Design Ideas with Glass Beads for Beginners

Glass beads jewelry designs are always very popular with women, no matter they are old or young. Glass beads are available in a variety of colors, sizes, designs and types, so that no matter you are jewelry makers or jewelry wearers you have a wide range of selection. Followed are two design ideas with glass beads for beginners of jewelry making.

Fashion Tibetan Style Necklaces

The first idea is fashion Tibetan style necklace with glass beads. You need the following jewelry materials: black cowhide leather cord (about 47mm long), 2pcs cord ends or cord tips, 6pcs coral round baking painted glass beads (about 6mm in diameter), 6pcs headpins, Tibetan style pendant (about 29mm wide, 38mm long), Tibetan style hanger, alloy lobster claw clasp, jump rings and extended chain. First, string the glass beads on headpins, one bead on one headpin, and use your round nose jewelry pliers to make loops on them. Second, attach these beaded pendants on the rings of Tibetan style pendants, and attach this new pendant on the Tibetan style hanger. Third, string the hanger on your leather cord. Fourth, add the cord ends on each end of cord, and then attach a jump ring and lobster claw clasp on each cord end. The last step is adding the extended chain on the jump ring. Till now, an exotic Tibetan style glass beads necklace is finished.

Fashion Glass Jewelry Sets

The second idea is a glass beads jewelry set which including a bracelet and a pair of earrings. Even though it is a jewelry set, it is very easy and suitable for beginners of jewelry making to learn. The materials you need are 18pcs blue faceted round glass beads (about 8-10mm in diameter), 3pcs handmade Indonesia beads (about 16pcs in diameter), 17pcs small round bead spacers, 2pcs headpins, 2pcs eyepins, 4pcs Tibetan style flower bead caps, 2pcs earring hooks and elastic cord. Stringing method is the simplest technology. Let’s make a bracelet first. Cut off your elastic cord, string 16pcs 10mm glass beads, 17pcs small bead spacers and 1pcs Indonesia bead on cord. The bead spacers are used to separate each glass bead and Indonesia bead. Then, make a knot and cut off the extra cord. Hide the knot into one hold of bead to let the bracelet clear. About the earrings, string an Indonesia bead on headpin and use jewelry plier to make a loop on the top of bead. Second, string a bead cap, an 8mm glass bead and a bead cap on eyepin, and use jewelry plier to make a loop on the top of bead cap. Third, attach the Indonesia bead to the loop of glass bead. Fourth, attach the whole beaded earring pendant on an earring hook. A lovely earring is finished. Repeat the same step to create the other one for a pair.

Have you learnt these design ideas? If yes, it is time to purchase glass beads and other jewelry materials to create your one of a kind jewelry. You can have a try.