Flower Fair Free Jewellery Project - Bag Charm

Ahoy there!

How are you lovely people?

Time for my final Flower Fairy tutorial.  Inspired by the arrival of Summer and lovely flowers plus the delightful bronze findings from the Mad Cow Bead Barn.

These are my flower fairies. They are easy to make requiring only a few basic tools. Add some Fairy Chic to your handbag :)

Continuing our tutorials - today a Bag Charm!

You will need

Tools
1 Pair Chain Nose Pliers
1 Pair Round Nose Pliers

Findings
1 Bronze Tone Curb Chain
3 Bronze Tone Head Pins
1 35mm Bronze Key Clasp

Beads
2 Bronze Tone Butterfly Wing Beads
2 10mm Frosted Lucite Bellflower Beads
7 4mm Glass Beads
1 Bronze Flower Bead


In terms of skills you will simply need to know how to turn and wrap a headpin loop and to open and close jumprings. A fun easy project for a summer's day!

1)Create your charms by sliding beads onto the headpins and then turning a loop at the top.

 2) Separate your chain into shorter lengths by opening the links with pliers (like opening a jump ring) and then closing them.

3) Attach charms to chains in the same way.

4) Attach chain lengths to Clasp and voila!












All of the supplies used here are from Madcowbeads.com and we would love to see your flower fairy earrings on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/madcowbead so please share your makes with us!

This was my last Flower Fairy project but I will be back with some exciting new tutorials soon!

Thanks for reading

Harry

Flower Fairy Free Jewellery Project - Charm Bracelet

Ahoy there!

How are you lovely people?

Time for the next Flower Fairy tutorial.  Inspired by the arrival of Summer and lovely flowers plus the delightful bronze findings from the Mad Cow Bead Barn.

These are my flower fairies. They are easy to make requiring only a few basic tools and are fabulous fun for a whimsical grown up or prancing fairy child!

Continuing our tutorials - today a Charm Bracelet!

You will need

Tools
1 Pair Chain Nose Pliers
1 Pair Round Nose Pliers

Findings
1 Bronze Tone Antique Charm Bracelet
8 Bronze Tone Jumprings
8 Bronze Tone Head Pins

Beads
5 Bronze Tone Butterfly Wing Beads
8 10mm Frosted Lucite Bellflower Beads
20 4mm Glass Beads


In terms of skills you will simply need to know how to turn and wrap a headpin loop and to open and close jumprings. A fun easy project for a summer's day!

 1) Gather your supplies! (www.madcowbeads.com is rather helpful for this!)

2) Assemble your fairy by simply stringing beads onto your head pins. I chose a lilac and green colour scheme to compliment the bronze. You can use whatever colours take your fancy!

 3) Hold the eyepin with your chain nose pliers and push the end over to create a right angle.

 4) Swap the chain nose for round nose pliers and finish forming the loop, using your swan nose pliars to pull the headpin tight and close the loop neatly.

 5) Shazaam! and just like that you have your first Flower Fairy Charm!

The next step is to make him/her some friends - in this instance  I made five for a balanced bracelet.














6) Also, you need to make three more charms - don't be afraid to experiment with your composition :)

7) I like to layout my charms before attaching them to the charm bracelet. This lets me play with the design.

8) The final stage is to attach your charms with jumprings and your bracelet is finished.

For a busier look you could add lots more fairies or even mix and match the colours.









 All of the supplies used here are from Madcowbeads.com and we would love to see your flower fairy makes on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/madcowbead so please share your makes with us!

The next flower fairy make is a bag charm - coming very soon!

Thanks for reading

Harry

Flower Fairy Free Jewellery Projects - Earrings

Hello lovely folks!

I have a few moo-velous tutorials to share with you. Inspired by the arrival of Summer and lovely flowers plus the delightful bronze findings from the Mad Cow Bead Barn.

These are my flower fairies. They are easy to make requiring only a few basic tools and would look perfect with a floaty summer dress.

I am going to give these to you as a series of short tutorials. Today we are starting with Earrings.

You will need

Tools
1 Pair Chain Nose Pliers
1 Pair Round Nose Pliers

Findings
1 Pair  Sheperds Crook Ear Wires
2 Bronze Tone Jumprings
2 Bronze Tone Head Pins

Beads

2 Bronze Tone Butterfly Wing Beads
2 10mm Frosted Lucite Bellflower Beads
4 4mm Glass Beads


In terms of skills you will simply need to know how to turn and wrap a headpin loop and to open and close jumprings. A fun easy project for a summer's day!

1) Gather your supplies! ( www.madcowbeads.com is rather helpful for this! )

2) Assemble your fairy by simply stringing beads onto your head pins. I chose a lilac and green colour scheme to compliment the bronze. You can use whatever colours take your fancy!

3) Hold the eyepin with your chain nose pliers and push the end over to create a right angle.

4) Swap the chain nose for round nose pliers and finish forming the loop, using your swan nose pliars to pull the headpin tight and close the loop neatly.

5) Voila!

6) Make another fairy (sister, brother, mother, 2nd cousin, whatever you prefer!)

7) Attach your fairy charms to the earwires using a jumpring and your first flower fairy project is complete!















All of the supplies used here are from Madcowbeads.com and we would love to see your flower fairy earrings on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/madcowbead so please share your makes with us!

The next flower fairy make is a charm bracelet - coming very soon!

Thanks for reading

Harry

Flotsam & Flim Flam - Free jewellery making projects!

Hiya

I've been putting together Flotsam necklaces. They're excellent for using up any 'orphan' beads and charms you have - they also work wonderfully with buttons

They're a perfect jewellery making project for impatient makers, or if you make jewellery to sell, these are light on labour and components - and high on impact!

To make the necklaces you will need some basic tools:

• Flat nose pliers
• Scissors or snippers
• Chain nose pliers

Materials for the project:

Materials are really flexible - I've suggested some alternatives that will work well too - just use whatever you fancy!

• 2mm satin rat tail - a double necklace length (approx 36"- 40" for an adult) alternatively you could use wax cord or even a sturdy ribbon
• 1 clasp of your choice - lobster, t bar, magnetic - bigger ones are less fiddly for necklaces!
• 2 foldover clasps - or end of your choice - spring crimps work well too
• 5mm jump rings
• Hanger beads
• Eyepins (if using buttons or other hanging items that need a bail made)
• Headpins for beads
• Buttons or beads and charms

Method:

• Cut the stringing material in 2 and attach the foldover clasps. 
• For the button version, insert an eyepin through one button hole. Keeping the eye visible over the button rim, bend the pin round and make a wrapped loop just under the eye to make a bail. Do this on 3 buttons, or as many as you want. (These look great loaded with buttons)
• Attach the buttons to the hanger beads with a jump ring
• Thread the hanger beads onto the rat tail 
• Attach the clasp with jump rings
• You could tie a knot either side of the hanger beads for a different look - allow a bit of extra length before cutting the rat tail though!
• For the bead and charm version, put the large bead on a head pin, make a loop and attach to the hanger bead with a jump ring. For charms, again attach to the hanger bead with a jump ring

I called these Flotsam necklaces because they work really well with those 'forgotten friends' at the bottom of your craft stash!

Enjoy making your free bead project :-)

Back soon!

Georgie