Follow Your Heart Charm and Crystal Necklace

We all need to remember more often to follow our hearts, and what better way to remind yourself than to make this jewelry piece: "Follow Your Heart Charm and Crystal Necklace." Only a little wire work is required, so even if you have not worked with wire very much when it comes to jewelry making, you should be able to handle the basic wire techniques required in this tutorial. Other than wire techniques, the rest of the process for this project includes basic assembly of jewelry components.

After making this jewelry piece, you end up with a beautiful platinum plated necklace that you will love to wear, or give it as a gift to someone special who needs to follow her heart.

You will need the following tools, supplies, and materials to make the Follow Your Heart Charm and Crystal Necklace:

*1 - 20x12mm "Follow Your Heart" stamped silver-tone charm
*1 - 18 inch Platinum plated cable chain
*3 - 4mm Platinum plated jump ring
*1 - 3x8mm Platinum plated lobster claw clasp
2 - 3 inch Pieces of sterling plated round 22-gauge wire
2 - 3mm Swarovski round clear Aurora Boreas finished crystal beads
Wire cutters
Chain-nosed pliers
Round-nosed pliers

*These jewelry supply items are manufactured by the Cousin Corporation of America. They are part of series of plated findings and jewelry components produced by the company, and you can find them in most craft stores such as Michael's. The line is called Elegance. Copper findings from this line are plated with precious metals such as gold and platinum and then coated with a clear lacquer.