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beaded bracelets

beaded bracelet pattern

February 11, 2008

This 3 strand beaded bracelet is elegant with it’s cool, translucent sea foam strands… and dangles of glass pearls… sparkling with silver beads and spacers. Wear this bracelet with an elegant white blouse or dress up your casual t-shirts… or wear it with a green sweater to pull out the green. Beautiful!

Skills required:

Crimping Stringing Beads Wire Working

Beading Supplies
Crimping pliers
Needlenose pliers
Flat nose pliers
(24″) .014mm Stringing Wire
(14) Silver Plated 2″ Head Pins
(6) 2mm Crimp Tubes Sterling Silver
(6) Crimp Covers Silver
(1) 24mm 3 Strand Hook and Eye Clasp Sterling Silver
(257) Size 11 Seed Beads Transparent -Sea Foam
(20) 6mm Glass Pearl White
(26) 4mm Spacer Bead Antique Silver Plated
(12) 3mm Silver Bead Sterling Silver
(7) 4mm Jump Rings Silver

Creating the dangles

Step 1. String onto a head pin, 1 pearl, 1 spacer bead.

Step 2. Form a wrapped loop close to the spacer bead. Trim off excess wire.

Step 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for a total of 14 pearl dangles.


Step 4. Hook 2 pearl dangles together with a jump ring… create 7 sets.

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braided beaded bracelet

August 4, 2007

Friendship Bracelet from suede and beads
Love your friend… well show em with this very easy to make braided, beaded frienship bracelet pattern!

Now find your buddies great qualities below and pick the correct color or multiple colors.. just choose from the list of bead colors below or get creative and do your own bead color mix!

Generous Orange
Loyal Blue
Kind Pink
Responsible Green
Honest Red
Cheerful Yellow

materials needed for beaded braid bracelet

  • 8 Feet Suede Cord
  • 3 Pony Beads

how to make it

Cut the suede lacing into three 2′ pieces and two 6″. Use one 6″ piece to tie together the three 2′ pieces. Make the knot about 4″ from the end as per the diagram.

Braid together the 3, 2′ pieces for about 1″. Put a pony bead onto the middle lace and continue braiding for another inch. Add another pony bead and continue for another 1″ then adding the last pony bead. Finish by braiding for another inch and use the remaining 6″ piece of suede to tie off. make sure that you trim the ends.

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