- Hey guys, it's Shay Rudolph.
I play Stacey McGill on "The Baby-Sitters Club,"
and today I'm going to be making some jewelry.
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If you guys wanted to try this out at home,
you're going to need some supplies.
So I wanted to show you guys what I like to use.
So you're going to need string.
My favorite kind is called Bead Cord.
Beads, obviously, O-rings,
these are just little metal rings
that you put on a charm so that
they can slide around the necklace.
Clasps, a charm of your choice.
Fairy charm, I have a dolphin.
You do not have to use a charm.
I just think that they make a necklace pretty cute.
Some crimping beads, these are really cool,
because they go at the end of your necklace
to hold all of the beads in place on the string,
instead of having to tie a bunch of tiny knots.
So it makes it so much easier for you.
With those, you are going to need some pliers
to hold them in place, like this.
So pliers can sometimes be really sharp,
so make sure that you always have a parent
around when you're using them.
First, you wanna figure out what you want to make,
whether it's a pair of earrings, a bracelet,
a ring, or a necklace.
Today, I'm going to be making a necklace,
because I personally think it's one
of the easiest things to do.
And my inspiration for this necklace was actually
this old bracelet that I made a few years ago.
Something cool that you can do,
when you have an old piece of jewelry like this,
is you can cut it apart and take off all of the beads
and upcycle it into something that you do wanna wear!
I really like the charms on here.
There's this one specific little fairy charm
that I want to take off, and I also think
that these pink and blue beads are super pretty.
I'm now going to get the charms to put on my necklace,
and to do so, I need to cut this apart.
As you can see, it's all stretched out.
I'll never wear it again.
So, I'm trying to do this with one hand,
but I'm just going to cut it,
and you can just let all of the beads
fall off onto your little dish.
Since I'm using a fairy charm for my necklace,
I started looking through the beads
and I found these super cute little flower beads.
So I just started pulling out some blue and green
flowers to use on my necklace!
After you've figured out what jewelry you wanna make,
you are going to start
picking out all the beads you wanna use!
Picking out beads is actually one
of my favorite parts of jewelry-making,
because it's the main thing that makes
your necklace or jewelry so unique.
Since I'm pulling inspiration
from this bracelet that I made,
I was looking at these blue beads,
and I really like the color,
but I'm not sure I like the size.
So I went over here to the bead box
and I found these tiny blue beads inside of here.
There's some of them in there.
And I just started pulling those out and putting them
in a plate to put together on my necklace!
To start off your necklace,
you're going to want to take your crimping bead first,
and you pull it all the way through to about two inches
away from the end of the bottom of your string.
And then you take the end part of your clasp,
and you put that on, through the needle end of your string.
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This is very tedious work 'cause they're very tiny.
And then you're gonna wanna pull that through,
right behind the crimping bead.
Once you've done that,
you take the needle end of the string again,
and you put it back through the crimping bead,
so that there is two layers of it in.
And you wanna hold onto the crimping bead
so it doesn't slide around, and you just start pulling it
all the way through, pulling it,
and then you get it so that it's like that.
So then the end part is in a little loop
with the crimping bead at the bottom.
Once you have that,
you're going to want to tie one or two knots.
I usually do one because it makes it a little thinner.
You tie it really tight,
and then you take your pliers.
Make sure you have a parent around for this part.
You take your pliers and you squeeze
the crimping bead closed.
So then it's all flat, and then it doesn't move around!
This is when the fun begins.
I just put my charm on the O-ring,
and now I'm going to put it on my necklace!
This is the pattern that I'm making,
and I'm just gonna go ahead and repeat that
until my necklace is full!
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Once you think you've put enough beads on the string,
you can go ahead and measure it around your neck
to see if it's a length that you like.
I actually think this length is perfect,
so I am going to start putting
the clasp on the necklace to finish it up.
To finish a necklace, you do the exact same steps
that you did to start the necklace.
You put the crimping bead on first,
and then the claw part of the clasp
that closes it together, and then you put the string
back through the crimping bead and pull it closed.
(bells tinkling) ♪ Ta-da! ♪
One whole bag of chocolates and an hour later,
I've finished my necklace.
I absolutely love it, and if you guys decided
to make one too, I hope you love yours as well.
Thank you so much for watching.
I hope you had a ton of fun learning
how to make a necklace with me.
Bye! (upbeat music)