Bubblicious Bracelet

This bracelet from Katie Hacker works well in a variety of color combinations. Try mixing pink teardrops with green rectangles or red teardrops with black rectangles.

Materials:

• 16” length of .015” diameter gold Beadalon 7 beading wire
• 12 gold #2 Beadalon crimp beads
• 40 blue 10mm teardrop glass beads
• 4 clear/blue18mm oval glass beads
• 2 blue E beads
• Gold toggle clasp
• Chain nose pliers
• Wire cutters
• Crimping tool

Instructions:

1. Cut the beading wire into two equal lengths.
    
2. Hold the wires together as one and pass one end through a crimp bead and half of the clasp.
    
3. Pass the wires back through the crimp bead and use a crimping tool to crimp it.
    
4. Pass the wires through one E bead and another crimp bead. Crimp it.
    
5. Separate the wires and pass each one through four teardrop beads.
    
6. Hold the wires together again and pass them through a crimp bead (don’t crimp it), a clear/blue oval bead and another crimp bead.
    
7. Repeat Steps 5-6 three more times.
    
8. Separate the wires and pass each one through four teardrop beads.
    
9. Hold the wires together and pass them through a crimp bead, an E bead, crimp bead and half of the clasp.
    
10. Pass the wires back through the crimp bead and use a crimping tool to crimp both crimp beads.
     
11. Pull gently on the bracelet to make sure the crimps are secure and then cut off any extra wire.

Tips:

1. Substitute daggers, pear-shaped or briolette beads instead of teardrops for a similar look. E bead is a common name for size 6/0 seed beads.
    
2. This bracelet fits a 7” wrist. To adjust the pattern for a different size, use a bead board to arrange the beads and measure before stringing.