Earrings, bracelets, necklaces ... I love to make them all. Swarovski crystal beads bring sparkling colors and visual texture to my jewelry designs. Czech Republic glass beads offer rich deep colors, with individual 2-tone Czech beads often possessing unique color shading within the clear glass of the bead. For warm colors, I like to make bracelets from the natural beauty of obsidian and jasper beads.



Swarovski® crystal bead and Czech Republic glass bead bracelet. Though I used a stretchy string material so I could easily slide this bracelet on, I also used a Sterling silver toggle clasp to enhance this bracelet.

Approximate length 7.5 inches
Material list for bracelet:

Swarovski® 6mm & 8mm crystal beads and 6mm Czech Republic glass beads
  I purchased several strings of Czech Republic glass beads and they came with different shading of amethyst (near clear to dark). From this I selected near matching beads of two dark ones and two light ones.

Bead caps around each 10mm deep amethyst Czech Republic glass beads are 9x3mm silver plated filigree

Starting from the Sterling silver toggle the beads are:
Light amethyst 6mm Swarovski® bicone crystal bead

Two-tone amethyst 6mm Czech Republic glass bead (I selected beads with a dark amethyst shading)

Dark amethyst 6mm Swarovski® bicone crystal bead

Light amethyst 6mm Swarovski® 6mm bicone crystal bead

Two-tone amethyst 6mm Czech Republic glass bead (I selected beads with a light amethyst shading)

Light amethyst 6mm Swarovski® bicone crystal bead

Crystal clear 8mm Swarovski® bicone crystal bead with AB finish

Light amethyst 6mm Swarovski® bicone crystal bead

Silver plated 9x3mm filigree spacer beads on both sides of 10mm dark amethyst Czech Republic glass bead

10mm dark amethyst Czech Republic glass bead

Light amethyst 6mm Swarovski® bicone crystal bead

Crystal clear 8mm Swarovski® bicone crystal bead with AB finish

Light amethyst 6mm Swarovski® bicone crystal bead

Next set of dark amethyst Czech Republic follow by repeated pattern of above beads


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