HOW TO MAKE a BEADED NECKLACE!!

If you follow this guide you can have a stylish necklace that you can customize however you want!

-beads, crimp beads, wire, lobster clasp, chain, charm (optional- I will be using one!), scissors, plyers

Wrap your wire around your neck to see how long you want your necklace to be. Add about 2 inches of wire to the amount that you would like so you have enough room later. Now cut the wire at the desired length.

Put your crimp bead on the wire, and hold it with your finger around two inches from the end.

Add your lobster clasp directly behind the crimp bead. Then fold the excess wire after the lobster clasp through the crimp bead and pull it through so that there is only a small loop between the bead and the clasp. The clasp should dangle on the loop.

To crimp the bead, get your plyers and squeeze the bead. It should become slightly smaller and flat instead of round. This will hold the clasp in place.

Now you can begin adding your beads! You can use any color, size, or pattern that you want. Be sure to stop halfway through beading. You can do this by measuring the wire, and splitting the length in half, leaving about an inch of wire at the end.

You can now add a charm if you would like.

You can finish beading your necklace now, being sure to leave at least an inch of empty wire at the end.

Put your crimp bead on the wire just like in step 2.

Next, add your chain directly behind the crimp bead and repeat step 3. Fold the wire through the crimp bead and pull it through so that the chain is dangling off a small loop at the end of the necklace.

Repeat step 5 and crimp the bead with your plyers. It should become slightly smaller and become flat, and keep the chain in place.

Now you will need to fold the excess wire under your beads so that it doesn't stick out and poke you while you wear it.

Yay! You have a stylish necklace that is unique and one of a kind. Now you can put it on and show all your friends!