Gallery of Jewelry Making Ideas, Page 8

Swarovski Top Drilled Bicone Bracelet

The focus of this bracelet is the onyx and marcasite clasp. Surrounding the clasp are top drilled bicones in jet, black diamond, and crystal. I love the look that can only be obtained by using the top drilled crystals. The bracelet is strung on .019 in beading wire and measures 7 1/2″ (including clasp).

Leopard Skin Jasper Beaded Cabochon

This cabochon is 30mm x 40mm and has beautiful earthtone colors. I used Japanese Delicas and size 15’s to peyote stitch a beaded bezel with minimum embellishments and a peyote stitched bail. The beaded rope is done in a spiral rope stitch using the same beads. I have chosen the colors of the beads to […]

Two In One Seed Bead Knitted Cuff

Inspired by my love of knitting as well as my love for beading, I decided to try making a hand knitted bracelet reminiscent of the peyote stitch or loom seed bead bracelet bands. I wanted to make a reversible pattern so that the bracelet could be worn on both sides. I started this “Two in […]

Free Form Peyote Stitch Bracelet

This bracelet was created using a beadweaving technique called peyote stitch. I created it free-form using an assortment of black and tan glass seed beads and chocolate brown freshwater button pearls.

Crystal Shiva Earrings

These enchanting earrings are made of crystal beads and twisted wire in shades of blue, green and purple. Materials Used: 8 9mm Austrian crystal drops in 2 colors 8 3mm round Austrian crystals 24 4mm Austrian crystal bicones in 2 colors 1 pair of sterling silver earwires (no coil or ball)

Aventurine Chips And Rounds Triple Strand Necklace

This necklace is mainly made from aventurine chips and dark and light 8mm round aventurine beads strung on wire and connected with simple wire loops. I completed the necklace with fine triple copper link chain and a brass lobster claw. The triple strands overlaps naturally when worn.

Midnight Rendezvous Bracelet

All I wanted with these beads was for the shape and color to take front and center. The puffy triangle shape of the onyx made a beautiful statement. To highlight it’s beauty I used sterling silver beads and two square filigree bead caps. Since this is a fairly weighty piece, I added additional reinforcements by […]

Green Copper Wire-Wrapped Earrings

These look fancy but are pretty simple to make for beginning beaders. You start with two metal beading hoops. Next, take thin 24 or 26 gauge copper wire-wrapping wire and loop it around the hoop tightly 10 times. Next, add a bead to the wire, and pull the wire snug back to the hoop, making […]

Peacock Stone Swirl Earrings

Using a thing-a-ma-jig I formed the earwires out of 18 gauge copper wire and filed the ends to make them smooth. I used the same 18 gauge wire through the 18mm square peacock stone to make the circle on the top and the swirl on the bottom. I bent the circle over the stone after […]

The Chocolate Room

I began work on this charm bracelet, hoping that the design would come out looking exactly the way it did. You are literally looking at a fragment of my imagination! Half of the beads are handcrafted by myself with FIMO polymer clay, including the Wonka bars, bubblegum balls, mushrooms, chocolates and peppermint candy canes. The […]

Washer Necklace

To create my “washer” necklace, I took two washers commonly found at your local hardware store. I used 2 different sizes, and hammered them to give them texture. I then attached them to an olive green suede cord. I added a few additional beads, and then attached a toggle clasp using 18 gauge wire.

Green Cluster Necklace

This necklace is constructed of glass beads on individual shaped wire. Each bead is then attached to a small section of silver chain with jump rings. This length of chain is attached to a wire wrapped bead that slides onto a chain. The clasp, which is not shown, is a simple S-hook. Most of these […]

Orbital Rings Wire Wrapped Bracelet

I have wire wrapped some freshwater pearls in lime and spruce to this antiqued silver large round link chain. I have added some 4mm filigree antique silver beads as well for two reasons. One for a decorative touch and second to fill in the gap as the pearls were too small.

Amazonite Sterling Cone Earrings

These are just the coolest…serene and sensational in a velvety bluish green. The rounds of 10mm amazonite are capped with Bali sterling silver cones. Total length is 2″.

Pink Coral Cluster Gold Filled Earrings

I made my Aloha Sunset Earrings with little round pink coral gemstones that I brought back from a summer trip I took to the Hawaiian islands with my husband for our 32nd wedding anniversary. I hand wrapped them with 14kt gold filled headpins and clustered them together on 14kt gold filled chain and 14kt gold […]

Bronze Age Earrings

These earrings were created with bronze wire using a special technique called “Gizmo”. For this technique you need a special instrument, I call it “Gizmo carousel” which makes it easier to make the spirals. I have also done several necklaces with combination of the spirals and beads. It is very easy but elegant and impressive.

Red Coral Double Strand Bracelet

I primarily used red coral chips in this bracelet. I made two strands of them and interspersed two silver color beads. I finished it with a barrel clasp. When I saw these beads in the craft shop I couldn’t resist.

Falling Leaves Necklace

I love autumn for it’s crisp weather and beautiful colors and wanted to create a necklace to incorporate those colors. I used brown, gold, orange, and pale yellow faceted glass beads on head pins connected together in triangles with jump rings. The leaves were hung down from those triangles and between the triangles to give […]

Felted Grape Necklace

I love these autumn colours of aubergine, rust, grey and French navy, and I made these felted beads in varying sizes using 18.5 micron Superfine Merino wool. I firstly strung on 12 beads of assorted colour and size between the velour ends. I make the hanging beads by threading two beads of different colour and […]

Amazonite And Lampwork Necklace

This necklace was made using green aventurine round beads, beautiful lampwork beads, and Swarovski bicones in jet and peridot. Toggle clasp is sterling silver. Necklace was made using 49 strand .019 softflex beading wire. Necklace is 19 1/2″ in length