 cms of thread in between the beads, especially if you use big or heavy beads.
Embellish your little bead charms with a bead cap.

Your tools need to be always close by during your jewelry making project: A round nose plier, a flat nose plier, glue, scissors, cutter.
Have a good working, light and a comfortable chair.

Need some inspiration? have a look at fashion ,decorating...magazines for color trends ideas, beading magazine, craft supply catalogs, beads catalogs...

Enjoy !

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