FREE Simple Wire Wrapped Heart Ring Tutorial

I love rings, and I love wire wrapped jewelry.  So when I saw this tutorial, I was very excited.  I think this ring is beautiful.  And the designer of the ring, Copar Aingeal, says it is easy to make.  That is always a plus. 

I first saw this ring while scanning Facebook.  It was offered on the business page for Jewelry Making Club.  Jewelry Making Club has a pretty interesting page for beaders, and quite often, they have free jewelry making patterns. 

Copar, the designer, says this about the ring:  "This is a very simple and sweet wire wrapped heart ring. It makes up very quickly and can be as fancy as you want it to be. Try using 2-3mm gemstone beads. Or keep it simple and have fun with colored craft wire and seed beads."

She also goes on to say the ring can be sized to fit.  The beaded heart on top is about 1/2-3/4",  just depending on how big you want it to be.  

Your materials list is fairly simple:

• 8 inches of 20 guage wire for the frame
• 3.5 feet of 24 guage wire for the wrapping
• and 16-20 2mm seed or gemstone beads

Your tools list:

• wire cutters
• needle nose pliers
• chain nose pliers
• ruler
• ring mandrel for sizing
• optional tool - flat nylon jaw

Here is the link for this tutorial.

Wire Wrapped and Beaded Pendant

I love wire wrap jewelry. And I also like sharing FREE TUTORIALS when I find a good one online. This tutorial is by the jewelry artisan, Dev Khan, from Santa Rosa CA.

Dev cuts and polishes her own stones, as well as beautifully wraps them.

I found this tutorial on the website Make Craft.  Here is the link for Dev's tutorial for wrapping a beautiful pendant like the example below. 

Photo by Sara K. Woll

FREE Tutorial Rolo Chain and Leather Bracelet

This is a bracelet tutorial I really like. I am thinking my husband may need a bracelet like this. All the supplies are available at Primitive Earth Beads Chains and Leather. I have links on the bottom of this tutorial (they may or may not work-sorry.) And the You Video intstructions are further down on the page.  Hope you enjoy.

Photo credit: From The Beading Gem's Journal

Rollo Chain and Leather Bracelet  From Primitive Earth Beads, Chains and Leather The materials needed to make this style of bracelet are: 2 feet of rollo chain 2 yards of leather (the size of the leather will be determined by the size of the Rollo chain) Cut the chain into three equal lengths, generally 7 to 7.5 inches long depending on the desired bracelet size, (you will want an uneven number of links on each piece of chain). If you purchased more chain, you can make as many sections as you want. Lay the three lengths of chain parallel (I use a mandrel or heavy piece of wire so that I can see they are even and the same length.) Find the center of your leather cord. Weave one end of the leather through the first link of each section, until you reach the half way point. Now pick up one end of the leather and run it through the third link this link will be laying in the same direction as the first one. You will now have both pieces of leather on the same side of your bracelet. Turn the bracelet over. Now take the top piece of leather and run it through the same set of links as the bottom piece of leather. Continue in this manner until you reach the end. Keep the tension even as you weave the bracelet; make sure the links continue to lie parallel to each other. Now you are ready to run the leather cords through the first set of links, back to where you started. You will have three strands of leather going through this set of links. Be sure to allow enough length of your leather ends to take the bracelet on and off. You can add beads to the ends or tie an overhand knot to keep the leather ends from pulling out as you take the bracelet on and off. Enjoy your bracelet and the many compliments you will receive!! Here are the items needed  to make the rolo chain bracelet: 6-8 inches of chain CH-50 (7.0MM) 5 feet rubber tubing or  5 feet Greek leather cord 2mm large hole bead
Links to the categories of the items listed above:
CH-50 (7.0MM)	rubber tubing	Greek leather	large hole bead