Cake Jewellery!

These cake slices have been made with polymer clay:

Cake Jewellery

Flower Bead Ring

Hello. Here is another tutorial on how to make a ring out of beads (again... will put up posts to make other things in the future!)

Flower bead ring

To make this you will need:

8 pink 4mm beads

18 blue 2mm beads

56 white 2mm beads

About 1.5m Fishing line

Start by making the centre of the flower detail (a loop of four 2mm beads).

I would continue explaining how to make the ring but I think the diagram does a pretty good job of explaining. 

How to make a flower bead ring

If you want to make a bigger sized ring you will need more blue and white 2mm beads. The list of things needed to make this ring is for a ring size L. A size chart can be found here: http://static.shopify.com/s/files/1/0001/7511/files/RING_SIZE.jpg?1271979170

Bead and wire ring tutorial

How to make....

You will need:

You will need...

50cm of 0.4mm thick wire

60cm of 0.6mm thick wire

A selection of beads (in a range of sizes)

A ring mandrel

1) Take a ring that fits you well (preferably one with a bit of space). Let it drop onto the ring mandrel and mark it with a pencil, this will be a guideline for your ring.

Mark the ring mandrel to use as a guide

2) Taking the 0.6mm wire, wrap it around the ring mandrel several times to create a ring. Once you have made the basic ring shape take one end of the wire and wrap it tightly around the wire ring four times, repeat this with the other end around a third way round the ring band. Cut the ends close to the band and using the pliers press the end into the band making sure any sharp edges are tucked in.

Wrap 0.6mm wire around the ring mandrel at pencil mark

Secure it by wrapping the ends around the ring band

3) Taking the 0.4mm, wrap one end at one of the ‘knots’ made on the ring band. 

Wrap one end of the 0.4mm wire at one of the 'knots'

4) Once you have done this, thread one bead onto the wire then wrap the wire around the band once. Take another bead, then wrap the wire around the band again, repeat this until you reach the other ‘knot’.

Thread beads onto the wire and then wrap the wire around the ring band

Continue adding beads

5) Once you are happy with the arrangement of the beads, finish up by wrapping the end of the 0.4mm wire at one of the ‘knots’. Again taking the pliers, tuck any sharp edges of the wire into the ring band.

Finished!

Purple beads

Blue beads

Pink beads

Another beaded ring tutorial

Wide Blue Beaded ring

Blue Bead Ring

To make this ring you will need:

Fishing line

24 blue beads

64 pale blue beads

64 white beads

This is quite a simple tutorial, just repetitive.

First start with one white bead and thread it onto the fishing line, making sure that the bead reaches the middle of the line (and ensuring the lengths of fishing line are of equal length on either side of the bead).

Then thread two more white beads onto the line, when you add the fourth bead make sure both ends of the fishing line cross through it to make a loop of four white beads...

Continue threading beads as indicated on the diagram...

I hope the diagram is easy to follow...

Here are a few more instructions which hopefully clear up any questions (the previous set of instructions probably lack a bit of detail!). Right click and save as to get a bigger view of the instructions (I can't seem to enlarge them any more on blogger!

If there are any questions please do not hesitate to put your questions in the comments box below and I will try and get back to you!

Beaded Ring Tutorial

This post is a tutorial on how to make a ring out of (mostly) 2mm plastic beads. It can be a little fiddly but the tutorial for this is much easier to follow than the mouse ball charm tutorial I posted up a while back.

A ring made out of plastic beads is a nice alternative to metal (especially if you are allergic to metals). Also using fishing line to thread the beads gives the ring some flexibility, but you can use wire if you want the front detailing to lie flatter (rather than rounded).

White and pale blue bead ring

Blue and White bead ring

To make this ring you will need:

Fishing line

2mm beads in white X 42 (depends on how large you want to make the main band of the ring)

2mm beads in blue X 13 (depends on how large you want to make the main band of the ring)

4mm Swarovski beads X 8 

1) All you need to do is use one long one piece of fishing line thread one bead onto it.

2) Let the bead fall about half way down the fishing line, make sure that you have equal lengths of fishing line      on either side of the bead.

3)Then keep threading beads on both ends of the fishing line and make sure that both ends of the fishing line cross through the middle bead.

4) Keep going until you reach the desired band length, use both ends of the fishing line to cross through the first bead you threaded.

Beaded Ring Tutorial Diagram

Bead Rings

Coffee Cup Art

Hangman and Coffee Cups...

Things to do on a train journey.

Know of any other activities to help pass the time on a long journey?

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It's Arsene Wenger as a lucky star!