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Hi, my name is Ella Seltzer for Expert Village. And now I'm going to show you another piece
of antique jewelry. This is a floating bracelet. The bracelet is on a smooth copper chain and
the red Austrian crystals appear to be floating on the bracelet. I'm going to show you how
to make this floating effect that produces a very feminine style. This is another example of a floating necklace,
rather than a bracelet, and it's more of a funky look. These beads are called miliflori
beads. They are called miliflori because it is Italian for thousands of flowers. Because
if you look inside the bead, you see tiny, tiny flowers. And it's a special technique
that was mastered by artisans in Italy, in Merano. And there are lots of different shapes
and sizes of these beads and they are just very pretty and funky. And the young girls
love them, so this is one particularly popular style. And I have something a little bit more
classic looking, this is also the same effect, the floating effect. This time it is on a
silver chain and I used a series of different beads. I often make these necklaces with students
as an introductory style. Very easy to make and produces something that you wouldn't necessarily
make on your own with an instruction booklet. And this is also floating necklace with glass
pearls, faux pearls in different colors on a pink wire, and I've used a triple chain
here. This also produces a very classy effect. This is something simpler, with cats eye fiber
optic beads also on a pink wire. it's something very simple, everyday, and you could just
basically make one in any color to match up any outfit and it's easy to wear and it's
fun.