Jewelry Making: Maternal Necklace

We have not made jewelry in a while here on A Pretty Talent. I was very excited to purchase a number of beads and findings on one of my recent shopping sprees. Actually, I found the shop owners very accommodating. I could not make my way there until the weekend, and they were happy to open their shop for a friend and myself, if we were willing to spend a minimum amount. This amount proved no challenge and, as a result, I get to show you how to make this cute necklace with its maternal pendant.

I wished to present this necklace as a gift to a friend whose children are very important to her. This pendant seemed appropriate, as she is also a woman of faith.

I started by packing out the beads on a bead board to see if the pattern worked out.

I decided to add lengths of chain between the beads.

The beads would be strung on nylon cord.

Each grouping of beads were strung on a length of nylon.

I then slipped a crimp bead onto the end of the nylon, followed by a jump ring, before slipping the nylon cord back through the crimp ring.

I used my pliers to crimp the crimp bead shut.

Each completed group of beads ended up looking like this.

With all of the groups of beads made, I was ready to add the lengths of chain in between.

I cut lengths of chain to the desired length.

Then I slipped the chains into the jump rings at the ends of the beads.

I this way, I connected the groups of beads together.

The pendant was connected to two jump rings and then to the centre chain.

This concluded the maternal necklace project.

You can watch a compilation video of the above steps on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/wlE1Krg4AkQ

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