The perfect Little Black Dress necklace

It's the ultimate classic which every woman should have in her wardrobe; the Little Black Dress! It flatters in all the right places, is easy to accessorize, and it never goes out of fashion.
This tutorial will show you how to make the perfect necklace to go with your Little Black Dress.

Girly Pearly earrings

There's something about spring that attracts me to pastel colours, which is why I came up with these Girly Pearly earrings! These earrings are nice and long, approximately 8 cm, but surprisingly light-weight. I made 9 different colour combinations in total, but with 9 different droplets, 10 different bowties, and over 20 different shades of pearly cabochons to choose from, the possibilities are endless. You can also opt for bronze or golden details rather than silver.

What do you need for one pair of earrings?

• Acrylic dropbeads, 2 pieces
• Filigree beadcaps, 2 pieces
• Headpins 50 mm , 2 pieces
• Pearl cabochons , 2 pieces
• Lace edge settings, 2 pieces
• Bowtie connectors, 2 pieces
• Open rings size 4 mm, 2 pieces
• Earhooks, 2 pieces
• Glue to attach the cabochons

How do you proceed?
1. Start by making the colour combinations. As I mentioned previously, there are many different possibilities – you can make a different combination for every day of the year! You can either use contrasting or matching colours. This is a fun and important part of the designing process, so take your time to come up with combinations that you like.

2. Fold down two eyelets of the lace edge setting. The setting will be hanging horizontally. You can fold down the eyelets by using a pair of nose pliers.

3. Make the pearl droplet. Place the bead onto the headpin, slide the beadcap over the top and cut off the headpin to the desired length. Be careful when you slide the beadcap over the bead; you don't want to damage the coating. Start shaping the eyelet.

4. Attach the pearl droplet to the setting and close up the eyelet.

5. Use a 4 mm ring to attach the girly bowtie to the top of the setting.

6. Attach an earhook to the bowtie. I have chosen to use a simple model.

7. Now glue the cabochon into the setting. Two drops of glue is enough; you don't want glue to spill out from underneath the cabochon.
Your Girly Pearly earrings are finished!

Combinaties

Lace edge setting silver for cabochon 18x13 mm Z038

French earring hooks silver 20x19 mm OH028

Jump ring silver 4 mm OR-Z002

Cabochon pearly glass lavender blue 18x13 mm CABM096P

Headpin silver 50 mm NS-Z001

Bead cap Filligree silver 23x8,5 mm KK011B

Metallook drop bead warm gold 30x10 mm KSK-DR009

Acrylic drop bead metallic flamingo pink 30x10 mm KSK-DR006D

Bowtie metal pendant connector turquoise blue 12x8 mm MH-ST003G

Earrings Baby Blue and Baby Pink

The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and these pastel drop earrings have a lovely spring feeling!
The starting point of these earrings are these new ear pins; they have a glue pad with a small eyelet attached at the bottom. The drop beads in baby blue and baby pink are a nice variation to the long earrings that are very fashionable at the moment.
And the best part is that you can make them yourself in fifteen minutes!

What do you need for one pair of earrings?

• 1 pair of ear studs with an eyelet.
• 1 pair of caps for the ear pins (not in the picture).
• 1 pair of 10 mm rose cabochons.
• 1 pair of drop beads.
• Headpins with a size of at least 40 mm. I have used 50 mm pins in a silver colour.
• Jewellery glue.

How do you proceed?

Place one drop bead onto a head pin and cut off the head pin at the top to make it the right size. Begin to shape the eyelet by folding the head pin, but do not close up the eyelet yet.

Attach the drop pendant to the eyelet of the ear pin. Now you can close up the eyelet of the drop.

Add a bit of glue to both the ear pin and the back of the rose; this will make the two parts stick together better. Attach the rose to the ear pin. Allow the glue to dry for a couple of hours before wearing the earrings.

Combinaties

Headpin silver 50 mm NS-Z001

Cabochon resin rose soft pink 10 mm CABR045

Cabochon resin rose turquoise 10 mm CABR050

Faux turquoise drop bead resin 30x10 mm KSK-DR002A

Earnut for Earstud Silver 6x5 mm DOP003

Earstuds platinum silver with eyelet and glue pad of 8 mm OS016

Guest blog - Imperial Palace necklace

This is Quiet Lion Creations’ “Imperial Palace necklace”. A very colourful design by Allison Cooling. The necklace was made using jade beads, rhinestones and other materials from the Beadmixer. The tutorial contains lots of detailed pictures.

Used supplies from our shop:

Connector setting antique gold for chaton rhinestone 8 mm Z064B

Jade beads round light green 8 mm JD-R005A

Rhinestone glass large pear ruby red 25x18 mm PNS-P011G

Rhinestone glass pear red 14x10 mm PNS-P012G

Brass setting with 1 loop for pear rhinestone 25x18 mm KLZ-P007A

Brass setting with 1 loop for pear rhinestone 14x10 mm KLZ-P006A

Simili chaton rhinestone crystal 8 mm PNS-R008D

Coral Twigs Aqua Blue 9 mm KR-T007

Faux coral drop bead with floral decoration red 36x13 mm KSK-DR003

Prong setting with 1 loop for pear rhinestone brass 10x6 mm KLZ-P002A

Simili chaton rhinestone aquamarine blue 8 mm PNS-R008H

Spring garden necklace

This week a very elaborate tutorial in which I will demonstrate how to make these colorful Spring Garden necklaces. The design of the necklace is based on flower beads fitted into small settings. I have made two different varieties, so you see it's easy to give the necklace your own personal twist.

What do you need for one necklace?

• 13 flower beads. We have two different series of flower beads which are flat at the back and which can be fitted into small 12 mm settings. These are the flower beads (the code of this series always starts with KSK-BL086) and these are the rose beads (the code of this series always starts with KSK-BL088). Both types of beads are available in a wide array of colors.
• 13 round lace edge settings size 12 mm.
• Jump rings in a golden color, size 6 mm. You will need 16 rings in total for this necklace.
• Rolo chain in gold tone. You will need 25 cm at most, perhaps less, depending on the length you want your necklace to be.
• A clasp in a golden color.
• E6000 glue.

How do you proceed?
1. Fold down two eyelets of each of the 13 lace edge settings. Make sure there are three eyelets in between the ones that are folded down to get the best result.

2. Connect the 13 lace edge settings to each other by using the jump rings. Make sure you close up the rings properly. Now you have the basis for your Spring Garden necklace.

3. Cut off two pieces of the rolo chain. I have used two sections of 12 cm, but perhaps you want to make the necklace a bit shorter, in which case 10 cm will suffice. Connect the sections of chain to both sides of the necklace and attach the clasp.

4. Select the colors of the flowers!

5. Apply a dollop of glue in each setting. Also apply a bit of extra glue onto the back of the bead, and place the beads into the settings one by one.
You will notice that it will appear as if the beads are situated too close to each other, but I assure you this won't be the case once the necklace is finished and you are wearing it.

6. Gently apply a bit of pressure onto the beads to make sure they are indeed firmly attached to the settings. Allow the necklace to dry for a couple of hours before wearing it.

7. Your Spring Garden necklace is finished. Have fun with this design!

These flower beads were used: KSK-BL088E, KSK-BL088C, KSK-BL088F, KSK-BL088B, KSK-BL088G

These flower beads were used: KSK-BL086H, KSK-BL086M, KSK-BL086L, KSK-BL086K, KSK-BL086A, KSK-BL086C, KSK-BL086E

Combinaties

Hook clasp antique gold 24x11 mm SL010C

Jump rings gold 6 mm OR-G005

Acrylic bead rose peach orange 19 mm KSK-BL088B

Acrylic flower bead ocre yellow 20 mm KSK-BL086A

Chain gold link of 3,5 mm K015

Lace edge setting raw brass round for cabochon 12 mm Z043