Bracelet, Earrings and Necklace of Moonstone

Moonstone Bracelet, Earrings and Necklace

Delve into the magical world of jewelry making with moonstone! Discover how to create a stunning set featuring a necklace, two bracelets and earrings, all with beautiful moonstone beads. Use techniques such as wire-wrapping, elastic threading and staple chains to design unique, handmade jewelry. Here you'll find step-by-step instructions for each piece of jewelry so you can create your own enchanting collection.

Supplies

Natural Moonstone Gemstone Beads
Stainless Steel Spacer Beads
Iron Wire for Jewelry Silver
Stainless Steel Ring Charm 28x25mm Silver
Headpins/Chain Pins
Elastic Transparent 0.5mm
Stainless Steel Earring Hook Silver
Jewelry Pliers
Jewelry Glue
Stainless Steel Link Chain
Stainless Steel Clasp Silver
Stainless Steel Jump Rings Silver 4mm

Step-By-Step

Necklace

1. Take a piece of chain and cut it to the desired length. Then attach a jumpring to the end on each side by gently opening the jumpring with your flatbed pliers and hooking the jasseron chain to it. On the left or right side you can now attach a clasp and gently close the jumpring again.

2. For the charm on the chain, we will use a wire-wrap technique.
Take a piece of iron wire and cut off about 20 cm. Then wrap that around the ring a few times neatly, when you've done that thread a moonstone bead onto it and wrap around it again. You keep repeating this last step until you are happy with your number of beads on the earring, and then finish it off by wrapping again with no beads.
Make sure the ends of the wire are secure and cut off excess wire.
To attach the ring to the chain we use a jumpring. Open the ring with flatbed pliers and attach the ring to the chain. Close the ring securely.

3. In the middle of the chain charm hang a slightly larger moonstone bead. Thread a moonstone bead onto a staple pin. Use the roundnosed pliers to make an eyelet on the end of the staple pin. Carefully open the eyelet of the staple pin and attach it to the center of the charm. Close the eyelet securely.

Bracelet 1 (Elastic)

1. Cut a piece of elastic slightly longer than the circumference of your wrist. If necessary, use a needle to thread the moonstone beads onto the elastic.

2. Thread a moonstone bead onto the elastic followed by a Tibetan Spacer Bead, then a Stainless Steel Spacer Bead and then another Tibetan Spacer Bead followed by a moonstone bead. This creates a fun pattern!

3. After reaching the desired length of the bracelet, tie a sturdy double knot in the elastic. Cut off the excess elastic and hide the knot in a bead. For extra strength, you can apply a small amount of jewelry glue to the knot.

Bracelet 2 (chain pins)

1. Thread a moonstone bead onto a staple pin. Use roundnosed pliers to make an eyelet on both ends of the staple pin. Make several moonstone beads in the same way and connect them by hooking the eyelets together until you have a bracelet of the desired length.

2. Attach a ring to both ends of the bracelet. On one end attach the clasp.

3. Make sure all the eyelets are closed tightly and no sharp ends stick out.

Earrings

1. Take a moonstone bead and thread it onto a staple pin. Use roundnosed pliers to make an eyelet on the end of the staple pin. Open the eyelet and attach it to the large ring.

2. Open the eyelet of the earring hook and hang the large ring from it. Close the eyelet securely.

3. Make the same earring again so that you have one pair.

Tips:

Experiment with different patterns and amounts of beads for unique designs.

Handy! The video tutorial below shows you how to easily twist the perfect eyelets for staple pins.

With these instructions, you will have created a beautiful and unique jewelry set with moonstone beads.

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