Seed Bead Surf Necklace with Lava Colors

Making your own jewelry, using tools, beads, and findings is a fun craft. Seed beads offer a lot of possibilities to a jewelry creator because they have a great variety of colors and color shades, which make a lot of color combinations and designs possible. Making handmade necklaces, earrings, or bracelets is a very relaxing hobby and allows you to unfold your imagination. You can create jewelry for specific occasions, you can match it to your clothing, you can offer it as a gift to your friends or family, or you can even turn it into a profitable business if you decide to sell your creations.

If you decide to turn your hobby into a profit, you can sell the items you make either in a shop or online. If you sell jewelry online, it is important to remember that the quality of your photos can determine the success of your business. Using a very good camera is recommended when you take pictures of your jewelry items.

Sometimes the color combinations may pose a problem to the artist. Using a color wheel can help you choose the right color harmonies. Handmade jewelry is very appreciated, as compared to serial items made in factories, on the one hand, because the items are unique, but also because they express the personality of the artist and convey certain feelings and attitudes.

Learn how to make your own surf necklace, using seed beads. This seed bead necklace is a fun craft, whether you want to add a pop of color to your outfit or just want to learn how to make a beaded surf necklace.

What You Need:

Tools:

Big eye beading needle

Scissors

Jump ring opener

Chain nose pliers

Lighter

Findings:

2 jump rings

A lobster claw clasp

2 clamshell bead tips

Other supplies:

Black, white, red, orange, and yellow seed beads

Jewelry thread

Cut the thread at the preferred length and make a knot at one end. You can use a measuring tape to decide how long you want your necklace to be. Just put it around your neck and measure to the point you want it to fall.

Thread the needle.

Add the clamshell bead tip to the thread.

Close the clamshell bead tip using the chain nose pliers, so that it covers the knot at the end of the thread.

Open the jump ring with the chain-nose pliers and the jump ring opener.

Once open, attach the jump ring to the clamshell bead tip.

Now also attach the lobster claw clasp to the jump ring and close the jump ring.

Now add the seed beads to the thread.

Add the white, yellow, orange, and red beads in order, so that they form a pattern that resembles the color of lava.

Continue to add the beads in the same order, until the necklace is complete.

Now add the second clamshell bead tip.

Make a knot at the end of the thread, inside the clamshell bead tip, to prevent the beads from falling off. Then cut the remaining end of the thread.

Use the lighter to burn the end of the nylon thread.

Close the clamshell bead tip using the chain nose pliers.

Open the second jump ring with the chain-nose pliers and the jump ring opener.

Attach the jump ring to the clam-shell bead tip.

Close the jump ring with the pliers.

Now you can attach the lobster claw clasp to the jump ring and the necklace is complete.

Enjoy wearing your new surf necklace!