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Hi this is Megan with Beadaholique.com
and today I'm going to show you how to make the noodle bead necklace
from the noodle bead necklace kit
and there are three different kit options, there's a
black color option, a purple color option
and a turquoise color option and each kit
will come with the supplies to make two necklaces. One
in a silver plated version and one in a gold plated version
I'm just gonna show you had to make one and I'm gonna make
another one of the turquoise in gold plated
necklaces. Inside the kit
will be all of these goodies
and it's everything you need but the tools. So you'll have five silver plated metal
beads and five gold plated metal beads
you'll get a little bundle
of waxed cotton cord, a little tube of glue
two gold plated
cord ends, two silver plated cord ends
and you have two silver plated jump rings
two gold plated jump rings and then
magnetic clasps, a silver plated and a gold plated
and the tools that you'll need are a ruler, a pair of
flush cutters, you can use scissors but I like to get
a nice clean edge on my cotton cord by using a flush cutter
and then you'll need two pairs of pliers for jewelry making, so
a chain nose and then either a second pair chain nose or a pair of round nose
something else that you'll use to open and close the jump rings
and then I also like to have a scratchpad, a posted pad or something
to use for catching the glue
as I'm working. To begin
cut our cord. Now when you
first open your cord it might be
wrinkled and bent up from being in a little bundle
It should relax as you use it and wear it
but one really quick and easy way to get it to straighten right out
is just get wet and pull it straight and don't stretch
just run it through your fingers and pull it straight and it will dry
relatively quickly
cut five pieces
of our wax cotton cord 15 and a half inches long
each
so I just cut one with the ruler and then measured the rest
off of the ones that are already cut because
it's more important to me to have them the same length
than it is to have them all exactly 15 and a half inches, so they
should be even and so even if your first one was very slightly offish go ahead
and match that. This is gonna make a 16 inch necklace
which is a shorter necklace if you'd like to
adjust the finished necklace length you would just cut
your waxed cotton cord to slightly different lengths so
you can add a little in or out of
the measure there and I'm just gonna show you one necklace
if you wanna cut all 10 pieces of your cord all at once
to do both necklaces you can of course feel free to
cut all 10 pieces at one time and you would have more left. I just
had a shorter piece that I used when I straighten it out with the water
now we're going to need some glue
I'm going to go ahead and
but some glue out onto a post it note pad
and line all five of your
cords up so that the ends match
are even. Put some glue
on the ends and you want a decent amount
you want it all the way to the sides
you don't want so much that it's gonna overflow
out of your end cap and it can be a little tricky
but they do all fit. You're going to
with them bundled up
put all five cord ends into
one of the cord end caps. They do fit, sometimes you just gotta get your nail
into the edge and wipe away excess glue
you wanna let that
glue set and make sure all the cords are
pushed all the way down into the tip and let that set up for a few minutes
before you move on
you don't wanna pull it out. Then
going to, working carefully
just because this glue isn't 100 percent dry
if you want you can go ahead and let it dry for longer
so that you don't have to be as careful. We're going to
place one of our noodle beads onto each one of the cords
just slide it up
and pull it to about the middle. Then we're going to
just line up your cords
stack the beads a little so that they're not really
twisted up so that you can get them into a group where they're not
super twisted up and it's okay if it's a little bit
it's really hard to get it perfect but
take more time or less as it
matters to you. I've noticed that it's not that noticeable
unless it's really twisted. Then we're going to
put some more glue on the other end
and if you're glue has
gotten too dry you get yourself some some more
mine is still pretty good. I'm going to use that
slide
all five ends into the cord end and push them all the way
then wipe away any excess glue
I'm going to
let the glue set that on that as well before you continue
the last thing we're gonna do
is attach the clasp. You're going to you
take your jump rings
grasp the jump ring
on one side of the split
with your chain nose pliers and then use a second pair of pliers
to pull the sides away from each other
this way, not apart this way but just from side to side
then you're going to
attach each
cord end to one side of the clasp
using a jump ring and
just pull the sides back
until they meet. I'm just gonna leave that clasp closed while I attach it
you can
separate it if you find it's easier
open the jump ring and then put the two pieces
onto the jump ring and
the clasp will be a little bit annoying, just be careful that
you don't have it come off the jump ring
close the jump ring back up
and that's all there is to it and you would just repeat that process
with your silver plated findings to create your second version.
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