Sophisticated Pearly Pendant
We love this sophisticated necklace which looks equally great worn with a smart work outfit or casually with a t-shirt and jeans – there’s no fiddly clasp either as it just pops on over your head, it’s also extremely simple and easy to make…
Ingredients
2 x Strands of Cream Button Pearls 7mm
1 x Silver Ring or Connector
1 x Silver Charm
1 x Silver Open Jump RIng
1 x 20mm Silver Heart Bead or other focal bead
1 x Silver Headpin
2 x Silver Crimps
2 x Silver Wire Guardians
Tiger Tail Beading Wire
Additional tools required: Side Cutters, Round Nose Pliers, Chain Nose Pliers
Method
1. Begin by measuring your wire, this is a long necklace so you will need approx 80cm.
2. Thread one end of the wire into a wire guardian, fit the wire guardian around the large ring and thread on a crimp bead, crimp the wire in place – see photo below (the photo shows a jump ring rather than a wire guardian, but the principle is the same):
3. Thread approx 100 pearls onto the Tiger Tail beading wire (adjust the amount of pearls until the necklace is at the desired length). At this stage make sure you have made the necklace long enough to fit over your head as you won’t be adding a clasp!!
4. Take the remaining end of wire and thread on a crimp bead followed by the remaining wire guardian, fit the wire guardian around the large ring and thread the wire back through the crimp bead and crimp. Cut off any excess wire with your side cutters.
5. Attach a charm to the large ring using a jump ring
6. Thread a focal bead onto a headpin and create a loop at the top of the headpin and thread this loop onto the large ring, finish the loop by wrapping the end of the headpin around itself to close up the loop.
