Meteor Shower Bracelet
Few beaded bracelet patterns have as much pop and personality as this Meteor Shower Bracelet. Beaded jewelry doesn't have to be boring to be easy to make, as this festive project shows. This DIY bracelet design takes a simple beaded pattern and adds clusters of colorful glass rondelles between each bead to add some sass and pizzazz. The faceted black beads catch the light each way they turn, giving this bracelet some extra glitz and glitter, and the varied palette of the bead clusters gives it a range of rainbow colors. If you like beading designs and patterns that are elegant but still a bit funky, then this is the jewelry project for you!
Project TypeMake a Project
Bead TypeGlass, Miscellaneous
Time to CompleteIn an evening
Bead Technique UsedStrung
Bead Project TypeBracelet
Materials:
- #34713128- 32pc 4mm Facet Black/Rainbow AB
- #34716029- 44pc Glass Rondelles- Orange/Gold
- #34716036- 44pc Glass Rondelles- Smoke/Rainbow
- #34713148- 10pc 10mm Faceted Square- Black
- #34719090- 135pc Head Pin/Eye Pin Black
- #34719103- 134pc Starter Pack Black
- #3202002- 40' .3mm 7-Strand Bead Wire- Silver
- Needle Nose Pliers #4454
- Round Nose Pliers #4458
- Crimping Pliers #4501
- Wire Cutters #4457
Instructions:
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Make (22) 3mm orange bead drops and (21) 3mm purple bead drops.
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Cut a 10-inch length of beading wire.
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Using a crimp tube, attach one end of the wire to a 6mm jump ring. Thread the following bead pattern onto the wire: a cube, a square, a cube, (3) orange and (3) purple drops (alternating the drops), and repeat. The bracelet ends with a square bead and then a cube bead. There is a total of 7 groupings of bead drops, 16 cube beads, and 8 square beads.
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Using a crimp tube, attach the beading wire to a 6mm jump ring. Connect an extender chain to the jump ring.
- Attach the last orange bead drop to the end link of the extender chain.
