{"id":5281,"date":"2013-10-31T16:33:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T20:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2013-10-31T16:33:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T20:33:01","slug":"purple-crystal-gemstone-bracelet-video-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/31\/purple-crystal-gemstone-bracelet-video-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Crystal &#038; Gemstone Bracelet &#8211; Video Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloween all! \u00a0I&#8217;ve got a HUGE bowl of candy on my kitchen table, wish I could share it with you. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Instead, here&#8217;s some eye candy for your enjoyment. \u00a0Plus a video.<\/p>\n<p>These natural amethyst gemstones and the bead caps came in a mystery bag from Fire Mountain Gems several months ago. \u00a0I just had to add a few crystals and spacers, plus the finishing findings for a nice bracelet.<\/p>\n<p><em>(BTW, if you like rooting around in a pile of beads for buried treasure, you might enjoy the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firemountaingems.com\/itemdetails\/H201928PB\" target=\"_blank\"> Boss&#8217; Bead Bag Bead Mix from FMG.<\/a> \u00a0I paid $7 for mine and had a blast digging &amp; sorting. Nope, they&#8217;re not paying me to tell you this, I just think it&#8217;s great fun.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/purple-stone-crystal-bracelet-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" alt=\"purple-gemstone-crystal-bracelet-1\" src=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/purple-stone-crystal-bracelet-1.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I mention in the video, in a design like this most of the work is about arranging your beads in a way you like and getting the correct length.\u00a0 Putting it together is just a matter of stringing on the beads and finishing the ends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/purple-stone-crystal-bracelet-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"purple-gemstone-crystal-bracelet-2\" src=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/purple-stone-crystal-bracelet-2.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fun thing about making your own jewelry is that you can use special items like crystals and gemstones, but pay far less than you would retail.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a title=\"Purple Crystal &amp; Gemstone Bracelet - Video Tutorial\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/6io0p8FDwuM\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Watch\u00a0Purple Crystal &amp; Gemstone Bracelet Video Tutorial at YouTube.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Happy Creating!<\/p>\n<p>Materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>15 inches bead stringing wire<\/li>\n<li>3 15mm x 20mm natural amethyst gemstone beads<\/li>\n<li>6 bead caps for gemstone beads<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">6 6mm Swarovski crystal bicone beads (I used 4 in crystal clear and 2 in violet)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>4 4mm Swarovski crystal bicone beads (2 in violet and 2 in violet opal)<\/li>\n<li>8 4mm round silver spacer beads (2 of mine are in a star dust finish, the rest are silver plated)<\/li>\n<li>4 2mm round silver spacer beads<\/li>\n<li>lobster clasp<\/li>\n<li>jump ring<\/li>\n<li>2 crimp beads<\/li>\n<li>2 crimp covers<\/li>\n<li>2 wire protectors<\/li>\n<li>2 pair chain nose pliers<\/li>\n<li>crimping pliers<\/li>\n<li>wire cutters<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bead Stoppers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002UTEYYW\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002UTEYYW&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=secroforgapeo-20\" target=\"_blank\">Bead Stoppers<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=secroforgapeo-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002UTEYYW\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructions:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0Attach a bead stopper to one end of bead stringing wire. \u00a0On other end string beads in the following order:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a. \u00a04mm violet opal bicone &#8211; 4mm round silver spacer &#8211; 4 mm violet bicone &#8211;\u00a0\u00a04mm round silver spacer<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b. \u00a0bead cap facing away from bead just strung &#8211; 15mm x 20 mm natural amethyst bead &#8211; bead cap\u00a0facing toward bead just strung<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c. \u00a02 mm round silver spacer &#8211; 6mm crystal clear bicone &#8211;\u00a0\u00a04mm round silver spacer &#8211; 6mm violet bicone &#8211;\u00a0\u00a04mm round silver spacer &#8211; 6mm crystal clear bicone \u00a0&#8211; 2mm round silver spacer<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Repeat b and c, then repeat b once more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d.\u00a04mm round silver spacer &#8211; 4mm violet bicone &#8211;\u00a04mm round silver spacer &#8211; 4mm violet opal bicone<\/p>\n<p>This will give you 6.5 inches of strung beads and a 7.5 inch finished bracelet.<\/p>\n<p>2. Onto one end of wire slide a crimp bead. \u00a0Slide wire into one end of wire protector and out the other end. \u00a0Slide lobster clasp onto wire protector.<\/p>\n<p>3. Slide end of wire back through crimp bead and flatten crimp using crimping pliers and\/or chain nose pliers. \u00a0If your crimp cover is small, fold flattened crimp in half. \u00a0(See video for details on crimping and folding.)<\/p>\n<p>4. \u00a0Holding crimp cover with chain nose pliers, slide cover over flattened crimp and squeeze gently to close cover.<\/p>\n<p>5. \u00a0Use chain nose pliers to gently squeeze ends of wire protector together. \u00a0It should now be a teardrop shape rather than a horseshoe shape.<\/p>\n<p>6. Repeat steps 2-5 on other end of wire, substituting a jump ring for the lobster clasp. When finishing this second end, make sure to allow for a little slack in the wire (1\/8 inch is fine) to allow the bracelet to bend and drape gracefully.<\/p>\n<p>Wear and enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloween all! \u00a0I&#8217;ve got a HUGE bowl of candy on my kitchen table, wish I could share it with you. \ud83d\ude42 Instead, here&#8217;s some eye candy for your enjoyment. \u00a0Plus a video. 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