Golden Halo Earrings with Swarovski® Crystals

Make this Golden Halo Earrings, tiered with TierraCast® components, acetate and Swarovski® crystals.

 

What you’ll need for these pair of earrings:

 

GoodyBeads Blog | FREE Tutorial: Gold Halo Earrings with Swarovski Princess Cut Crystal Pendants and Acetate components.

Directions:

  1. Open jump ring, slide on crystal pendant and bottom hole of acetate. Close jump ring.
  2. Open another jump ring, slide on top hole of acetate and hammertone ring. Close jump ring.
  3. Open earwire loop and slide on hammertone ring. Close loop.
  4. Repeat all steps for other earring.

 



Fancy Swarovski Snowflake with GoodyBeads’ Master Mixes

Make festive and fancy Snowflake ornaments with GoodyBeads’ Master Mixes with 4mm bicone crystals in today’s tutorial.

 

Christmas may be a few month away, but you can never be too early to prep for the holidays. Plus, making these snowflake ornaments can be used and displayed all year round. Hang them on your window or as an outdoor mobile, you can surely get some twinkling reflections on a sunny summery day.

 

What you’ll need for ornament:

 

GoodyBeads Blog | Fancy and Elegant Snowflake with Swarovski crystals, FREE tutorial

Directions:

  1. The FIRST thing to do is separate out your Mix. Each mix will have 5 different crystal color. Once you have your piles, create a crystal/color sequence of how your want to snowflake to look. A suggestion is to make piles of graduating colors from dark to light. You can see a closeup of how our sample looks.
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  2. On each spoke, slide on the following:
    Three seed beads, 1st crystal, two seed beads, 2nd crystal, two seed beads, 3rd crystal, seed bead, 4th crystal, seed bead, 5th crystal and three seed beads.
  3. Make a simple loop at the end of your spoke.
  4. Skip a spoke and repeat steps 2 & 3 to that spoke.
  5. Skip another spoke and repeat steps 2 & 3 to that spoke. (You want to fill in every other spoke so that your design will sit evenly.)
  6. For all the other spokes, repeat steps 2 & 3.
  7. Repeat for other snowflakes.

 

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Ginko Fan Earrings with Pattern Tutorial

So Vang has conjured up another super simple pair of earrings using Czech Ginko Two Hole Beads. Free downloadable pattern tutorial.

 

These pair of earrings are easy to make with minimal amounts of components. You can make a load of Ginko Fan Earrings with a tube of 11/0 Seed beads and Ginko Beads!

 

Ginko Fan Earrings

GoodyBeads Blog | Ginko Fan Earrings with FREE Pattern Tutorial

So Vang had a few beads from her previous Ginko Scale Bracelet, so she used them here to make these earrings to possibly match the bracelet!

What you’ll need:

Items used in Ginko Fan Earrings above: SB03708, SB00422, A002413, TCZ0078, A006585, A015211 

 

Ginko Fan Earrings with Swarovski® Crystals

GoodyBeads Blog | Ginko Fan Earrings with Swarovski Crystals FREE Pattern Tutorial

Embellish your fan earrings with a link of Swarovski crystals. Doll up your earrings and sparkle!

What you’ll need for earrings:

Items used in Ginko Fan Earrings with Swarovski Crystals above: SB03697, SWZ0581(2), SB00422, A019595, Z012031, A006585, A015211 

 



Turquoise Bead Frame Earrings

We’re taking a pair of classic drop earrings and adding a wow factor with TierraCast® bead frames and Swarovski® round crystals.

 

What you’ll need for earrings:

 

Turquoise Bead Frame Earrings

GoodyBeads Blog | Free Earring Tutorial with Swarovski crystals and TierraCast components.

Directions:

  1. On a headpin, slide on a seed bead, miracle and another seed bead. Make a simple loop.
  2. Open loop made in Step 1, slide on loop of eye pin. Close loop.
  3. On the eye pin, slide on bead frame with 4mm crystal bead in the middle.
    1. This may be a bit tricky, so make sure you put the crystal inside the frame first, while making sure to closely situate the holes of the crystal and bead frames to line up.
  4. Make a simple loop.
  5. Open ear wire and slide on loop you make in Step 4.
  6. Repeat all steps for other earring.

Items used in Earrings: TC00310 (2), A014930, SW00799 (2), TC01257 (2), TC01253 (2), TC01041 (4), TCZ0077

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Pearl Hoop Earrings

This simple DIY Pearl Hoop Earrings will hardly be a hiccup to any Summer plans. Make them today!

What you’ll need to make earrings:

GoodyBeads Blog | Free Tutorial Pearl Hoop Earrings

Directions:

  1. Ream out the holes on your pearls with a thin piece of wire like a headpin. This helps to open the hole more.
  2. Slide pearls onto your endless ball earrings towards the ball end.
  3. Repeat for other earring.

Items in earring example: Z001193, SW00665 (2), TC01250 (2)

How easy it that? You’ve got a simple, minimalistic pair of earrings in no time! Now off to flaunt your perfect summer earrings!



Swarovski® Tangerine Jewelry Tutorials

We have three exciting projects using June’s Swarovski Psychology of Color: Tangerine. See how to freshen up your jewelry with these DIY projects!

 

Tangerine Cuff

GoodyBeads Blog | Free Tutorial - Beadable Cuff with 4mm Tangerine Bicone Swarovski Crystals and 8/0 round Miyuki seed beads.

See how easy it is to making your own sparkling bracelet with a beadable cuff and Swarovski bicone crystals.

What you’ll need:

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Directions:

  1. Cut a 4 foot piece of beading thread.
  2. Add a Bead Stopper or sew through a small seed bead twice, leaving a 5 inch tail.
  3. Sew up through the the first hole and pick up a bicone crystal and seed bead.
  4. Sew across the channel to the hole opposite.
  5. Skip a hole and sew up through then next hole. Pick up a bicone crystal and seed bead.
  6. Sew across the channel to the hole opposite.
  7. Keep repeating these step sequence to add a total of 12 bicone crystals to cuff.
  8. Sew through the whole pattern again to secure the pattern.
  9. Tie off ends and cut off excess.

 

Tangerine Drop Earrings

GoodyBeads Blog | FREE Tutorial Earrings with Tangerine Swarovski crystals and silver findings.

Make this sweet tiered earrings with dangling crystals inside a Teardrop Hoop.

What you’ll need:

 

Directions:

  1. Slide a 8mm crystal on ball headpin and make a simple loop.
  2. Open eyepin loop, slide on loop from step 1 and close eyepin loop.
  3. Slide 6mm crystal on eyepin and make a simple loop.
  4. Open loop you just made and slide loop on inside loop of hoop component. Close loop.
  5. Open another eyepin loop and slide on top loop of hoop components. Close loop.
  6. Slide a 4mm crystal on eyepin and make a simple loop.
  7. Open loop you made from Step 6 and slide on earwire. Close loop.
  8. Repeat all steps for other earring.

 

Swarovski: Satsuma Suprise

GoodyBeads Blog| Swarovski Psychology of Color Tangerine

Our friends at Swarovski Create your Style, designed this colorful multi-strand bracelet.

What you’ll need:

Directions:

  1. Use alcohol wipes to clean all findings and set aside to dry.
  2. Using one jump ring attach to one ss39 chaton setting. Repeat five more times and set aside.
  3. Using one 1088 ss39 chaton stone glue into one ss39 chaton setting and set aside for 24 hours to dry. Repeat five more times and set aside.
  4. Using two and a half coils of memory wire, make a double loop at one end with Memory Wire Finishing Pliers.
  5. Slide on the following FOUR sections:
    1. TWO 4mm bicones, 6mm bicone, TWO 4mm bicones, Botanical bead, 4mm bicone, Tangerine chaton charm, Botanical bead, TWO 4mm bicones, 6mm bicone, TWO 4mm bicones , THREE metal seed beads,
    2. TWO 4mm bicones, 6mm bicone, TWO 4mm bicones, Botanical bead, 4mm bicone, Tangerine chaton charm, Botanical bead, TWO 4mm bicones, 6mm bicone, TWO 4mm bicones, THREE metal seed beads, Peach Delite chaton charm, THREE metal seed beads,
    3. TWO 4mm bicones, 6mm bicone, TWO 4mm bicones, Botanical bead, 4mm bicone, Botanical bead, TWO 4mm bicones, 6mm bicone, TWO 4mm bicones, THREE metal seed beads, Peach Delite chaton charm, THREE metal seed beads,
    4. TWO 4mm bicones, 6mm bicone, TWO 4mm bicones, Botanical bead, 4mm bicone, Botanical bead, TWO 4mm bicones, 6mm bicone, TWO 4mm bicones, THREE metal seed beads, TWO 4mm bicones, 6mm bicone, and TWO 4mm bicones.
  6. Trim the end of the wire and make a double loop at the end.
  7. Add one chaton setting at each end of the bracelet.

 



Swarovski Psychology of Colors: Tangerine

For June, Swarovski’s Psychology of Colors pick is Tangerine. Check out how cheerful this hue is!

 

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Don’t you want to take a BITE at this juicy color? Of course when you bite into a tangerine, you get the taste of sweet and sour but you also get the aroma of freshness. Here are some Swarovski colors to match this brilliant hue:

  • Tangerine
  • Sunshine
  • Light Topaz
  • Fire Opal
  • Hyacinth

 

Tangerine Jewelry

GoodyBeads Blog: Swarovski Psychology of Color - Tangerine

Make sure you stop over to our other blog post for jewelry designed with Tangerine.

 



Pearly Gold Necklace with Swarovski® Pearl

Any outdoor music festivals for you this summer? Make sure to pack your flashy jewelry like this sassy gold necklace, made with Swarovski Pearl and chain tassel.

 

GoodyBeads Blog: Pearly Gold Necklace with Swarovski Pearl FREE DIY Tutorial

This cute necklace is a stunning piece for an outdoor music festival, summery date night or even a girl’s vacation getaway.

What you’ll need:

 

Directions

  1. Open eyepin loop and slide on chain tassel. Close loop.
  2. Slide a hematite bead, pearl and another hematite bead on the eyepin and make a simple loop.
  3. Open pearl dangle loop and slide through a hole on the Bubbles Connector. (See image for location)
  4. Open a jump ring and slide through one chain end and through a hole opposite from pearl dangle. Close jump ring. (See image for location).
  5. Open another jump ring and slide through other chain end and through a hole next to the one in Step 4. (See image for location).
  6. Optional: You can add a clasp to your necklace by cutting chain in half and adding your lobster or toggle clasp.


Bead Stitched Bracelets with Cymbal Soros – Pattern Tutorial

One the newest additions to GoodyBeads is the Cymbal Components. Here are three projects, with patterns; using the Cymbal Soros.

 

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Cymbal Components are bead endings, bead substitutes and side beads that give your bead stitched patterns a cleaner, finished ending. The Cymbal Soros Bead Ending, in Silver and Gold, is noted to use with Miyuki Tilas and 1/2 Tilas. But the wonderful thing about using the Soros is how versatile this bead ending is. In these three bracelets, you will notice how similar the bead stitching patterns/sequence. One pattern will show how to incorporate Tilas and 1/2 Tilas, while the other two mixes up different beads like SuperDuos, Tilas, seed beads and even two-hole Swarovski Spike Beads.

 

Playful Tila Bracelet

GoodyBeads Blog: Playful Tila Bracelet with Cymbal Components and Miyuki Tila Beads, Pattern Tutorial

What you’ll need for this bracelet:

Items used in bracelet below: SB00870, SB01934, Z012249, A006588, A015211, A011535, Z011500, X003062

 

Tila Stripe Bracelet

GoodyBeads Blog: Tila Stripe Bracelet with Cymbal Components and Miyuki Tila. FREE Tutorial

What you’ll need for this bracelet:

Items used in bracelet:SB00870, SB01406, SB00107, SB00402, Z012250, A006588, Z007861, Z011522, A015211

 

Elegant Spike Bracelet

GoodyBeads Blog: Elegant Spike Bracelet with Cymbal Components and Swarovski two-hole Spike Crystal Beads, Pattern tutorial

What you’ll need for this bracelet:

Items used in bracelet: SB01406, SB00107, SB00423, A006588, Z012250, A015211, SW01715 (23), Z007861, Z001925

 



DIY Locket with Swarovski® Crystals – Tutorial

Check out this easy DIY Locket project using 4mm Swarovski crystals and glass locket.

 

We here at GoodyBeads LOVE a good simple DIY jewelry piece. We believe DIY jewelry can be fun and easy for an advance jeweler and one who aspires to learn. This DIY locket is an easy DIY that anyone can do in mere seconds or minutes.

 

What you’ll need to make a DIY locket:

 

For our projects, we are using GoodyBeads Master Mixes which are predesigned by our Designers with an assortment of colors. You can surely make your own assortment of choose one color of your choice.

 

DIY Tutorial

Items used in tutorial: MX00008, A019583, Z001033

 

Other Locket SamplesGoodyBeads Blog: DIY Glass Locket with Swarovski Crystals

Items used in image: Z006045, Y003724, MX00026, Z006175, MX00016

 



Swarovski® Light Topaz Jewelry Tutorials

We have three exciting projects using May’s Swarovski Psychology of Color: Light Topaz. See how we transform this brilliant hue!

Golden Rays Bracelet

GoodyBeads Swarovski Light Topaz Stretch Bracelet - FREE Tutorial

This lightweight and easy stretch bracelet is sure to make heads turn. Each Cushion Setting has two holes running along the back for an easy stretch bracelet you’ll love to wear all the time!

What you’ll need:

Twinkling Star Necklace

GoodyBeads Swarovski Light Topaz Necklace - FREE Tutorial

Be dazzled with this simplistic and minimalistic design!

What you’ll need:

Little Drops of Sunshine

GoodyBeads Swarovski Light Topaz Earrings - FREE tutorial

Our friends at Swarovski Create your Style, designed this bright earring tutorial.

What you’ll need:

Directions:

  1. Using alcohol wipes, clean all the findings and set aside to dry.
  2. Using 10mm fancy stone, blue into cushion setting and set aside. Repeat 3 more times for a total of 2 Light Topaz and 2 Sunshine Delite. Let dry for 24 hours.
  3. Repeat steps 2 for 12mm cushion crystal and setting.
  4. Slide on an eyepin, a 4mm crystal bead. Make a simple loop. Repeat 7 more times.
  5. Slide on an eyepin, a 6mm crystal bead. Make a simple loop. Repeat for 3 more times.
  6. Using three jump rings, attach one to 16mm crystal pendant, and then add the other two jump ring to create a chain.
  7. Using five jump rings, attach one to 16mm crystal pendant, and then add the other four jump ring to create a chain.
  8. Using one bead component from Step 4, attach to Sunshine Delite dangle from Step 2. Repeat once more and set aside.
  9. Using one bead component from Step 4 and one made in Step 5, link together and attache the 6mm ends to Light Topaz Dangle in Step 2. Repeat once more and set aside.
  10. Using two bead components made in Step 4 and one made in Step 5, link together and attached 4mm end to one 12mm Light Topaz dangle in Step 3. Repeat once more and set aside.
  11. Using the Charm Keep Hoop, open the hoop at the top and begin to slide on the components in this order, then close loop:
    1. Component in Step 9
    2. Component in Step 6
    3. Component in Step 10
    4. Component in Step 7
    5. Component in Step 8
  12. Repeat Step 11 in the reverse order to make second dangle.
  13. Open earwire loop and slide on hoop dangle. Close loop. Repeat for other earring.


Swarovski Psychology of Colors: Light Topaz

This May, Swarovski’s Psychology of Colors pick is Light Topaz. Check out how this vibrant color is characterized!

 

GoodyBeads Swarovski Psychology of Color: Light Topaz

Light Topaz is the ideal color for May. It’s a bright color that helps signify spring, bright sunshine and budding growth after a long winter. Here are some Swarovski colors to match this brilliant hue:

 

Light Topaz Jewelry

GoodyBeads Swarovski Light Topaz FREE jewelry tutorials.

Make sure you stop over to our other blog post for jewelry designed with Swarovski Light Topaz.



Peacock Eden Green Pearl Earrings – Pattern Tutorial

We are back with a new pattern tutorial using the new Eden Green Pearl from Swarovski®. Make yourself a pair of these earrings to your next spring outing!

 

Shown on our previous Facebook LIVE video, So Vang and Tory Vezina took on the challenge of designing with the new pearl from Swarovski. As the pearl itself is a vibrant hue and luster of green, So Vang had designed it with black and gold, to highlight and frame the pearl, creating what almost resembles a peacock feather. Get this FREE Pattern today here!

 

Items you’ll need to complete earring:

 

GoodyBeads Blog - Eden Green Swarovski Pearl Earrings FREE tutorial

Items used in earring above: SW02125 (2), SW02121 (2), SB00269, SB00423, SB00066, SB01406, A019596, A006588, TCZ0139, A015211

 



Swarovski® Psychology of Colors

Join us and Swarovski: Create Your Style for the next 11 months, as we jump into the importance of color and how it makes us feel. Each month we will feature a color, the psychology of it and even a fun project using that month’s hue.

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Starting May 2019, follow us here on our blog and through our social media (Facebook and Instagram), as each month we will highlight a color and its importance. Shop Swarovski crystals on GoodyBeads.com.

Psychology of Colors:



Eden Green Pearl Beadable Bracelet & Cuff – Tutorial

Wrap yourself in this magnificent new pearl color from Swarovski®: Eden Green. Design with this pearl along with an easy bracelet and cuff tutorial.

 

Eden Green is a gorgeous hue surely to stand out in a sea of spring colors. Tory Vezina has paired the pearl with gold and an array of blues.

 

What you will need for tutorial:

 

Tutorial

Tutorial starts at 5:30 minutes.

 

Make sure to check out Eden Green Pearl Earring tutorial HERE.