Want to add a touch of color to your summer outfit? Find out in this tutorial how to make 4 heishi beaded bracelets with gold charms, perfect for summer. Whether you're passionate about jewelry-making or just want to get started on your first summer DIY, this tutorial is for you. What's more, these bracelets will make a lovely handmade gift for someone close to you.
You can even organize a beaded bracelet-making session with friends by the pool. All you have to do is arrange the beads and charms, and everyone can create their own bracelet. The result is a beautiful friendship bracelet.
Heishi beads are known for their flat shape and multitude of color choices. So you can personalize your bracelet assortment to your own taste. You'll find all our heishi bead colors on our website. Combined with gold charms, these bracelets will give you a casual chic look. As with heishi beads, you can also choose the gold charms that best suit your style from our wide range available on our site.
Heishi beads will be the stars of the beach again this summer. So take a look at our other heishi bead jewelry tutorials for more inspiration.
NB: this tutorial was created by Tiffanie for Idées à faire n°40 magazine. Inside this magazine, you'll find other creative ideas for all occasions.
String your beads directly onto the spool, without cutting the thread to prevent the beads from slipping, or cut 25 cm of thread and pass twice through a bead to lock the thread.
Pre-stretch the wire to loosen it slightly. Your bracelet should be the size of your wrist + 2 cm minimum. So if your wrist is 15 cm, you'll need to make a minimum 17 cm bracelet.
Follow the photo to thread your beads. At the end, complete with sky-blue washers to obtain the desired length.
To close the bracelet, tie a double surgeon's knot. This is a simple knot, but instead of wrapping the wire ends once, wrap them twice and tighten.
Once the two knots have been made, pull tight on the ends of the wires and on the inside of the bracelet.
Cut the wire ends to within 2 mm of the knot. Apply jewel glue to the knot and slide it into a bead to hide it.
When the ring of the charm is front-facing, add an open ring. This will ensure that the charm remains front-facing when threaded onto the bracelet.
To open and close the ring, use two jewelry pliers. When you close the ring, make sure that the two ends of the ring touch and face each other.
Here are the beads for the second bracelet. String the central beads and complete with cream beads to obtain the desired length.
This is the third bracelet. Adjust the number of dark blue heishi on the two long threads to modify the length of the bracelet (between 2 and 3 cm and 14 and 15 cm in the photo).
For the last bracelet, prepare the following charm by threading the eye charm and tassel onto a ring.
Here we thread the fourth bracelet.
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