Hohoho How To Brand A Scarab Necklace

Remember scarabs?

Scarab beetles were worshiped by the ancient Egyptians.
Mysterious!

I've ever liked scarabs because #1, I intend they're interesting
and #2, I intend they brand odd & unique jewelry.

Check out how I turned approximately scarab beads into jewelry pendants!

On my workbench... I'm going to plough these carved rock scarab beads into one of a kind
necklace pendants.

My sketch inspiration. The page says I sketched this ane on 2/7/08! Sometimes ideas and designs
stay on newspaper a long fourth dimension until I actually fabricate them into finished works. Half of it is finding the
time to endeavor out novel designs, the other one-half is beingness inwards the mood! Mood is everything!

The showtime affair I did was cutting a 4" length of 22g sterling silverish wire, strung on my scarab, in addition to made a wrapped
loop on each destination of the wire. The spill out loop volition serve equally the bail to concur the chain. The bottom loop
is where I volition attach a few beaded accents of coordinating beads. Notice how I made the
directions of the loops contrary each other.

Here's the wrapped loop from the bail destination that will accommodate the chain.
I brand that loop a picayune larger than the one that volition last on the bottom.

And in addition to then in that place were three. Now for the fun part...

Choosing coordinating beads for the beaded drops. I utilisation a alternative of gemstones, pearls in addition to or crystals.

I used sterling silverish headpins for the beaded drops in addition to merely made 3 drops for
each scarab in addition to attached them to the bottom loop amongst approximately other wrapped loop. That's it!