Bead and Button Necklace Designed by Helen Slabodukh
Supplies:
La Mode® Big Button: #20999 (1 card)
Beading wire
Crimp tubes
Toggle clasp
Assorted E beads
Assorted small glass beads: 4-6mm
9mm jump ring
5 - 1½” head pins
3” piece of craft wire
Drill
Crimping tool
Wire cutters
Round nose pliers
Tape
Instructions:
Cut four pieces of beading wire. Crimp each to the toggle circle piece. If the wire is thin enough, you can crimp two wires into one crimp tube.
Randomly string beads on the wires to the desired length. Loosely twist the wires around each other. Crimp to the toggle bar.
Make 5 bead dangles.
Drill a hole at the top of button. Insert jump ring. String 2 bead dangles on jump ring. Attach jump ring over one strand of beads at center.
String remaining bead dangles on craft wire. String wire through buttonholes twisting ends together on back of button. Trim wire ends.
Tips:
Refer to photo for placement ideas.
Make the necklace any length you wish. Cut the 4 wires 3” longer than the length you wish the necklace to be.
Tape the ends of the wires after stringing, before crimping so the beads stay on.
Make a bead dangle: string E beads on head pin, leaving ½” of pin showing at top. Bend pin at a 90-degree angle above beads. Grab end of pin with round nose pliers. Roll back toward beads making a loop.
