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Hi this is Julie for beadaholique.com
I'm going to show you how to make a memory wire
noodle bead bracelet and this is actually an exclusive kit
from beadaholique.com It comes in several colorways
I've got this gold and purple one here, a silver and
crystal clear bead one here and then I have also have a black and gunmetal one
that I'm wearing
and I'll show you actually how to make this one here. And memory wire bracelets are
great because they retain their shape which is really fun and so you
get this look of like a stacked
bracelet design but it's very easy to do and quick to put together. I
want to show you how to do it
when you order the kit you're going to get all the ingredients you see right here
and that includes noodle beads, some small faceted beads
and some large faceted beads and some memory wire
in terms of the tools they are going to need are a pair round nose pliers
and some tape. You're not gonna cut the memory wire I do want to caution
against that. Memory wire is
very strong if you try to cut it with your regular cutters you're going to
damage them
you need a special memory wire cutter. So we have pre cut it for you so you don't
have to worry about
that. Let me show you how to do this. You'll be surprised at how quick and
easy it is
Start with a little bit a tape. We're going to find
one of the ends and
onto that end place
the tape over the last quarter inch or so
fold the tape over
so it acts as a bead stopper for us and at the end we're gonna wanna make
a loop at the very end. Take
your memory wire. If it's tangled at all
just undo it uncoiling it gently
and we're gonna start by placing one of the small beads onto the wire
followed by a large bead
and another small bead. I'm gonna follow those three beads
by a noodle bead and now
we're going to repeat that same process
small bead, a large bead,
another small bead
again followed by a noodle bead. What you're gonna wanna do
scoot these down as you go. It doesn't have to be every two
that you scoot down but
you know every 2, 3, 4
just scoot them down to the end and then
they will stop on their own actually when they hit the tape
so I'm just going to continue. I left off with the noodle
now I need a small bead, a large bead
another small bead, follow by a noodle bead
and I'm just going to keep doing that until I filled my entire
round of memory wire all the way up
to the end quarter inch again
I'm almost to the end of my
wire here. I'm going to add another noodle bead
and now when I get to here I'm just gonna see how much space I really have
because I want to end up with about an quarter of an inch. So normally in my
sequins I would add another small, another large and another small
that's not all gonna fit on here. I'll see what will
so if I add a small that's
not gonna give me enough room
let me see, a large is gonna be
just about right actually so I'm just gonna call it good with the large
bead right there and not worry. It's still going to be really pretty
or I could see what two small beads like
and actually
two small beads look really nice too. So you're gonna get
extra beads in your kit. So you're gonna have enough to play with
but basically when you get to the end you just see what works
and if you wanted to you could even go back to this end here
you have taped it and you just pull that tape off, scoot a bead
off, like say you're trying to fit another noodle bead or something like that
that gives you some flexibility but I'm going to end it like this
and to end it. I'm just going to go ahead and take my round nose pliers,
grab the tip, rotate,
this stuff is pretty stiff, it's pretty darn strong
it does hold its shape and then keep rotating
until I've made a loop and that's all you have to do to end it
and now my beads won't fall off. Go back to the other side
just pull off that tape
and do the same thing
grabbing the tip and I'm rotating
and I'm going to grab it from another angle, keep rotating
and there we have a nice loop and there
you see what our finished bracelet
looks like. These are really fun to do. They're the memory wire
noodle beaded bracelet kit from
beadaholique.com
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