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How to Make Necklace with Turquoise BeadsOur personalized birthstone necklace project is going to tutor you a simple way to make wire wrapped necklace with multi-shaped turquoise beads.

Today the project backs to wire wrapping again; we are going to utilize easy wire wrapping techniques to make pretty personalized birthstone necklaces; this kind of DIY necklace can be either kept for yourself as a

beautiful and wearable jewelry piece, or sent to others as birthday gifts.

Materials and Tools0.5mm gold copper wire

Synthetic turquoise beads

Black suede cord

Flat nose plier

Round nose plier

Wire cutter

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How to Make Necklace with Turquoise Beads ?Step 1: Make caged turquoise beads

1st, pick a piece of gold copper wire that measures about 36cm;2nd, at the 1/3 position make a wire wrapped loop with round nose plier and slide heart-shaped turquoise bead onto base wire;3rd, wrap working wire against the front side of the heart shaped turquoise;4th, squeeze the heart shaped turquoise upwardly and wrap working wire right under the bead;

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5th, the heart shaped turquoise is secured and then slide a large flat turquoise onto base wire;6th, wrap working wire around this large bead in your favorite way;7th, secure this caged bead by wrapping rest wire under it;8th, leave about 6-8cm length of base wire and cut off the excess;9th, coil the 6-8cm base wire with round nose plier, so the caged bead pendant is done.

Step 2: Finish the birthstone necklace

1st, cut a 50cm piece of black suede cord;2nd, thread it through the pendant loop and tie a bowknot at back.

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Now the tutorial of making necklace with copper wire and turquoise beads is done; it is a great opportunity to learn something about wire wrapping and caged beads, we bet such kind of techniques are really useful in personalized necklace making.

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