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Family Bracelet

Family Bracelet

Tammy Powley
After making a number of mother's bracelets, I realized that mom's with just one child needed something designed with a smaller family in mind. I did some bead-brainstorming and came up with this design for a Family Bracelet. This bracelet has colored crystals representing three people in a family: the mother, father, and child.

You'll need the following tools and supplies:

6 inches of 22-gauge sterling wire
3 clear 6mm AB cube crystals
3 - 5mm hematite heart beads
1 - 6mm bicone peridot-colored crystal bead
1 - 6mm bicone emerald-colored crystal bead
1 - 6mm bicone zircon-colored crystal bead
12 daisy spacer beads
9 - 2 inches sterling head pins
1 sterling toggle
2 - 4mm bicone emerald-colored crystal bead
*7 inches sterling chain
Wire cutters
Chain-nosed pliers
Round-nosed pliers
Nylon-nosed pliers
Jeweler's file

*Note about the chain: I used a style of chain called bar and circle. It has one long rectangular link and three small round links for the chain pattern, very similar to a Fiagro design. Many vendors who sell chain carry this design. I purchased mine from CGM Findings.

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