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Nature's Bride Heirloom Necklace
Project N610
Designer: Julie Bean
For your special day, wear a very special necklace. Beautiful pearls alternating with fine Swarovski crystals
are strung above a matte gold tree of life. This handmade necklace will become a cherished heirloom to
pass down the generations
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What You'll Need
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Specialized Tools
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Instructions:
- Take a gold ball head pin and thread onto it 1 Swarovski 4mm crystal bicone bead. Create a simple wire loop and cut off excess wire with your flush cutters. Open the simple wire loop the same way you would open a jump ring and attach it to one of the hidden loops behind the leaves on your tree of life pendant. Close the loop back up. Repeat this step twice, making 2 more dangles and attaching them to the other two loops behind the leaves. Set aside.
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Cut a 22 inch length of your gold beading wire. Place a bead stopper at one end.
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Thread onto your beading wire: 1 gold crimp tube, 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone bead, 1 Czech charlotte bead in gold. Repeat 3 more times. Next, thread onto it 1 oval cultured pearl, 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone bead.
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Repeat the following beading pattern 4 times: 1 oval cultured pearl, 1 Czech charlotte bead in gold, 1 oval cultured pearl, 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone bead.
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Repeat the following pattern 2 times: 1 oval cultured pearl, 1 gold crimp tube (DO NOT CRIMP), 1 oval cultured pearl, 1 Swarovski 4mm bicone bead.
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Thread onto your wire the tree of life pendant, threading it through the loop at the trunk of the tree.
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String the other side of your necklace making it a mirror image of the first half, ending in a crimp tube.
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Now thread one end of your wire through the loop on one section of your toggle clasp. Thread the wire back through your crimp tube and the Swarovski crystal next to it. Pull snug and . Cut off excess beading wire.
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Go to the other side of your necklace and remove the bead stopper. Attach the other half of your toggle clasp to this side the same way you did in the previous step.
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Enjoy making many wonderful memories wearing this necklace.
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Depending on the neckline of your wedding gown, you can easily make this necklace shorter or longer. You have two options, you can simply add or subtract Swarovski crystals up near the clasp or you can add or subtract pearl sections done in step 4 or 5.
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Tip: Check package quantities for each component. You may have extra material to make more than one finished project, or will have leftovers for other projects. In some cases, adding on just one more package of a component may be all you need to make multiple pieces.
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