Hope!! 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 closed to 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 inward the mood! Mood is everything!

The get-go matter I did was cutting a 4" length of 22g sterling silverish wire, strung on my scarab, together with made a wrapped
loop on each terminate of the wire. The transcend loop volition serve every bit the bail to concord 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 terminate that will accommodate the chain.
I brand that loop a petty larger than the one that volition move on the bottom.

And hence at that topographic point were three. Now for the fun part...

Choosing coordinating beads for the beaded drops. I utilization a alternative of gemstones, pearls together with or crystals.

I used sterling silverish headpins for the beaded drops together with only made 3 drops for
each scarab together with attached them to the bottom loop amongst closed to other wrapped loop. That's it!