Silver/Glass Double Birthday Bracelet
This is a bracelet I made during my birthday party at
a local bead store in 2001. This is a very expensive bracelet to make due to all silver beads, but you
could vary the amount of silver with glass to offset the cost.
This is a double strand, so you will need to create two bracelets that are
well coordinated. You will also need a clasp that is made with four
connecting loops (two on either side), which will be crimped to the ends of
each strand.
Strand one
6 – 3mm Round Silver beads
14 – 5mm Black Rondelles
2 – 8x6mm Flat Black Oval Beads
2 – 10x7 mm Sterling Diamond Shaped Beads
4 – 6mm Round Silver Beads
2 – 8x6mm Black Glass Oval Beads
1 – 30x3mm Curved Tube Bead
String in this order:
2 – 3mm Round Silver Beads
3 – 5mm Black Rondelles
1 – 3mm Round Silver Bead
1 – 8x6mm Flat Back Oval Bead
1 – 10x7mm Sterling Diamond Shaped Bead
3 – 5mm Black Rondelles
2 – 6mm Round Silver Beads
1 – 8x6mm Black Glass Oval Bead
1 – 5mm Black Rondelle
String the 30x3mm tube, then repeat the
above in reverse order.
Strand Two
String in Order
1 – 7x5mm Clear Peridot Glass Bead
1 – 14x7mm Sterling Teardrop Shaped Bead with Petal Design at Drop End
1 – Clear 8mm Glass Bead
1 – 8x8 mm Solid Black Cathedral Shaped Bead
1 – 5x7mm Sterling Patterned Bead
1 – 13x5mm Clear Topaz Glass Bead
1- 8mm Round Peridot with Silver Foil-lined Glass Bead
1 – 8x7mm Sterling Patterned Bead
1 – 8x7mm Faceted Clear Dark Gray Glass Bead
1 – 5mm Black Rondelle
2 – 5mm Sterling Star Shaped Beads
2 – 5mm Black Rondelles
1 – 9x6mm Sterling Oval Bead
1 - 10x6mm Black Glass Tube with Raised Sides
1 – 10x6mm Clear Glass 4-Sided Tube
2 – 5x7mm Amethyst with Bronze Foil-lined Bead
1 – 7x7 Patterned Sterling Tube
1 – 6x8 Oval Glass Bead
1 - 6x4mm Peridot with Silver Foil-lined Bead
1 – 5x7mm Sterling Patterned Bead
1 – 7x7mm Topaz Diamond Shaped Glass Bead
Finish by crimping each end of each strand
to one of the loops on the clasp.
One good trick with bracelets like these is to create one
free-form strand and one more conservative.
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