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Gold, turquoise and pearls. This bracelet just screams summer! Multiple strands of fine chain and wire-wrapped beads, make this bracelet jingle and jangle in all the right ways. Make sure your beads are interspersed along the strands to avoid adding too much bulk. Click to Enlarge |
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Use briolettes to their full advantage. This bracelet uses briolettes strung with daisy spacers, and large pearls. The briolettes "flip" to create great shape. Click to Enlarge |
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Use open spaces to enhance your designs. It can be a good idea not to fill up every available space in your components, such as in the center of this rectangle component. Negative space is just as important in jewelry design as in any other kind of design. It gives the eye a break, and let's the gemstone briolettes take the spotlight. Click to Enlarge |
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Easy as 1..2..3! 1 - Take a pair of plain hoops. 2 - Coil bright 3-4mm beads along the lower half of the loop. 3 - Resist the urge to make them in every color under the sun! Click to Enlarge |
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This light as a feather necklace stays sweet by finishing with an organza ribbon, strung through soldered jump rings, instead of a clasp. Designed by Janice Parsons. Click to Enlarge |
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Make branch wire into an art form. Use large beads as a base for designs, and try breaking out of symmetry. Click to Enlarge |
Need to breathe some new life into your designs? Take
a look through our gallery of designs. With lots of
original ideas for making the most out of your beads
and components, you're sure to feel inspired in no time!
Individual parts are not necessarily available.
a look through our gallery of designs. With lots of
original ideas for making the most out of your beads
and components, you're sure to feel inspired in no time!
Individual parts are not necessarily available.
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