Christmas Tree Memory Wire Cuff

It's never too early to get ready for Christmas and to help get you organised ahead of time this year, I've put together an easy bracelet project that will really put you in the festive mood. This bright and cheery Christmas Tree cuff in traditional red, green and gold is easy to put together and easy to wear. Just slide the memory wire cuff onto your wrist and you'll be set to rock this festive season! Here's what you'll need to make a bracelet of your own: 12 Emerald and gold wave shaped beads 15x12mm Red electroplated Christmas Tree bead 22x23mm 4 8mm gold stardust metal beads 10 6mm gold stardust metal beads 5 4mm gold stardust metal beads 8 18mm gold rhinestone semi-circle moon spacers: 3-hole 4 25mm twisted gold curved hollow tubes Gold eye pin Gold bracelet memory wire Tools: memory wire shears , flush cutters , flat nose pliers , round nose pliers Memory wire is made from steel so make sure you always use memory wire shears for cutting it......

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Bejewelled Leather Cuff

Leather has really come into it's own as a jewellery style in recent times. I just love the way that it works equally as well for the country girl as it does for the city girl. Today I'm dressing up a simple strip of metallic leather with acrylic pearls and rhinestones to give it  an urban chic look. Don't you love how well pearls and crystals go with leather? Finished length: 9” (23cm) Here's what you'll need: Materials: Metallic Leather TrimPiece – Bronze Assortment of clear acrylic rhinestones 2 x 14mm white round pearl  flat back cabachons   4 x 10mm white round pearl  flat back cabachons Assortment of white teardrop pearl flat back cabachons Silver snap setter kit  (includes setting tool) Beacon 527 Adhesive Tools: Hammer Rotating hole punch Ruler and pencil S cissors toothpick Decide on the layout of the rhinestones and pearls for the cuff according to your assortment. Download this placement guide to help you. ......

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Easy DIY Earrings - How to Make Them with Nothing but Daisy Spacers

Today I'm sharing an earring project from my book Fabulous Jewelry from Findings .  If you haven't heard about this book, then you're in for a surprise. There's something very unique about the jewellery designs in the book... there's not a single bead in it! Every piece of jewellery is made solely from jewellery findings and to show you how versatile findings are, this earrings project is made entirely of daisy spacers! Pretty cool, huh! If you're not familiar with daisy spacers, they're usually placed between beads to space them out and accent the bead. They add a nice metallic element to your jewellery design. Some daisy spacers are called snowflake spacers. They come in a vast array of sizes and they interlock nicely within each other so you can stack them together in different ways to create interesting bead-like shapes, like these "Shadows" earrings. The finished length of these earrings is 1½" (4cm), so they're not too l......

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