Things You'll Need:
- jewelry wire
- small jewelry pliers
- crimping tool
- crimping beads
- lobster claw fastener
- any type of beads or crystals or even rocks such as onyx and turqouise(the biger the beads the better,consumes your time better)
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Step 1
Once you have gathered all your materials needed, you are now ready to begin. Set all your materials on a flat surface. It's now time to let your imagenation flow, create your design.
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Step 2
Cut the wire four inches longer than your prefered lenth. This gives you more wire to work with. Before you begin to strand your design, tie a loose knot at one of the ends of the wire.
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Step 3
You are now ready to begin stranding what you laid out in step one. Remember this is your design so let it be creative!
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Step 4
Once you have stranded you design, untie the knot on the other end and make sure that this is the deisgn you were going for. If it is, then tie another knot at one of the ends. Leave two inches at the end so you have room to fasten your necklace/braclet.
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Step 5
It is now time to fasten your work. Put a crimping bead through your wire then strand the wire through the fastener then back through the crimping bead. Pull the wire tight and use your crimping tool and crimo your crimping bead. With your small pliers cut the extra wire. Untie the knot on the other end and do the same thing.
