i watch crafty shows on PBS and such on the weekends and a couple weeks ago they had a segment on how to make a cute beaded byzantine chainmaille bracelet. I loved it and thought "why not! it doesn't look that hard!!"
so I ordered some swarovsky crystals via etsy (cheap cuz someone was destash-ing) and I got some jump rings and I went at it yesterday.
Sadly at first I got frustrated and lost and no matter how much I tried it just looked like a big jumble of metal. But after I found a tutorial on youtube I went back and came up with this:
I had originally had all swarovsky crystals instead of the sparkly dark blue ones, but because the jump rings were som much bigger (the crystals are4mm - the rings are 7mm) the perspective didn't look right to me. But i didn't want to get rid of them completely so I kept them near the pretty toggle so they still can add some bling.
I'm contemplating listing it on etsy but I'm not sure. I'm also contemplating making a matching set of earrings to go with it.
What do you think?
so I ordered some swarovsky crystals via etsy (cheap cuz someone was destash-ing) and I got some jump rings and I went at it yesterday.
Sadly at first I got frustrated and lost and no matter how much I tried it just looked like a big jumble of metal. But after I found a tutorial on youtube I went back and came up with this:
I had originally had all swarovsky crystals instead of the sparkly dark blue ones, but because the jump rings were som much bigger (the crystals are4mm - the rings are 7mm) the perspective didn't look right to me. But i didn't want to get rid of them completely so I kept them near the pretty toggle so they still can add some bling.
I'm contemplating listing it on etsy but I'm not sure. I'm also contemplating making a matching set of earrings to go with it.
What do you think?
