12 days of beading (on the eleventh day)
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So, before Christmas actually has come and gone, here is idea 11 for you…
We have for you a beautiful kilt pin, though it doesn’t necessarily need to be pinned onto a kilt! It can be a pretty bag charm, brooch or scarf pin too. As per usual, just click on the links to add each needed item to your cart on the website. And if gold isn’t your thing, the metal components in this design come in silver/rhodium finish too.
You will need:
- 1x Kilt Pin with 3 Rings 55 mm Gold Color
- 1x Xmas Pendant Angel of Peace Antique Gold
- 1x Snowflake Charm 15mm Gold Plated
- 6x Gold Plated Headpins 2.5in-021 Gauge (I used a couple of Antique Brass ones I had lying around and four bright gold to give it a more vintage feel, but you don’t need to)
- 5x Preciosa 4mm Bicone Mixes Honey Butter (chosen assorted colors)
- 5x Preciosa Crystal Pearl Rounds 4mm Cream
- 3x Czech Faceted Fire Polished Donuts 9mm Light Smokey Topaz AB
What to do:
- Put one of the pearls onto a head pin and make an open loop. Attach the pearl onto the ring of the pendant (where the dove dangles from).
- Snip the head off of one of the headpins and make an open loop with your round nose pliers (or use eye pin). Attach the angel pendant to the loop. Then thread a bicone, then a pearl, then another bicone on. Start a wrapped loop at the top of the head pin, attach it to the first loop on the kilt pin, then finish.
- Take another head pin and thread a pearl, a donut, a pearl, a bicone, another donut and a bicone onto it. Start a wrapped loop, attach to the second loop on the kilt pin and finish.
- Put one pearl onto a headpin and make an open loop. Put one bicone on a head pin and make an open loop. Attach these to the jump ring on the snowflake charm.
- Snip the head off of another pin and make an open loop. Attach the snowflake charm. Then thread on a donut and a pearl. Start a wrapped loop, attach it to the third loop on the kilt pin, and finish.
Feel free to add whatever odds and ends you may have in your bead box too…usually the more of a mix of beads these designs have, the better they turn out! Chain always looks great dangling from loop to loop too.
Have fun making them!
Cheers,
Hollie XO
(Originally published December 19, 2012)