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Below are simple examples of beading projects for the beginner jewellery designer. Once you have achieved the basic skills you will start to become more confident and begin creating more complex designs. Every enthusiast jewellery designer started from the beginning and worked there way up. So why not start with these simple instruction projects and start designing today. Come back and visit as I will continue to update this page for you. You may choose to wear googles for protection against flying bits and pieces.
Enjoy!
Hollow Tubed Bracelet
 
Level: Beginner/ Intermediate
Materials and tools:
16 x 4mm czech crystals
4 x 10mm wide czech rhondelles (2 spacer hole)
10 x 3cm curved silver plated hollow tubes
1 x silver plated lobster clasp
1 x silver plated oval ring
4 x crimps
2 x 24cm tigertail - Silver
Flat nose pliers
Diagonal wire cutters
Long nose pliers
Instructions:
1. Cut 2 pieces of tigertail.
2. Thread a crimp then the oval ring onto one piece on tigertail. Loop tigertail back into crimp. Pull tigertail tight with long nose pliers.
3. Squish crimp with flat nose pliers.
4. Add on 4 czech crystals, one hollow tube and one rhondelle onto tigertail. (Repeat pattern until you have threaded on 5 hollow tubes and 4 rhondelles.)
5. Thread though the other 4 czech crystals on the end of the tigertail. Add a crimp, thread tigertail through lobster clasp. Loop tigertail back through crimp. Tighten tigertail so beads etc are together. Squish crimp.
6. Repeat pattern using the other piece of tigertail.
7. Bracelet measure approx 18cm in length.
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Tiger tail Beaded Earrings
Note: I have made two different size earrings. One with the beads closer together and the other with the beads further apart. You can choose to make which length suits you the best.
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Materials and Tools:
2 x earring hooks
gold coloured tiger tail about 9cm - short length x 2 / or 11cm - long length x 2
14 x gold crimps
8 x 4mm glass beads
4 x 4mm glass pearl beads
Flat nose pliers
Diagonal wire cutters
ruler for measuring
Instructions:
1. Place all materials required in front of you
2. Cut two pieces of desired tiger tail length with your diagonal wire cutters.
3. Bend the tiger tail in half.
4. Slip the tiger tail piece through the earring hook. (Tighten up earring hook loop if need to, using your flat nose pliers).
5. Place a crimp through both pieces of tiger tail up to the earring hook and squish crimp using flat nose pliers.
6. Add a glass bead onto one side of tigertail, close to the crimp near the earring hook loop. Add crimp and squish.
7. Add a glass pearl bead onto the other piece of tiger tail so that the glass pearl just comes under the crimp and glass bead from the other piece of tiger tail. Add a crimp under the glass pearl and squish.
8. Add another glass bead onto the first piece of tigertail. Add a crimp, squish so the glass bead sits just under the crimp and glass pearl. Continue adding the other beads onto the tiger tail pieces until you have 3 beads on each piece of tigertail. Repeat the same pattern for the other earring.
9. When finished cut excess tiger tail after the last crimp used.
10. If you want to make your set of earrings longer, simply cut a longer piece of tigertail and add more beads. Use the ruler if you want to make the beads further apart for more accurate measurement.
11. When completed, one of the tiger tail lengths on each earring will be longer than the other - thus giving the zig zag effect.
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Tiger tail Gemstone Necklace
Level: Beginner
Materials and Tools:
1 x gemstone
2 x 1.5cm swirly yellow glass beads (any size or shape)
2 x .5cm yellow glass beads
1 x gold plated clasp and hook eye
Gold coloured tigertail - about 55cm
30 x gold plated crimps
22 x czech soft purple tear drop beads
Remember: You can use any size, colour or bead type.
1 x ruler for measuring
Flat nose pliers
Long nose pliers
Diagonal wire cutters
Instuctions:
1. Measure and cut 55cm of tigertail.
2. Thread on a 0.5cm glass bead, then a gemstone then another 0.5cm glass bead to the centre of the tigertail length.
3. Add a crimp on either side of the glass beads (gemstone is in between the 2 glass beads) and squish crimps using your flat nose pliers.
4. Measure 1cm from the small glass bead on either side. Add a crimp and squish.
5. Add the 1.5cm swirly glass bead and another crimp and squish.
6. Repeat No 5. onto the other side of the tigertail, measuring 1cm first.
7. Then measure 2cm, add another crimp and squish.
8. Add 2 czech tear drop beads then another crimp and squish.
9. Repeat this pattern on both sides measuring 2cm apart until you have 10 soft purple czech tear drop beads on each side.
10. When you have added your 10 tear drop beads on both sides, measure another 2cm and add another crimp. Squish
11. Add 1 soft purple czech tear drop bead, then another crimp and thread your tigertail through the hook eye. Loop the tigertail back through the crimp and the single czech bead.
12. Make sure crimp and bead is secure and tight in place using your long nose pliers, then squish. Cut any excess thread using diagonal wire cutters.
13. Repeat No.12 using the clasp.
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Chocolate Glass Beaded - Butterfly Earrings
Level: Beginner
Note: Any size or shape or colour of beads can be used.
Materials and Tools:
2 x glass beads ( any beads will do )
4 x silver plated bead spacers
2 x silver plated headpins - 50mm
2 x silver plated earring hooks
2 x antique silver butterflies
Flat nose pliers
Long nose pliers
Diagonal wire cutters
1. Place all materials and tools in front of you.
2.Thread onto each headpin the following *silver plated bead spacer *glass bead *silver plated bead spacer *butterfly
3. Bend the headpin at 90 degrees using your long nose pliers. Cut wire to about 1cm in length from the bend using wire cutters.
4. Using your long nose pliers, grasp onto the end of the wire (end of wire is facing towards you) and turn the pliers away from your body to form a loop. Use your flat nose pliers to manouvre the wire so it makes a complete closed loop.
NOTE: If you want a small loop grasp the wire closer to the edge with your long nose pliers. The further away from the point end of the pliers will give you a larger loop. Practice a few times to see how big you would like your loop to be. I usually hold mine about 1/4 to 1/2 half along the pliers to make a loop.
5. Open the earring hook and attach onto loop.
6. You have now created yourself a pair of fashion earrings.
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Simple Single Strand Bracelet
Level: Beginner
 Note: Any coloured beads, style or design can be used. This is a basic idea for a simple bracelet.
Materials and Tools:
1 x Antique silver round ring
1 x antique silver toggle and clasp
1 x pink crackle glass bead
4 x 4mm amythest colour czech rondelle
8 x 6mm amythest colour czech crystals
22 x 4mm pink glass bicone beads
2 x silver plated crimps
1 x 26cm silver coloured tigertail
Long nose pliers, flat pliers, diagonal wire cutters
1. Lay out all materials in front of you
2. Thread tigertail through crimp and toggle or clasp. Tighten tigertail loop (leave a little slack) and squish crimp using flat nose pliers.
3.Thread onto tigertail 3 x pink glass beads, 1 x amythest coloured czech rondelle, 5 x pink glass beads, 1 x 6mm czech crystal, 1 x pink glass bead, 1 x 6mm czech crystal, 1 x pink glass bead, 1 x 6mm czech crystal, 1 x pink glass bead, 1 x czech 6mm crystal.
4. Now thread through the silver ring, 1 x czech 4mm rondelle, crackle glass bead, 1 x czech 4mm rondelle. Then add the same beads in the same order as in step 3.
5. Add crimp onto the end of the tigertail once all beads have been strung on.
6. Thread onto tigertail the toggle or clasp. Loop the tigertail back throught the crimp and two beads. Do not crimp yet. Pull tigertail with your fingers or use the long nose pliers to pull the tigertail tight. (Not to tight . Leave a little slack between the crimp and toggle. Beads should be snug up to the crimp before crimping). Squish crimp using flat nose pliers. Cut excess wire using wire cutters.
7. You have completed your bracelet.
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Right Angle Weave Dangle Earrings
Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Note: I have used two different colours so you can see how each piece interlocks. You can use any colour combination or bead style. Experiment and have fun!
Materials:
32 x pink 4mm seed beads
18 x blue 4mm seed beads
2 x gold plated earring hooks
2 x 30cm tigertail /gold coloured
2 x gold plated crimps
Tools:
Flat nose pliers
Round nose pliers
Diagonal wire cutters
Instructions:
1. Cut 2 x 30cm pieces of tigertail and thread one blue seed bead in the middle.
2. Thread a pink seed bead on either side of the blue bead. (You now have a pink, blue, pink bead in the middle of the thread).
3. Add a blue bead to the left hand side and thread it about 2cm from the top.
4. Grab the right side of the thread and place into the bead. Pull both ends evenly together till the blue bead touches other beads.
 
 
5. Add a pink bead to either side and slide to the bottom.
6. Add a blue bead to the left hand side of thread, grab the right side thread and crossover the thread onto bead and pull thread tight.
7. Carry on with pattern until you have eight centred blue beads.
8. Then add a pink, blue then pink seed bead onto both strands of tigertail. Make sure beads are snug.
9. Add crimp. (do not crimp bead yet)
9. Pull both pieces of thread back through the crimp bead and through 1 or 2 beads. Leave a loop to allow earring hook to connect on.
10. Open up earring hook using flat nose pliers and attach onto tigertail. Close earring hook.
11. Pull both wires evenly until the beads are together tight.
12. Crimp the bead using flat nose pliers.
13. Cut excessive wire using wire cutters.
14. You now have made your pair of right angle weave earrings.
 
   
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