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Chunky, Funky Heart Necklace

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Chunky, Funky Heart Necklace

Chunky, Funky Heart Necklace

Tammy Powley
While I love traditional jewelry, I also like to make jewelry that is "outside of the box." This necklace design was inspired by the thought of Valentine's Day and by this Caymanite heart pendant. I wanted to create a design that had a Valentine theme, but that was not the traditional pink or red heart design. Not that there's anything wrong with that but a theme does not have to limit your creative possibilities.

To make a similar piece necklace, you'll need the following:

Selection of size 11 seed beads in earth tones (I used cream, burgundy, and metallic brown.)
About 20 inches of garnet chips beads
Diamond shaped moonstone beads
4 - 6mm limestone beads
12 chunky turquoise beads
12 - 8mm leopardskin jasper beads
26 - 6mm leopardskin jasper beads
12 - 4mm goldstone beads
12 - 4mm tiger's eye beads
5 - 4mm root beer colored Czech beads
Heart pendant (I got mine from Dr. Jo Jackman)
12 inches of 20 gauge sterling wire
6 crimp beads
Crimping pliers
About 3 feet of .014 beading wire
About 6 inches of beading thread
1 beading needle
Scissors
Shallow bowl
Round-nosed pliers
Wire cutters

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