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Technorati : Birthday Cake 3D Beadwork Project

Step 1: Using round nose pliers, grip the wire of the headpin (T Pin) just above the last bead added. Bend the wire to a 90° angle. Using wire cutters, trim the wire to 1 cm

Step 2: Grip the end of the cut wire with the tip of the round nose pliers; have very little wire peaking through the barrels of the pliers

Step 3: Rotate your wrist away from your body, while pushing, with your thumb of your other hand, on the wire below the forming loop; turn the wire into a loop.

Step 4: If necessary, adjust the loop so it is centered.

You may also want to see: Beading Video – Forming a Loop

Technorati : Simple Loop Instruction

Swarovski 4mm Bicone 5301: Rose x 48 pcs, Rosaline x 60 pcs

Swarovski 3mm Pearl: Rosaline x 18 pcs

0.8mm Stretchable Cord, Triple Diamond Spacer (pink color)

Cut 3 pcs of 2o cm o.8mm Stretchable Cord. Take one cord and thread the following beads in sequence:

2 rosaline, 1 rose, 1 pearl rosaline, 1 rose, 2 rosaline and followed by the spacer. Repeat another 5 times.  Tie knot in stretch cord, pulling knot as tight as you can and then cut off the excess cord.

 Similarly, take second and third cord and thread the beads in sequence as shown in the picture above. You are done!

Bead Caps semi-cover the ends of beads to enhance the character of the design. Caps come in a variety of metals and are typically engraved or stamped with a pattern.

Technorati : Bead Caps

6mm 6301: Crsytal AB x 6 pcs, Rose x 6 pcs, Siam x 6 pcs

6mm 5301: Amethyst x 5 pcs

Silver Beads, Crimp Beads, Spacer, Toggle Clasp, Soft Wire

	Cut a 25cm of Soft Wire (Tiger Tail). String a Crimp Bead, a Silver Bead and attach to the loop of a Toggle Clasp.
	Bring approx. 2 cm of the wire back through the Silver Bead and Crimp Bead.
	Tighten gently and flatten the Crimp Bead using Chain Nose / Flat Nose Pliers.
	Start you beadwork (refer to first picture on top): 1 Silver Bead, 1 6mm 6301 Crystal AB, 1 6mm 6301 Rose, 1 6mm 6301 Siam, 1 Silver Bead, 1 Spacer, 1 Silver Bead, 1 6mm 5301 Amethyst, 1 Silver Bead and 1 Spacer. Repeat beadwork until the bracelet wraps around your wrist with little lag.
	To finish, string 1 Silver Bead, 1 Crimp Bead and another Silver Bead and attach to the loop of the other toogle clasp. Bring the remainder of your Soft Wire back through the few beads of your beadwork. Crimp and Crimp Bead and cut off excess wire.
	Oh my goodness! Not sure if you have noticed that i’m attaching the wrong pair of toggle claps to the bracelet. How am i going to wear this bracelet on her wrist??? This is the most annoying part of Beading if you have to start over again from beginning… Not sure if you ever had this kind of experiece.

Technorati : Free Bead Work, Free Beading Projects

Clasps come in all the familiar styles, such as lobster, spring, barrel (screw together) and toggles. In addition, there are magnetic clasps, which are nice for necklaces because they use very powerful magnets in each half of the clasp that attract each other to make the connection (very neat). It’s very easy to connect magnetic clasps, so they are ideal for people that would otherwise have problems with this task.

Lobster Clasp – the most common type of clasp

3 strand box clasp

magnetic clasp

Headpin

Head Pins are stiff lengths of wire with a flat round head on one end which literally look like large pins. You can use them to make earrings, or to add dangle beads from a necklace, by sliding beads onto the wire. Once all beads are strung, you will create a loop on the open end that is used to fasten it to the earring post, necklace, etc.

Eyepin

Technorati : Eye pin, Findings, Head pin

Crimp Beads are used for terminating the end of a bead strand, generally onto a clasp for a necklace or bracelet. Using a pair of crimping pliers you squeeze this tiny bead and essentially smash it slightly to hold the stringing material together to form a loop at the end. You might typically string a jump ring and then a fastener through the end loop. Crimps work best with ‘tigertail’ or braided strand wire as the stringing material.

Helpful hint: For beginners, use a round crimp bead vs. a longer, tube-like crimp bead.

Technorati : Crimpbeads, Findings, Stopper