How to Glue Crystals on a Handcrafted Necklace

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Ella Seltzer for Expert Village. Now we are going to start putting chaton crystal chatons onto the necklace. The reason I left this stage for last is because the glue that I like to use does not dry instantly. So you have to do the gluing and just leave the necklace to dry cause if you try to do more work on the necklace your crystals can come right out again. So you take your glue, now this glue comes out from a very fine nozzle but I still find out of experience that sometimes it can come pouring out. So you just have to be on your guard so here we go. Big glob, use a Q-tip and wipe it off cause you do not want excess glue on this. Because once the glue covers up the crystals they loose their sheen and they really don't look as nice. Now in order to pick, put the crystals this tiny tiny thing you can use your finger tip and just slip it right in or you could chose to use a Q-tip which has been cut. Cut diagonally and dip it in water and then just place onto the crystal and the crystal should stick onto it. I prefer not to use my fingers and with great care and a little bit of patients you keep adding crystals in and make sure that there is no excess glue on top. Then glue it again. You add the rest of the crystals. The girls love it cause it is like coloring by number, it is like a instant transformation then you add your middle crystal. Which is in this case I used a different color and use a Q-tip just to put it into place and there we have it. This stage is very important to leave the necklace to dry once you have put all the crystals in and put in a safe place and leave it to dry for 12 hours. "