Hi. This is Julie with Beadaholique.com and today I want to show you how to make a really
quick and easy a Vintage Lucite Rivoli Bracelet and Earring
this is
quite simple. All you're going to need for tools are two pairs of chain nose pliers
In terms of findings that just means that five millimeter jump rings
a clasp. I've chosen a toggle clasp and then for the earring you need a pair of
earring hooks
in the video I'm going to show you how to make one
so these are what we will be working with. These are vintage lucite links and
they also come as a pendant as well. The links have two little loops
one on each side
and the pendants of course just one. They're a great little drop
and they come in a variety of shapes and colors and there are larger pendants
as well. They've got a great metal surround which is anchoring that lovely
color lucite center and this shimmers. It has great facets to it
and we're gonna connect these together with the jump rings and make a really easy
project
so here is the bracelet I made which is amethyst and I thought I would make it
in emerald
as you can see we're gonna need three of the larger links
you need two medium links
and then two smaller ones
and the toggle clasp
and we just going need some jump rings to connect them
start on one end and work my way
all the way down to the other end and you'll see how
very quick and easy this is
so open a jump ring
connect that to the one point of the toggle
and one end of the link
close it up
you got those two connected
open up another jump ring
link the next in line
close it up
just keep working your way down
it's helpful if you are making a project like this to just lay it out ahead of time
it makes it so it goes real quick and easy, you don't get confused about
what needs to be connected to one
already halfway done
I chose antique brass to go with these just because I felt like the gold I had
would be a little bit too bright and shiny and these are vintage and they have a
wonderful warm luster to them
I want to
not distract from that. I didn't want to have the gold clash
I choose
a brass jump ring
just so that it blend into the background and allow the focus to really
be on
the vintage lucite pieces themselves
one more connector, then just the other end of the clasp
if you were to time me on this it appropriately took me less than two or three
minutes to do this entire bracelet
it makes it a great gift idea if you do a lot of gifts
the clasp then we're done with the bracelet and then I'll show you how to do
really
quick and easy matching earring
there we go
now we've got a matching emerald bracelet to our amethyst. You can see how that
would look on
it's really pretty
if you want to make a necklace, you could just keep adding more of the links all the way
around and then just have the toggle clasp at the back of the neck
then for the earring
a bunch of different ways you can do this but I'm going to follow the same pattern I
did for the amethyst
a large one
a medium one and then a smaller drop
connect these with jump rings as well. No additional tools
required
now we need to connect our earring hook
we open the base the earring hook the same way you do with a open jump ring
link it through
close it up
now for these particular earrings if you are doing a project using the links
do take note that it is pretty wide at the top
so small a small earring hook is probably not gonna work. You need something that has
enough hoop
at the based to fit through that and to be able to be closed
there you have
a emerald earring to match your emerald bracelet
and these are all done very quickly and very easily just using some jump
rings, some chain nose pliers and these great
vintage lucite pendants and links. Go to www.beadaholique.com to purchase beading supplies and to get design ideas!