As you may have noticed, one of this spring/summer's jewelry trends is soft water pearls. Timeless, these jewels simply add a chic, elegant touch to any outfit. They can be worn every day, on both casual and formal outfits. With wedding season just around the corner, it's THE perfect piece of jewelry to accessorize your outfit.
For this tutorial, I'm proposing a pretty bracelet that mixes Miyuki seed beads and freshwater pearls. You can wear it on its own or as an accumulation. It's very easy to make, even if you're a beginner . The only difficulty will be shaping the seed beads into flowers, but once you've got the hang of it, it's a breeze. The perfect piece of jewelry to organize a creative workshop with your girlfriends and be at the top of the trend this summer!
You'll find everything you need to make the main version of the tutorial, in purple and orange, in the materials list. For the blue version, you'll find the two references used in the variation section. If you'd like to make the tutorial in other colors, take a look at all our /08 seed beads.
If you're inspired by freshwater pearl jewelry, take a look at the tutorials in our Rendez-vous nacré collection. You'll find the pearly pearl tutorials we produced in February 2023 for the first edition, as well as the freshwater pearl tutorials we produced for this second edition.
To start the bracelet, cut a good length of wire (40 cm should do), then thread a squeeze bead, the wire protection and the wire through the squeeze bead. Flatten the bead using flat-nose pliers.
We're now going to start stringing pearls. If you'd like to do the same sequence as I did, here's the order: 2 freshwater pearls, 2 flowers, 3 freshwater pearls, 3 flowers, 1 water pearl, 1 flower, 1 freshwater pearl, 3 flowers, 2 freshwater pearls, 1 flower and finally 1 freshwater pearl.
To make the flowers, thread 5 colored beads, then 1 gold bead. Thread the thread through the first colored bead.
Thread 2 colored beads again, pass the thread through the colored bead preceding the gold bead (i.e. the fourth bead you've threaded) and pull your thread so that the colored beads position themselves correctly around the gold bead that forms the center.
To ensure that your flower doesn't move, I recommend that you pass the thread through all the beads to secure their position. You can also pass the thread through one of the beads of the previous flower to ensure that your flowers stick together.
When you've finished threading your beads, you can repeat step 1, i.e. thread a bead to be crushed, then a wire protector and thread the wire back through the bead to be crushed. Flatten it with flat-nose pliers.
To secure your bracelet, you can pass the end of your wire through one or two beads to wedge it in place and cut flush.
To finish your bracelet, all you need to do is add a clasp. For my part, I chose to add an extension chain so I could easily adapt the length of the bracelet to my wrist.
And to inspire you further, I suggest you make the same bracelet but with blue seed beads.
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