Who says jewelry has to be all one thing or another? This fun bracelet is half beaded and half dangly charm bracelet. It’s also a fun way to use your stash.

My furry little friend, Cheech, makes a cameo appearance helping me out with those cat & bird charms. 🙂

You can watch the Half Bead-Half Charm Bracelet Video Tutorial over at YouTube.

Happy creating!

Materials:

• 3-4 inches chunky chain
• 3-8 charms
• head pins and/or jump rings as needed to attach charms
• 5-10 approximately 10mm beads
• 6-11 spacer beads
• toggle clasp
• 2 crimp beads
• 2 crimp bead covers
• 2 wire protectors
• bead stringing wire

Tools:

• chain nose pliers
• round nose pliers
• wire cutters
• crimping pliers
• ruler

Instructions:

1. Determine desired finished length of bracelet, subtract 1-inch for the clasp. Divide this number by two and string beads and spacers onto the beading wire to that length.
2. On one end of the wire string a crimp bead and a wire protector. Slide an end link of chain into the wire protector and slide the wire back through the crimp bead. Use chain nose pliers to flatten the crimp and cover with a crimp bead cover. Use crimping pliers to gently close the crimp cover.
3. Repeat step two on other end of beads, adding round end of toggle clasp instead of a link of chain.
4. Check fit of bracelet on wrist and remove links of chain to make bracelet the  correct length. Use a jump ring to attach bar end of toggle clasp to last length of chain.
5. Attach charms to chain with jump rings.
6. If necessary, slide charms onto head pins. Use chain nose pliers to grasp wire just at point where it exits last bead.  Bend wire at 90° angle.  Grasp bend with round nose pliers and wrap wire around pliers as far as possible to start to make a loop.  Reposition pliers to finish loop.  Slightly twist loop open and insert link of chain that you want charm to dangle from. Close loop and hold with chain nose pliers. Use another pair of chain nose to wrap remaining wire around wire below 90° bend. Use wire cutters to trim, if necessary. Use chain nose pliers to tuck in end.

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