Majestic Flora Necklace Designed by Ashley Bunting Wavy Earth toned lucite leaves matched with shining vintage metals combine to make this structural floral necklace. We received numerous calls inquiring about these leaves in the past year. They were used in a publication of Bead Style Magazine in a piece designed by Jane Konkel. Her necklace was awesome! We were extremely inspired by her unique necklace and set out to design a piece of our own.                     Materials List (1) Vintage Aged Copper Spoon Handle Petal Flower (1) Vintage 24k plated gold with a matte finish Flower 32mm (30) German Lucite Matte Cocoa Brown Twist Leaves 14x32mm (6) German Lucite Matte Dark Olive Green Twist Leaf 14x32mm (5) Vintage Czech Glass 5mm Smoky Quartz Rough Cuts Beads (14) Vintage Lucite Round Beads 3mm Amber Opal (2x 2") Vintage Chain Antiqued Copper Oval Cable 7x10mm (7) Gold Plated Basemetal 20g Headpins 2" (21) Gold Plated 7mm (18ga) Open Jump Rings (1) Gold Plated Large Lobster Claw Clasps 8x15mm (36) Gold Plated Base Metal 20ga. Eyepins 2"

Vintage Metal Gold Plate 5 Petal Flower Center Hole 58mm 1pc. Vintage 24k plated gold with a matte finish Flower 32mm 1pc. German Lucite Matte Cocoa Brown Twist Leaves 14x32mm 8pc. German Lucite Matte Dark Olive Green Twist Leaf 14x32mm 8pc. Czech Glass 4x5mm Dark Topaz Pinch Beads 50pc Vintage Lucite Round Beads 3mm Amber Opal 70 beads per strand Basemetal Chain Antique Brass Plated Cable Link Chain 5x6mm per foot Gold Plated Basemetal 20g Headpins 2" 100pc. Gold Plated 7mm (18ga) Open Jump Rings approx.100pc Gold Plated Large Lobster Claw Clasps 8x15mm 20pc Gold Plated Base Metal 20ga. Eyepins 2" 100pc

Step1: Make thirty leaf connectors. Do this by placing one cocoa brown twist leaf onto an eye pin and turn a loop. Also make six leaf connectors out of the dark olive green twist leaves. Using fifteen brown leaf connectors and nine jump rings duplicate the pattern in the image below. The finished brown leaf section will be a trapezoid shape. Using the other fifteen brown leaf connectors make another brown leaf trapezoid section.

Step 2: Attach two green leaf connectors together using a jumg ring. Attach the two connectors to the last jump ring on the shorter side of one of the trapezoids. Attach one green leaf connector to the last jump ring on the longer side of the trapezoid. Repeat on the other brown leaf trapezoid.

Step 3: Feed a head pin through the free loops at the ends of green leaf connectors. Bring the head pin up through the back of a copper 60mm flower and up through the back of a gold 32mm flower. Feed a 3mm amber lucite bead onto the head pin and finish the stack by turning a loop.

Step 4: Make four bead dangles using the 3mm amber lucite beads. Feed 4 beads onto a head pin and turn a loop. Make another bead dangle with 4 beads and two more with 3 beads. Make two more bead dangles using the smokey quartz rough cut beads. Make one with 2 beads and one with 3 beads. Attach all the beads dangle to the middle of the flower stack. Do this by feeding all the loops you made onto the loop you made in the middle of the flower.

Step 5: Connect the other end of the long side of the trapezoid to 2" of chain. Do this by opening the jump ring that is holding the last leaves together and feed the end of the chain on. Repeat on the other side. Attach the lobster claw clasp to one end of the chain using a jump ring.

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