Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Tassel Bracelet

I picked up the April issue of Make Jewellery Magazine yesterday and was having a look through it today when I came across Fiona Eastmond's Tassel Set Tutorial.

It calls for bead cones, a clasp and different sizes and colours of chain. I have all of these sitting in boxes so decided it was a great way to use up all those bits of chain I pick up but am never to sure what to do with! Also I'm trying to force myself into making things that are different from my usual pieces so mixing chains and colours like this is very unusual for me. So I went through all of my stash and pulled out all the bits and pieces I needed and 20 minutes later I have this lovely bracelet on my arm!

Fiona uses black and silver chain for her piece but I had a beautiful piece of purple aluminium chain I picked up at the Creative Crafts show in Belfast last November that I love the colour of but had no idea when I would use it. This seemed like the perfect piece to put it into! The black aluminium chain I used is recycled from a broken necklace my sister gave me to use up. All of the silver chain and findings are silver plated.

I used slightly different sized bead cones to Fiona's directions because its what I have here and I used a toggle clasp that I thought went well with the bead cones rather than a lobster clasp. I'm really happy with the end result and I can already see myself making a few different bracelets on the same style using different coloured chains and findings!






6 comments:

  1. Great job! Love the mixture of chains.

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    1. Thank you I was hoping they would all work together!

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  2. How beautiful - the combination is wonderful!

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  3. What a great idea! Thanks for sharing. I think I'll go rummage through my stash...

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    1. I love it Ive been wearing it all day haha and there are so many ways you can change it up depending on what you have there I think its one of the best pieces Ive come across in the magazines recently!

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  4. Chains designing has become immensely popular over the years. Time and again new elements are introduced which can be used in the creation of unique and stunning pieces of jewelry. This Tassel Bracelet is very different and it's great idea who design it!

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