Blingy Button Ring

 Hey Everyone,

I hope you've all had a great start to the New Year!
I had a very busy last quarter of 2015 and if you follow my Facebook page you'll see the work I put into my annual craft market.

Today I'm back and this year I'm hoping to include a number of easy jewelry tutorials again. So lets jump right in...

I saw this really awesome ring in our local store and one day I was digging through my button tin and found a button that looked similar to the setting of this particular ring....

What you need:

A cool blingy button with opening at the back

a few rounds of ring memory wire

E6000 or equivalent glue

silver spray paint (optional)

The button was white and as I wanted it to resemble silver, I taped off the blingy top part and spray painted the bottom bit with some left over silver - alternatively nail polish would also work. Once dry, thread the memory wire through the back.

  

 

 Hide the ends in the back of the button and add a dot of glue to secure.

I think this simple little ring would work with any button as long as the openings are at the back of the button. 

I just love it's sparkly bling... although my 8 year old girl has claimed it as her own, and honestly it looks better on her than me!

This is a great little project to do with tweens. It's quick, easy, cheap and the end result is really cute.

xxx

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Wire Wrapped Ring Tutorial

Hey Everyone,

Today I want to share as easy as pie ring tutorial, these are great to make as gifts or for yourself!

I was inspired by this  pinterest pin. However the blog linked to the pin is not active anymore but I figured the picture was pretty self explanatory.

All you need is 20 gauge jewelry wire!!!

And something to cut the wire - so pliers too. 

If you have a ring mandrel then you can use that, but I used the lid of my nail polish bottle as it measures the right size for my finger.

 Simply..... wind the wire around the mandrel (nail polish lid) until you are happy with the width of it, then secure the end by winding it a few times around the bottom point of the ring. Use your pliers to neaten it up and tuck away any sharp ends. I gently opened the ring a little as I like that spread out look.

 

I think it looks really nice with my titanium band

 Or on its own...

  Either way its cute, versatile and super simple and quick to make.

What do you all think? It's definitely a favourite  in my jewelry box.

Take care

xxx

 

 

Sweet Snowman Pendant

 

Hey Everyone, 

I originally shared this tutorial at Inspiration Cafe last Christmas.

Here in New Zealand we have a Summer Christmas, so..... no snow!

But our warm Kiwi Christmas' are pretty awesome too...

One year, Sean and I were in England and we got to experience a white Christmas...and I even got to build my very own snowman.

So, today I have a cute, easy and fun holiday inspired pendant tutorial for you. 

  What you need:

2 large beads, seed beads, 1 headpin, a length of jewelry wire, a chain and pliers.

Following the steps laid out in the pictures, so easy!

Thread the 2 large beads onto the headpin,

Bend back to 90 degrees, loop back around with the pliers

and wrap the end of the headpin around and secure it with a gentle squeeze with the pliers.

Thread the seed beads onto the jewelry wire and secure the ends, I just looped the wire back into the last bead on each end.

Mould the scarf around your finger then wrap it around the snowman's neck and press into place.

Add a chain...

 

And there you have a really cute little snowman necklace...

These would make awesome hand made gifts or even Christmas ornaments for a little tree.

I really hope you are inspired to give this tutorial a go.... 

 

Stay tuned for more Days of Christmas....

Take Care

xxx

 

Achieving the Layered Pendant Look

Hey everyone, I hope you're all having a great week. I'm super busy gearing up my annual craft show next month,  which means working way into the night building stock. One of the looks that is very "In" right now is the layered pendant look. It's easy, easy, easy!

I'm going to show you one of my latest creations, but you can use any charms or beads that you like. I've made a lot of domed pendants for the market and I love using them with the layered look.

You will need:

Chain, charms (and/or beads) and jump rings!

With this necklace I used a circle charm as my starting point and added the other charms onto it. I used a short link of chain to extend one charm so that it hangs lower than the others (just for fun). 

Its that easy!

This is what the necklace looks like when its worn - very pretty, don't you think?

Here are a few more layered designs I have up my sleeve for the craft show

I hope you've been inspired to give this method a go. So striking and so easy!

Take care

xxx

Simple Tassel Pendant

Hi everyone,

Today I'm going to show you just how easy it is to make this super cute, super simple Tassel Pendant.

Remember my tutorial is only a guide - you can add your own twist to these simple necklaces.

What you need:

 Beads, a pendant, headpins, jump rings and chain

 What to do:

1. Assemble your pendant if you're going to use a glass dome pendant. Otherwise if not - then ensure your pendant has a top and bottom attachment loop.
2. Cut 3 lengths of chain of differing lengths and join them together with a jump ring.
3. Attach the tassel to the bottom loop of the pendant/
4. Form a loop in the headpin and loop through the top of the pendant.
5. secure the headpin
6. Add the beads and close off the headpin.
7. Add a chain

How cute is this wee necklace right?

 I loved how well it turned out so I made another one in white...

I think I'll be making a few more, I just adore the white one. And they are just so easy to assemble.

Take care

xxx

  

Summer Garden - A Statement Necklace

Hey Everyone, 

This was my post at Inspiration Cafe for the Bloomin Marvelous series.

So I'm going to be sharing an easy Statement Necklace tutorial based on a strip of ceramic flower shaped beads that just reminded me of a Summer garden.

What you need for a necklace:

1 headpin, jump rings, chain, a clasp, beads and a focal bead.

Pliers (not pictured)

What to do:

1. Thread focal bead and other beads onto the headpin

2.  bend the headpin at a 90 degree angle.

3.  Using round nosed jewelry pliers, bend the headpin back around to form a half loop.

4. Measure the middle of your length of chain and hook the headpin through a link in the chain 

5. Twist the wire of the headpin around the loop.

6. Keep twisting around the loop, pulling the wire neatly in a circle. tuck and tighten the end.

7. Thread seed beads on to jump rings.

8. Work your way along the chain, on either side of the focal, adding the seed beads.

9. Complete the necklace by adding the clasp.

 

Easy right? So easy!

 It turned out much better than I pictured! Don't you think?

Because I was loving the colour combination so much I whipped up a simple bracelet to match.

I just loved this challenge! I had so much fun making these items.

And they just shout Summer Garden.

I hope you were inspired today and I hope you all enjoyed my tutorial.

Take care everyone

 

 xxx