Making Jewelry by Stringing Beads on Bead Stringing Wire -- Page 9

Alternative Designs Continued:

The necklace shown at right was made with the following products:

• Round Bali Style Bead Item 3416 (2 packages)
• Swarovski Crystal Pearl Beads Cream 8mm item 2727
• 8mm Black Onyx Beads Item 3282
• Size 6 Seed Beads Crystal Silver Lined Item 0063
• 26 inches of .019 Silver Soft Touch, item 3313
• Silver 2x2mm Crimp Beads (Tubes) Item 0462
• Any commercial clasp.  We used a sterling silver magnetic clasp, item 0339

The order of stringing the beads in this project is as follows:

Black onyx bead, seed bead, black onyx bead, seed bead, black onyx bead, seed bead, crystal pearl, seed bead, Bali bead, seed bead, crystal pearl bead, seed bead then repeat this pattern.  The pattern ends after the 9th repetition of the pattern with three black onyx beads separated by seed beads. 

From a design perspective, the necklace at right uses black onyx beads as the primary beads in the necklace and uses the Bali bead as the focus bead.  The crystal pearl beads are the accent beads to make the Bali bead stand out.  The crystal pearl accent beads could be replaced with any other color of beads. 

We have more bead stringing projects on the next page.