AAUW Interest Group – Beads2Jewelry | Danville-Alamo-Walnut Creek (CA)

Group Co-Leaders: Jessica Barrett & Dianne Giacovelli

Beads2Jewelry invites all members interested in learning to make jewelry. Our meetings include sharing our work, bead and finding discussions, and examples of how to make jewelry. We also attend special bead and jewelry functions as a group. Our meeting home rotates, and a materials list will be provided for each meeting.

Meeting Day/Time: 1st Thursday, 1:00 PM
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Samples of projects from meetings:

Earrings: Need 26 gauge wire wrap, 2 1″ hoop ear rings, size 4mm faceted bicom crystals (28 – about 14 per each ear ring), wire cutters. I used 15 each as that is what came in package. A super easy project.

Start at the top of the opened hoop ear ring and using 18″ of cut wire wrap around three times and push them together. Then add a bead and do two wraps around the hoop. Push the wraps together. Continue doing this until all the hoop ear rings is covered. Do three wraps of wire at the end. Trim the wire close to the hoop when done.

Necklace: 20″ chain, clasp, 20 crystal beads (you choose the size you like), 20 head pins. You can use one color or a blended variation of crystals. Find the center of the chain and begin adding the crystal beads on every other chain loop, 10 to the right and 10 to the left. For each one insert the bead on the head pin, then put the head pen through the chain loop and twist it around the stem of the head pin. Add clasp and you are done. (This is the way Dianne taught us.)

April 2014 Attachments