How to Make Marvelous Beaded Fringe Earrings

Hello everyone! Do you like fringe earrings? Today I’d like to show you how to make a couple of crystal beaded fringe earrings. It won’t take long to make them, and the procedures are quite simple. But those earrings are really elegant! Let’s have a look together!

Materials needed for making the crystal beaded earrings:

4mm blue crystal beads

4mm clear crystal beads

Clear teardrop glass beads

Earring hooks

Eyepins

Iron chains

Jumprings

0.3 mm copper wire

Wire cutter plier

Flat plier

Round nose plier

How to make the beaded fringe earrings:

Step 1: Make the crystal beaded fringe.

1^st, make five bead links like the picture shows below, then alternatively slide all the five bead links and four blue crystal beads to an eyepin. Fix the beaded fringe by making a loop at the end of the eyepin.

2^nd, cut 15cm cooper wire, thread a crystal drop bead to the middle of the wire and twist the wires together. Use the round nose plier to make a loop at the top of the bead, wrap the wires around the loop, and then cut off the excess wires. Repeat to make another four drop bead pendant.

Step 2: Finish the chain fringe earrings.

1^st, attach the all five drop pendants to the bead links. Then prepare two 6cm iron chains, and separately link them to the two ends of the beaded fringe. Next, connect the other ends of the two chains by a jumpring.

2^nd, finish one chain fringe earring by adding an earring hook to the jumpring. Then repeat all the procedures above to make another fringe earring.

Here goes the final look of the crystal beaded fringe earrings:

Awesome! They look so graceful, right? As you can see, it’s very easy to make such gorgeous fringe earrings. And these earrings can easily fit your daily outfits, so if you like them, you can just follow this tutorial and try to make them by your own!

DIY Shamballa Bracelet for Your Best Friend

Hello everyone! Today I will show you how to make a Shamballa bracelet. Do you guys know what Shamballa bracelets are? Well, let me introduce them to you first. They are a kind of square knot bracelets. Any bracelet consists of beads closed to the knotted cord can be classified as Shamballa style bracelet. Here go the examples:

The materials used to make Shamballa bracelets can be various. You can use any kinds of threads, along with any beads like glass beads, wood beads, etc according to your preference. Now let me show you how to make a Shamballa bracelet.

Materials needed to make a Shamballa style bracelet:

Fuchsia tiger eye bead

Nylon thread

Lighter

Scissors

Instructions on how to make a Shamballa bracelet:

Step 1: Make the Shamballa bracelet pattern.

First, cut 150cm nylon threads and make an overhead knot with them. Then separate the threads into 3 parts: three for the left part, one for the middle, and three for the right. Separately tie 6 square knots on the left and right parts.

Second, slide a tiger eye bead to the middle thread, tie 2 square knots with the third thread from the left part and the first thread from the right part. Make sure they are tight enough.

Third, repeat the first and second processes to finish the Shamballa bracelet pattern.

Step 2: Complete the Shamballa bracelet.

First, once finished the Shamballa bracelet pattern, separately tie 2 square knots on the left and right parts again, then tie a square knots with the middle thread, the third thread from the left, and the first thread from the right. At last, tie a slipknot with all the seven threads, cut off the excess threads and fix the slipknot by lighter.

Second, fix the start end of the Shamballa bracelet by lighter, and then connect it.

Done!

What a pretty bracelet!

Shamballa bracelets not only enjoy a long history, but also have their own unique meanings. The general meaning is tranquility and inner peace. However, they also carry specific meanings which depend on the color of the bracelet. Sounds great, right? So why don’t you try to make a Shamballa style bracelet for your best friend in this summer vocation? Learn about different Shamballa bracelet meanings online, then make the most suitable colored one for your best friend, I bet he or she will love it!