Crocheted jewelry: Rose collar necklace tutorial

Crocheted jewelry: Rose collar necklace tutorial

Free crochet patterns and tutorial,

Find free crochet jewelry patterns including necklaces, bracelets, chains...

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My $25 Sydney Evan Love Ring

If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know my obsession with the Sydney Evan Love Ring, which is priced at nearly a thousand dollars. There's no way I could afford a real diamond ring on my current income, but I've found a good, cheap dupe over at Stanton James. It isn't quite at delicate and doesn't have any of the diamonds... but it'll make do for now.

My new Stanton James Lush Jewelry Love Ring (plus a new mug!)

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Beaded bracelet bells

Beaded bracelet bells

Beaded tiny tulip

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Women gifts: Beautiful Christmas jewelry

Women gifts: Beautiful Christmas jewelry

Holiday Present Earrings - Holiday Earrings Swarovski Crystals Pewter Bow Sterling Silver
From HappyEverythingElse

These bright holiday present earrings are made with fern green Swarovski crystal cube beads, light siam Swarovski crystal bicone beads and antique silver pewter bead caps. These are very festive earrings for the holiday season!

"Grinch" earrings are hung on 20 gauge sterling silver earwires and measure approximately 1 1/4" from the top of the earwire.

Your earrings will come on a decorative handmade earring card in a pretty organza bag.

Stone and Swarovski Crystal Christmas Tree Leverback Earrings
From TheTroveShoppe

These earrings are super cute for the holidays. Wear them to your work party, your childs last day of school before winter break, family Christmas parties, Christmas Mass... the possibilities are endless to show off your holiday spirit.

They are made with quality stone and crystal beads, adding not only the cheer, but class to your outfit.

They are leverback earrings, minimizing the possibility of losing... and they hang nicely.

Sterling Silver Beaded Christmas Tree Earrings
From silvercreations11

 

Sterling silver Christmas tree earrings are decorated with 3mm ss beads on bent wires. Earring length is 2.5”, weight is 3.3 grams, 16 gauge wire.

Christmas Tree Lampwork Bead Earrings
From SUZOOM

I made these Christmas tree lampwork bead earrings out of my little handmade green lampwork discs. I just stack them up at bingo! a tree. The base is a brown lampwork barrel bead, the star is a bright red Swarovski crystal bi-cone, and the ear wires are sterling silver. You'll be wearing these from now 'til the holidays!

I lovingly design and make my lampwork beads with soft Italian glass rods and my trusty Mini CC torch. I only do it because it's fun.

All my beads are kiln annealed.

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Crafty jewelry: Granny Square Necklace tutorial

 
Crafty jewelry: Granny Square Necklace tutorial


I love that shop...
And so I decided to create a granny square necklace in black and white.

Materials Needed:
White and black crochet thread [size 3]
Crochet needle [size G]
Scissors
Hot glue
Necklace chain


crochet 5 squares with crochet thread - 3 black ones, and 2 white ones.



Line the squares into a "V" shape, and tie the corners of the squares together to secure them:



Flip the "V" upside down, and hot glue a chain to the back:



Pair with your favorite black and white blouse:



Source: http://www.mandipidy.com/2011/03/yarn-it-all-tutorial-10-granny-square.html

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via {this is glamorous}

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Crafty jewelry: Ribbon Pearl Necklace tutorial

Anywho, I found my next project on Pintrest.  It was originally linked back to a store but it is no longer available at that store.  So because I had to figure out how to make it myself without a tutorial I am listing this as an Idea Origianl but I was definitely inspired and didn't come up with it all by myself.

Crafty jewelry: Ribbon Pearl Necklace tutorial
Isn't she pretty?  And it is really much easier to make then it looks.   Here are the supplies that you will need: Pearls (I bought 3 packages but only ended up using one for each necklace) Ribbon Thread Needle  

  Start out with two strands of Ribbon. Each strand I used measured about 2.5 - 3 feet because I wanted to make sure I had enough.  With the two pieces together tie a knot about 5-6 inches in from one end.  Then tie the thread into that knot.  The thread is what is going to go into the beads, not the ribbon.  When you very first start it will look awkward but it gets better I promise.  So the key is for each ribbon to pass over 2 beads but you want them to alternate so there is ribbon between each bead.  Thread one bead then pull the needle & thread through ribbon A, put on another bead and put the needle and thread through the ribbon B and just keep alternating making sure not to twist the ribbon.  So now that you are confused know exactly what I am talking about let me show you the pictures and that should help a lot.

I used one package of pearls per necklace.  After I threaded the last pearl I again put the 2 ribbon strands together and tied a knot tight against that last pearl.  Trim Ribbon B close to the knot so you are left with only Ribbon A.  Make sure you trim Ribbon B off of the starting end as well so you have 2 single ribbon ends to tie together.  Then with the two ends I decided how long I wanted my necklace to be, tied another knot and trimmed the loose ends.  

  I made 2, a purple and a black and I love them both have worn them many times.  

 
Take it from

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Crafty jewelry: Itty Lovies Earrings and ring, Free crochet patterns

 

Crafty jewelry: Itty Lovies Earrings and ring, Free crochet patterns

This was the one thing that I was sorry to lose when I stopped selling my crocheted lovelies...



But now that I'm making a tutorial for my little itty lovies, I'm not so sad any more! :]

They are ridiculously simple to make... all they are: little crocheted circles hot glued to earring backs.

YEP.
that's it.



So if you are a crochet newbie and haven't checked out my circle tutorial, you may want to do that now.

Materials Needed:
Crochet thread [size 3]
Crochet needle [size G]
Scissors
Hot glue
Earring posts

You are going to follow my circle tutorial to a T...
The only difference is that you're going to do it with smaller thread and a smaller needle!



Crochet two circles:



Dab some hot glue to the back of the circle [I like to glue on the knot... looks cleaner]:



Attach posts:



And boom:



So easy, and so adorable.
I like them in every color.

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Crafty jewelry: Hurricane Bracelets tutorial

 

Crafty jewelry: Hurricane Bracelets tutorial

 

In an attempt to grab hold of the last moments of summer, and to kill time while stuck indoors during the hurricane this weekend, my friends and I got together to make old school bracelets. Once we got started it was like riding a bike, and each only took about an hour. I am a fan of rocking a them with a bright watch, or mixing one with a wrist of mixed metal. 

 

Supplies: Gimp, or Lester lace as we called in back in the day, from Blick Art (less then $2 a roll), scissors, and a fastener. Steps after the break...

 

Cut two piece, each as long as your wingspan.

Start by threading the black strand through the fastener loop, and move it to the middle of the strand.

 

Wrap around the front and back of your finger.

 

Take your orange string under both black loops, and put till you reach the middle of your orange strand

 

 Next take the right end of the orange and go over and under in the front, and then take the left end and go over and under in the back. 

Pull slowly to create a square knot

 

Next loop your orange pieces over the square knot diagonally

 

Thread the right end of the black through the orange hoop in the back, Thread the left black end through the orange hoop in the front. 

 

It should look like this as you pull the four pieces 

Repeat and the pattern should like this

 

When your bracelet is long enough to fit around your waist, tie all four pieces in a knot at the end. Then thread one strand through the other end of the fastener

 

Tie the ends in another knot and trim ends.  

 

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