Beaded Frame Pendant

This instructable will show you how to make a wire & beaded frame pendant.

Tools:

Round nose pliers

Flush wre cutters

Tweezer nosed pliers (Xuron is suggested)

Nylon jaw pliers

Supplies:

18 & 26 ga silver wire

One top side to side drilled 6x12 mm crystal bead of your color choice

11/0 size seed beads color of your choice

One 3.2 mm silver bead

One medium sized jump ring

Cut the 18 ga wire in these lengths:

One 5" for frame

One 2.5" for top part of pendant

Two 2" for components on pendant

(You can either buy or make a jump ring for the top of the pendant to add a chain. A jump ring can be made by using a round pencil or pen as a mandrel)

Cut the 26 ga wire in these lengths:

15" of 26 ga wire to 'sew on' the seed beads around the inside of the frame

Seven 2.5" of 26 ga wire to wire on all of the components & the crystal bead onto the pendant

Mark where center is on your 5" frame wire. You can use a small med bottle approx. the size of a quarter to use as a mandrel when forming the frame for the pendant. Wrap the wire around the mandrel & then carefully form a point @ the bottom w/ your tweezer nose pliers as per the photo. The pendant can be reshaped by pulling out the sides of it after forming the point @ the bottom of it & them putting it back on the mandrel to make it more rounded again. Make 2 curls @ the top, using the round nose pliers. When making the curls, make sure you cannot feel the very end of the wire coming out from the round nose pliers. The end should be flush w/ the edge of the pliers & also coming straight out, not bent over to the side.

Make the other components as per the photo. You can wire on the silver bead as per the photo now & then start wiring on the seed beads as well. Make sure the side components are spaced well & then wire them onto the frame after you've wired on all the seed beads to the frame. You will then wire the crystal bead onto the 2 components in the middle of the frame. Wire on the top component last & add the jump ring to the very top of your pendant & then you are all finished. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.