Bracelet Making Tutorial-Butterfly Bracelet with Cheap Glass Beads

Summary: In the jewelry beads family, the glass beads is of course an vital member. When compared with other Beads and Charms, the cheap Glass Beads are at advantage to them. It owns the vivid colors and dazzling luster as same as the Swarovski Crystal beads, but the cost is certain favorable.

Date : May 27, 2012

In the jewelry beads family, the glass beads is of course an vital member. When compared with other Beads and Charms, the cheap Glass Beads are at advantage to them. It owns the vivid colors and dazzling luster as same as the Swarovski Crystal beads, but the cost is certain favorable.Thus, in the bracelet making projects, glass beads are usually widely used. In today's tutorial, I will show you how to make a bracelet with the cheap glass beads. First, just take a look of the finished item, have you found the difference? Yes! That is butterfly. Can you image that it is just made of from the common Czech Glass Beads. It doesn't matter! Just follow the tips below and create one for you own.

Bracelet Making Materials:

Czech Glass Beads 8/0

Glass Seed Beads

Spacer Beads

Brass Bar Link

Tibetan Style Pendants

Brass Lobster Claw Clasps

Tiger Tail

Bracelet Making Tools:

Side Cutting Pliers

Wire-Cutter Pliers

After gathering all materials and tools, then you only need to follow the easy steps below:

Step1: Prepare a 40cm tiger tail wire, and string the butterfly-shape Tibetan Style Pendants of the center. Then add two Turquoise glass seed beads on each branch.

Step2:This process is for creating the main of bracelet: the butterflies. Basically, each butterfly is made of two bar links and six Czech Glass Beads.As the picture show, pick up the bar links and Czech Glass Beads, firstly, pass the wire through one eye of the bar link, then two Czech Glass Beads and the other eye of the bar kink, so far, half of the butterfly's wing has done.

Repeat the above step for another wing.

Then, across pass the tips through one 8/0 Glass Seed Beads. Then, that is the body of the butterfly.

After Tighten the wire, bead two more Czech Glass Beads respectively on each branch. One complete butterfly is done!

Steps3: Repeat all the processes in step2 for more butterfly pieces.

Step4: When reached the length you need, stop by weaving two 8/0 Glass Seed Beads on each branch again. Then, finish the while design by applying the Brass Lobster Claw Clasps with iron spacer bead.

At last, after fix the wire tips with spacer bead, pinch the spacer bead with Wire-Cutter Pliers and cut off the excess sections.

Full view of the whole item:

Attached list:

Materials

Size

Color

Product

Item Code

Price

Czech Glass Beads

Length:6mm

Width:6mm

Hole:1mm

Mixed Color

302_6mm-M

US $20.61 /2 gross

about 144pcs/gross

8/0 Glass Seed Beads

Diameter:3mm

Hole:0.8mm

Sky-blue

SDB3mm43

US $1.90 /1 Pound

about 10000pcs/bag

Spacer Beads

Diameter:2mm

Hole:1mm

Black

E004-B

US $9.52 /20000 pcs

Brass Bar Link

Length:20mm

Width:1mm

Hole:1mm

Platinum

EC088-NF

US $23.78 /2000 pcs

Tibetan Style Pendants

Length:17.5mm

Width:19.5mm

Hole:1.5mm

Antique Silver Color

TIBEP-EA11928YKG-AS-LF

US $21.40 /1000 g

1240pcs/1000g

Brass Lobster Claw Clasps

Length:10mm

Width:5mm

Hole:0.8mm

Silver Metal Color

EC099-S

US $13.08 /300 pcs

Tiger Tail

Diameter:0.5mm

Light Grey

TWIR-50R0.5MM-1

US $21.55 /50 Rolls

50m/roll

Tools

Size

Product

Item Code

Price

Side cutting plier

5.8cmx11.5cm

P006Y

US $0.77 /1 Plier

Wire-Cutter Pliers

about 135mm long

PT-S027

US $0.80 /1 Plier

 

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