Adjustable Beaded Bar Bracelet ... or Necklace!

What you will need: 

- wire cutters
- needle nose pliers
- flat head pliers (optional and not pictured above)
- thin thin beading wire - 3inches
- braiding chord - 10 inches
- 1.5 inches worth of beads
- 1 bead of your choice (hole big enough to fit 2 braiding chord through snugly)

Necklace option: instead of the beading chord you will need chain (your desire of necklace length, clasp (instead of single bead), 2-4 O rings (2 to connect the beaded bar to chain and 2 to connect it to a clasp)

Step One: Wire wrapping

 Leave about 1cm of wire.

 Bend it over the needle nose pliers.

 Give it a little pinch.

Wrap the 1cm of wire around the long end with your fingers or with the aid of some flat pliers.

Should look something like the above.

Step Two: Bead and close the wire

Bead 1.5 inches of beads onto the wire and time to get the needle nose pliers again!

Cut off the excess wire and ensure no sharpness on either ends.

The finished portion should be about 1.50 inches.

**** OPTIONAL NECKLACE**** 

Instead of going further you can use the beaded bar portion to make a beaded bar necklace! Not all links of a chain can be opened so in this case you may need to use O rings on either side of the bar to attach it to the chain. SIDE NOTE: The chain method can also be used for a bracelet too instead of beading chord.

Step Three: Bracelet time!

Cut the 10 inch of beading chord in half. Tie one to either side of the beaded bar.

Step Four: Finishing off!

If you are having trouble threading the chord into the bead. Make yourself a threader using some dental floss! Thread a loop of dental floss into the bead.

Then stick the chord into the loop of the dental floss and pull the floss through including the beading chord.

The finished project should look like this! Remember to tie a little knot on either ends of the beading chord so it won't slip out of the bead.

DIY Rhinestone Wrap Bracelet

Here is a really easy but fancy looking bracelet tutorial!!!

What you need:

- embroidery thread
- strip of satin cord, suede or leather of your choice (this is going to be the base of the bracelet so get TWICE the length of the wrist plus 3 inches) 
- ruler
- wire cutter
- scissors
- needle (eye must be big enough for embroidery floss to go through)
- chain of rhinestones - do not cut until the end of your project (can be purchased by the foot at Country Beads or from eBay)
ALTERNATIVE OPTION: instead of using rhinestones you can opt for ball chain 

Step One: Starting up! 

Cut the embroidery thread to 3 times the length of the silk cord. Fold both pieces of string in half. Using the halfway point of the embroidery thread tie two knots on the silk cord like below. This will be one end of the 'clasp' for the bracelet, so make the hole big enough for the knotted end to fit in. But not too big that the knot will fall out.

Step Two: Wrapping Time!

Hold the two ends of the silk cord together and wrap the chain of rhinestones on top with the embroidery thread. I wrapped the embroidery thread twice around each gap of the rhinestone chain. Keep on wrapping until your desired length.

Step Three: Finishing off

For the last gap of the rhinestones tie 2 knots around it instead of wrapping. Its time for the big needle! Using the 2 ends of the embroidery thread, thread it through a few loops on the underside of the bracelet then cut to ensure no lose ends.

Step Four:
Tie a knot at the end and cut the remainder off.

Viola! Done like dinner!!!

Optional: nail polish! if the rhinestones are too BLING for you, paint them over with nail polish!