Colorful DIY Accessory

When I was younger I LOVED making necklaces, bracelets, earrings...pretty much anything I could put beads on. I grew up in a home with four sisters (lots of estrogen ha) and jewelry making was always such a fun thing we could all do together...
So I decided to revert back to the good old days and make a double stranded necklace for one of my friends...call it an early Christmas gift :-). She is somewhat simple and so I figured greens, yellows and clears would be just the right trio!
First you need your beads. Make sure you lay them out so you can see what your working with; and so you can figure out the order of your stranding.

 You'll also need either clear string or I used soft flex wire...i feel like its sturdier...

Make sure you have your clasp and your wire clamps (not sure that's the technical term for these little things but its what I call them...they are the things you use on the end of your wire to attach it all together and keep it in place)

 Next you'll need your jewelry pliers to squeeze the clamps nice and tight...

Measure how long you want your necklace...for me I measured about 35" for the longer strand and 32" for the shorter strand. Then, take a clamp and loop the wire through...

 and squeeze the life out of it!

 Like this (sorry its blurry...taking a pic with one hand can get a bit shaky):

 Then attach the other strand like this:

 The the best part...creating your necklace! After they are all on, DON'T pick it up until you finish squeezing the clamps to the other ends of your wire...otherwise you'll find all your work on the floor (speaking from experience that is the worst thing ever!)

 And there ya have it...a nice accessory to add to the bunch :-)

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