Wire-Wrapped Stone Necklace

This pretty necklace is made from things that you probably have lying around: wire, a stone and beads.

You will need:

✧ a stone

✧ jewelry wire

✧ seed beads

✧ a jumpring

✧ pliers

✧ wire-cutters or scissors 

✧ a toothpick or thin knitting needle

Step 1: Cut 1 medium/long piece of wire into 4 roughly equal pieces.

Step 2: Wrap two of the pieces of wire around the stone and twist them at the ends. It should look like this:

Step 3: Do the same thing on the other sides of the stone. It should look like this:

 

Step 4: Cut one side of the twisted wire so that it is about 1 1/2 inches long.

Step 5: Bend the short side down. It will look like this:

Step 6: Bend each of the pieces of wire at the bottom around a toothpick.

Step 7: Attach a jumpring to the loop.

Step 8: Attach seed beads onto the ends of the curled wire and bend up the edges so that they will not fall off.




 You're done! Slip it onto a chain for a cute necklace.