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Bridal Party Necklaces by Jackie Guerra From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-605

In this final segment of "Bridal Baubles" host Jackie Guerra utilizes delicate gold chains and picks pearls and semi-precious stones to match the colors for the bridal party. She demonstrates how using the same materials in slightly different ways can create a personal piece of jewelry for each member of the bridal party.

Experience Level: Intermediate

Materials and step-by-step instructions are below.

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	Host Jackie Guerra creates these beautiful mother-of-the-bride necklaces and earrings ...
	and jewelry for your bridesmaids as well in this final segment.

Materials for Mother of the Bride (necklace, bracelet and earrings):

10mm rose quartz beads
3mm pink crystals
monofilament line
white organdy ribbon, 1/4" wide
silver cord loops
silver crimp beads
silver head pins
small silver jumprings

Materials for Bridesmaides (necklace and earrings):

fine silver chains, 16" long
8mm pink crystals
4mm argent and pink crystals
5mm rose quartz beads
8mm rose quartz flat disc beads
silver crimp beads
silver head pins
20-gauge silver wire

Tools:

scissors
crimping pliers
round nose pliers
flat nose pliers
wire cutters

Figure A

Mother of Bride Necklace

1. Cut two pieces 7-1/2" long of organdy ribbon (figure A) and attach silver cord loops on all four ends.

2. Using clear monofilament, string rose quartz and crystal beads alternately.

3. Using a silver crimp bead, run the monofilament through the crimp, through one loop of prepared ribbon, back through the crimp and back through two beads. Close with crimping pliers. Repeat with the other end of the strand of beads on a second prepared ribbon.

4. Using a silver headpin, run it through a crystal, a rose quartz bead and another crystal. Create a wire wrapped loop on the free end of the prepared ribbon. Repeat for the other side of the necklace.

Mother of Bride Bracelet

Mother of Bride Bracelet

1. Repeat all the steps for the necklace, using 5" of ribbon, and 5-1/2" of beads and crystal. To finish off the ends of the ribbons, use headpins and only one crystal on each end.

Mother of Bride Earrings

1. Use head pins through a crystal, a bead, a crystal and a wire wrap around the loop of the silver earwire. This is the same pattern as for the ends of the necklace ribbons.

	Figure B
	Figure C

Bridesmaids Necklace and Earrings

1. For the necklace (figure B), combine 8mm pink crystals and 4mm argent crystals on one necklace, and 8mm pink crystals, with rose quartz beads and 4mm pink crystals, for the other. Create dangles with head pins and wire-wrap them to the chains. Five or seven dangles, 1" apart, is sufficient. The dangles can be different lengths.

2. For one pair the earrings, use headpins to attach crystals to 1-1/4" of fine chain, and a jump-ring to attach the chain to the loop on the earwires.

3. For a different pair of earrings (figure C), create a loop, thread on two beads and a crystal and wire wrap a loop, attaching it to the earwire. With a headpin, wire-wrap a small dangle to drop off the bottom of the beads on the earwire.

RESOURCES :

Beads, crystals, pearls, jump rings, head pins & tools
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads
Website: www.firemountaingems.com

Euro Tool, Inc.
Website: www.eurotool.com