DIY: the bracelet for my mom

This is what my mom is getting for mother's day!

She saw the one I made awhile ago (tutorial here) and she asked for one with black cords.

So I made it obeyed (!!!) but I used all sterling silver components.

I love the result so much I'm going to make one for myself as well!!

supplies:

* Economy Waxed Cotton Necklace Cord 1.5mm Black 10 Yards (30 Feet)
* / 3 / Sterling Silver 5x35mm Curved Tube Beads
* / 1 / Sterling Silver Swivel Curved Lobster Claw Clasp 19.5mm
* / 17 / Sterling Silver Head Pins 26 Gauge 1.5 Inches
* / 17/ Sterling Silver Jump Rings 7mm Closed
* 9-10mm White Color Natural Freshwater Pearl Beads
* 5 mm Freshwater Pearl Beads
* / 1 / Sterling Silver Heavy 10mm Closed Jump Ring 17 Gauge
* Sterling Silver Wire 20 Gauge Round Half Hard

tools:

* Three Step Wire Looping Round Nose Pliers 5mm, 7mm, 10mm
* Darice 1893-09 Set of 5 Jewelry-Making Tools with Pink Handles

the tutorial / how-to:

Because the sterling silver lobster clasp doesn't have a big enough ring to loop all the cords in, I had to come up with a different plan.
I used the wire looping pliers to make two split rings.

I connected one to the clasp

and the other one to the heavy 10mm jumpring.

Then I proceeded with the same steps on the detailed tutorial here.





The two of us... some times ago!
(I guess I love blue so much because my mom started to dress me in blue when I was little?)

happy mother's day to all the moms :) 

xox, d.

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DIY - Vanities cord bracelets

if your mom loves edgy jewelry:

... she's going to love these bracelets!

Two tutorials in one post:  

attention - picture heavy [but totally worthy]

top picture: Polyvore - collage by moi

Made several of these the other day because I love how they look all staked - serious ARM SWAG going on!!

Ready for the tutorials? ... keep reading, it's all there!

DIY necklace triple strand gold pearl necklace

This necklace is another gift I made some times ago

And now that she received it (and //apparently// loved it) it's time to share it!
We saw it at the Moma Store and ...

left : MomaStore - collage by moi

supplies:

* 35"  3mm x 6mm curb link gold chain
* 20 - Fresh water pearls diam +/- 5mm
* Gold Wire 24 Gauge soft
* 2 - 24 gauge gold 2" head pins
* Gold Plated Lobster Clasp 10mm
* 1 flat pearl bead diam. 10 mm (from my stash)
* Darice 1893-09 Set of 5 Jewelry-Making Tools with Pink Handles
* 2 or 4 (optional, see tutorial)  7 mm gold jump rings 

the tutorial // how-to:

Cut the chain in two sections:
- one will be 25" long
- the other 10" long

attach one jump ring to the clasp and connect it to one end of the 25" long chain,
then the other jump ring to the other side of the chain.
(I was running out of gold jump rings - therefore I used a 8mm for the closure, and a 4mm to connect the clasp)

Find the center of the necklace, and connect the flat pearl bead to the chain

wrap the wire of the headpin around a couple of time, and cut the excess

from the center bead, measure 5" on both sides of the necklace, and mark the link of the chain
with a marker (or you can use two safety pins to mark the link - your option)

connect 19 of the the pearls using the technique of the beaded links
 (check the tutorial here)
and leave the wire un-done on the first and last link

place the wire on the links of the chain that has been previously marked 

connect to the wire also the shorter 10" long chain,
wrap the wire around the pearl and cut the excess

Alternative: you could finish the pearls and connect pearls, shorter chain to to longer chain using a a jump ring on each side - your choice: it' will look pretty much the same.

Once extended, the necklace should look like this -
at this point ind the center link of the shorter chain and
wrap the last pearl with the head pin.

... and it's done!

xox, d.

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