| Handmade jewelry designs can be easy if you follow | | | | will need to continue the pattern just described with the |
| a few simple steps. Making your own jewelry is not | | | | total number of pearls you have chosen. |
| only easy, but relaxing. In fact, I consider it to be almost | | | | You can vary the length of the necklace by including |
| therapeutic! Here we'll explore how to make your very | | | | more or less pearls but here are a few words of |
| own Tin Cup style Necklace. | | | | caution. Since you need to tie knots in front of and |
| You will need the following supplies: | | | | behind each pearl, you will need to make sure that you |
| Cotton Cord | | | | add a few extra inches for each pearl. Otherwise, you |
| Clasp | | | | will end up with a bracelet or a necklace so short that |
| 6 to 10 pearls | | | | it won't fit. Also, keep symmetry in mind. Make sure |
| Scissors | | | | you space them apart evenly, otherwise, your |
| The fist step is to cut your cotton cord to | | | | handmade jewelry designs will not look very nice. |
| approximately 24 inches in length. Thread the lobster | | | | Finally, when you have the amount of pearls and the |
| clasp side of the closure and tie an overhand knot. | | | | length you want, attach the other half of your clasp. |
| With the scissors, cut the thread leaving a short tail. | | | | Now it's important to look over the necklace and |
| Your goal is to just make sure it doesn't come undone. | | | | check the quality. |
| Just to be on the safe side, you can add a dab of glue, | | | | A great variation on this design is to replace the cotton |
| but you don't have to. | | | | cord with any type of link chain. What you will do is put |
| Lay the cord down on a ruler and decide how often | | | | wire through each pearl. Then you will make loops at |
| you want a pearl. You might want to mark the cord so | | | | the ends, attaching the chain to the loop you make. |
| that you can keep track of where they go. Make an | | | | This is a classic and beautiful design. You can also |
| overhand knot at the first mark on your cord, string on | | | | choose to put more than one bead at each station. |
| a pearl and then do another overhand knot. You can | | | | For example, you can place a crystal, pearl, and then |
| use special tools to make sure the knots stay nice and | | | | another crystal to spice up the look. |
| tight against the pearl, but again, it's not necessary. You | | | | |