How to Make a Stone Bead Necklace

Supplies Needed:  Stone Beads, "Tiger Tail" or Softflex Wire, Pliers (crimp or long nose), crimp beads, clasp (jump ring needed with "C" clasps), and adhesive.

1.      Cut a length of "Tiger Tail" or Softflex long enough for your necklace, plus about 8" (4" on each end to work with).  Be careful not to put any kinks or bends in your wire.  The "Tiger Tail" especially, will not hang well with kinks or bends, and will eventually break at the kinks.

2.      String your Beads.

3.      Add two crimp beads to one end of the necklace.

4.      Put the wire through one end of the clasp, and back through both crimp beads.  Slide crimp beads and clasp together.  Smash crimp beads with pliers.  Add a drop of adhesive to crimp beads as insurance.  String wire back through last few beads and snip the extra length.
  

5.      Dangle strand from the unfinished side.  Allow beads to snug up to the finished crimp beads.  Add two crimp beads to unfinished end.  Loop necklace as if it were being worn, and thread wire through other end of clasp.  (For "C" clasp without tab, loop wire through a jump ring.)  Keeping necklace in loop shape, finish this end the same as the other.  By keeping the necklace in a loop shape, the beads will have the proper spacing.

6.      Allow adhesive to dry.

7.      Don't be afraid to re-string these beads into something else whenever you're ready!

New!  How to make a Tumbled Stone Bracelet Using a Bracelet Blank Finding

4 Step Process

Difficulty Level 1

Materials Needed:

1- 1 Bracelet

2- 11 Small Tumbled Stone

3- Bond 527

Step One:

Make sure each link or pad of the bracelet is washed and clean.

Step Two:

Drop Glue (Bond 527) onto the first pad.

Step Three:

Lay the first stone on the pad and allow it to dry for several hours before wearing.

Step Four:

Repeat steps 1, 2, & 3 until each pad is filled.