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Tree of Life Bracelet
Project B107
Designer: Andrea Morici
Green is good! Be kind to our Mother Earth, and wear this bracelet as a reminder of the interconnectedness
of all life on our planet.
NOTE: This project includes one or more items that are no longer available, despite our best efforts. We have kept this project on the site for you to use as a template or inspiration for your own creations.
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What You'll Need
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Instructions:
- Cut ten inches of the olive green faux suede and fold it in half.
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Insert the looped end of the faux suede through the square serpentine donut bead. With about one inch protruding through the donut bead, resting on one of the sides with the hole drilled through it, feed the loose ends of the faux suede through the loop and pull tight.
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Thread two love knot twist jump rings onto the two pieces of faux suede.
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Insert the two loose ends of the faux suede into the fancy crimp bead cord end and crimp the center down. To do this we recommend using Xuron jeweler's super fine pliers. Tip: to make sure the faux suede is securely enclosed in the crimp loop you may put a small amount of E600 on the ends of the faux suede before inserting them into the crimp.
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Insert a headpin through the hole opposite your faux suede knot in the serpentine donut bead, starting from the inside of the bead.
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Create a simple loop with the headpin and trim off excess.
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Cut four inches of the Soft Flex beading wire, and thread a small crimp bead onto it, but do not crimp yet.
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Thread the very end of the wire through the loop on the headpin, back through the crimp bead and crimp down. Trim off the short excess wire.
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Add a crimp bead cover over the crimp bead, and gently close it.
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Add an oval jump ring to the two leaf pendants and the tree of life pendant.
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On to your wire, thread the following:
- A 4mm rondelle
- an oval jump ring containing a leaf pendant bead
- another rondelle
- a Czech cathedral bead
- another rondelle
- the jump ring containing the tree of life pendant
- another rondelle
- another Czech cathedral bead
- another rondelle
- the other jump ring containing a leaf pendant
- another rondelle
- and a crimp bead (don't crimp yet).
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Thread the end of the wire through an oval jump ring, back through the crimp bead, and crimp down.
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Add a crimp bead cover over the top of the crimp bead and gently close it. Trim off excess wire.
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To the last jump ring, add the lobster clasp.
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