DIY Kasbah – Glass Bead Necklace

DIY Kasbah – Glass Bead Necklace

This jewelry making project shows you how to turn inexpensive costume jewelry earrings into a custom necklace.

What you need

Kasbah Style Earrings
2 Glass Beads
Leather Strapping
1 crimp end
1 crimp clasp end
Jump ring

Instructions

To start with you will need to remove the earring back from 1 of the earrings using pliers.

pliers-earrnings

Attach a jump ring to the earring.

add-glass-bead

Measure and cut your l leather strapping to a desired necklace length (Around 18 inches).

Using pliers crimp the crimp end onto the leather strapping then thread on 1 bead, the earring pendant and the last bead to form your design.

Finally attach the crimp end and clasp and your custom necklace is finished.

finished-necklace

Comments

  1. Veronica T Brickhouse says

    New to jewelry making and I have so many ideas flowing thru my head I don’t know where to start! This necklace is absolutely amazing and has opened up many new ideas for me!

  2. THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!

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