Aurora Borealis Multicolor Shell Bead Necklace

Jewelry Project

A bright colorful necklace suitable for summer or winter wear.

Full details and materials needed:

Materials needed
Chain
Headpins
Lobster clasps
Jump rings
Ear wires
Seed beads size 8
4mm Crystal bicones
Shell beads

Tips
For a more delicate earring set, make
crystal bicone drop earrings in the
color of your choice to co-ordinate
with the any color in the necklace.
This necklace looks great in summer
because of the pastel colors. It also
looks great in winter over a black
sweater

Step One
Take a 17 – 18 inch length of chain. Attach a jump ring and one end and a jump ring and
lobster clasp at the other.

Step Two
Take headpin and place a seed bead at the end. Now take four shell beads in purple yellow
green and light blue, and thread onto the headpin placing a 4mm crystal bead in between
each bead.

Step Three
Cut the headpin leaving one ¼ inch of wire and using round nose pliers make a loop and and
affix to the chain in the centre.

Step Four
Take two more headpins. Place a seed bead on each headpin and place pink purple and
yellow shell bead on one with 4mm crystal bicone in between, and green purple and pink on
another, again with 4mm crystal bicones in-between. Make loops as described as above and
attach to the chain either side of the fist headpin drop. Leave two link spaces of chain eitherside of the main drop before attaching.

Step Five
Now repeat making drops with headpins in an irregular color formation as shown on the
picture and attach drops two links apart and until you have nine drops in total.

Step Six
Take headpins and make two drops with matching shell beads similar to the drops on the
main necklace. Attach ear wires to loops at the top of the headpins to form earrings.