Free Tip Friday: Using Fine Line Beading Chain and Beads

Fun times today on FTF!

I hope you enjoyed the vintage-inspired slide bracelet I made using our Fine Line beading chain and Czech Mates Tiles.

Ingredients used:

Fineline Beading Chain Brass

Small Swivel Lobster Claw Clasp Antique Brass

Slice of Life Brass

Czech Mates Tiles Opaque Luster Green

Foldover Crimp Antique Brass

6mm Antique Brass Jump Ring

We also chatted about using various beads on the chain and how to use crimps to create an illusion necklace.

Check out all the fun on this week's episode. I hope you enjoy working with this versatile chain!

Free Tip Friday: The Summer Necklace... chain, clasps and wire!

Thanks for joining me on Free Tip Friday today! It was fun sharing some tips and tricks with chain and clasps with you... and I LOVE the project that evolved. I call it "The Summer Necklace"

Super simple and so wearable! Here is what I used:

Baby Dots Chain

Bitty Dots Chain

Teeny Satellite Chain

Foldover Crimps

Oval Jump Rings

Little Lobster Claps

Dog Bone and Bitty Dog Bone Clasps

Organic Flat Rectangle Pendant

Organic Flat Circle Bead

Green Amethyst Briolette

24G Silver Wire

Mixing the Bitty and Baby Dots chain and the Organic Flat Circle Bead and Rectangle Pendant make great layering necklaces. This set mixes antique silver and copper.

The broadcast goes over so many tips for clasping chain:

Check out the entire broadcast below and enjoy!

Free Tip Friday: Deco Earring!

Thanks for watching today's broadcast. I hope you'll enjoy creating with our new Sand Bar Chain.

Here are the materials I used for the project:

Materials:
Sand Bar Chain Antique Brass
8mm Soldered Jump Rings Antique Copper
8mm English Cut- Amethyst Blue
Crystal Grey Rainbow-12mm
Daisy Spacer Copper
1.5 inch Copper Headpins
4mm Antique Brass Oval Jump Rings

Tools:
Chain Nose
Bench Chain Nose
Round Nose
Flush Wire Cutters
Bench Block
Chasing Hammer

Find all of the "how-to" in the Free Tip Friday Video below. Have fun!

Jewelry Making Tutorials and Throwback Thursday

What was on our bead board a few summers ago? It is fun to take a look back and see what was popular. Yellows in interesting shades of mustard were trending, and chain was also on the bead agenda. Here are a few jewelry tutorials beadshop posted in 2014 that you can still enjoy today:

• Autumn Inspired Bollywood Bracelets
• Chain Tassel Earrings
• Across Cultures Bracelet