Necklace Beading Ideas, Page 17

Turquoise Twist Choker

This is my favorite piece. It’s a 3-strand choker, one strand large turquoise nuggets, and two strands of small nuggets. I used silver separators and a silver hook clasp at the end. This was a custom design for a friend. She wanted something different for a function and couldn’t find what she wanted in stores.

Blue Love Necklace

This chic necklace is made up of 2 strands (on both sides) of multi-colored blue quartz semiprecious chips that meet together at a hand wired four petals flower with raining quartz and pastel colored glass pearls. The 16.5″ necklace closes nicely with a silver rose toggle and clasp (not pictured).

Capri Copper Wire Jewelry Set

Copper wire is curled into s-links, figures of eight and jump rings to make the chain, with the art-deco style pendant pieces. Fire-gold swarovski crystals set off by deep red ones. The result is Italianate, and surprisingly delicate.

Antiqued Silver Swirl Pendant

I really enjoyed creating this set. It’s made of 18 gauge sterling silver wire and antique silver beads. For the posts and pendant, I started with the swirls with the beginning of the wire, allowing enough wire at the end to form the posts on the earrings and the bail which is hidden behind the […]

Golden Rays Necklace Set

This necklace is suggestive of the warm, golden, sparkling rays of the sun. This piece is made with 6mm gold Swarovski pearls, 6mm round golden shadow Swarovski crystals and 4mm bicone golden shadow Swarovksi crystals. The dangles are made with sterling silver tubes and 4mm bicone golden shadow Swarovski crystals.

Tassle To Go Necklace

I created this necklace by stringing Rainbow Flourite donuts, Violet Swarovski crystals, a silver plated hammered circle center piece, and purple matte seed beads. This necklace has a lobster clasp and chain so length can be adjusted.

Leafy Green Necklace Featuring Aventurine

This necklace is a 17 inch choker made with aventurine beads, faux green pearls, and 13 mother of pearl tear drop shaped pendants in green and white. I wanted to create a leafy look with the pendants (which hang about 1 inch long with the faux pearls at the end of them). The piece fastens […]

Red Earth Pendant Necklace

Created using sterling silver wire work, exquisite burnt orange agate, fire agate and vintage sterling silver. The agate pendant is wrapped in sterling silver 20 gauge wire. The sterling silver beads are vintage from the 1960’s. The wire wrapped pendant measures 3 inches. Overall length is 20 inches.

Milagro Necklace

When I was looking for some vintage charms, I found this beautiful antique milagro. It was love at first sight! However since this is a very large piece, it was quite a challenge to make jewelry with it. After arranging stones and beads so many times, I settled with amazonite and aquamarine. They are great […]

Handmade Chain With Pearls

This necklace I made from wire cutted in to small pieces and made into “links” to from a chain. Light blue swarovski pearls was added to finish it of. This is very time consuming but the result was worth every second.

Bronze Age Choker

This bronze chainmail necklace is finished with a hand-made spiral hook and loop clasp.

Northern Georgia Mountains Necklace

This necklace is 17 inches in length with a tear drop shaped leopardskin jasper pendant. It has beautiful greys, mauves, peaches, silver and rust colors in it. It is made with glass beads, hematite, various silver beads, and leopardskin jasper stone. I love the northern Georgia mountains and plan to make a home there someday. […]

Ethnic Fire Necklace and Earrings

I created this unique piece around these beautiful antique silver connectors. I used 6mm and 8mm bright orange Czech crystals, orange seed beads and different shapes of black glass beads to make charms and attached to connectors. I used 2-toned seed beads on tigertail to emphasize the ethnic look and finished it with a silver […]

White And Green Coil Beads Necklace

I just purchased a coil gizmo, and went a little overboard creating coils. I knew I wanted to make a tiered or layer necklace, what I described to myself as a collar. I wanted each layer to more simple as the layers got smaller. The coils are a pristine white, the large beads are silver […]

Asian Gold And White Necklace

I’ve had this pendant for several years, it just laid in a drawer waiting to be used in something…I just had no idea how to use it in a creative way. When I found the chain, I thought it would be a great way finally to showcase the very ornate pendant. I wrapped a a […]

Salmon Coral White Shell Necklace

I have wire wrapped this vintage style necklace with 5 mm round salmon bamboo coral beads and 8 mm round white shell beads into three strands using copper eye pins. One of the strands overlaps the other two strands. I finished it with a brass lobster claw. The length of the necklace is 18 inches.

Dragonfly Necklace and Earrings

Both pieces are made of dark blue and silver beads, and the necklace includes a blue and pink dragonfly pendant. I strung the dragonfly first, then strung the first few beads on both strands. I then separated the strands and continued beading. The toggle clasps were added and the ends of the monofilament were secured […]

Carnelian And Turquoise Necklace

I use to shy away from turquoise only because of the way the pieces were set. They were all the same. It is such a beautiful stone and such a compliment to many other stones, I couldn’t help myself. This combination reminds me of a sunset walk on the beach, cool waves and warm skies. […]

Crackled Jade On Leather Necklace

There wasn’t any technique or skill required to make this necklace, but I think it is a great use for this type of double drilled bead. Just a single bead, large enough to make a statement strung from genuine leather cords. The honey yellow shade of the bead jumps off from the black cords.