How to make a beaded bookmark
Wednesday, 30 April 2025 3:57 PM
How to make beaded bookmark
These are some basic instructions and photographs for how to make one of the beaded bookmarks that we make at the jewellery making parties. I have kits available for sale on my website.
Tools you need:
* pliers - flat nose
* scissors or fine wire cutters
* crimps
* bookmark
* tigertail wire
* charm
* beads
Instructions:
- Empty beads onto handtowel to stop the beads from rolling away
- leave the crimp and the bookmark to the side for now
- Arrange your beads on the towel so you can see what sort of pattern you'd like to make before you start to thread them onto the wire
- Once you're happy with the pattern you can thread the beads onto the wire (in the packs the charm has already been attached for you)
- Make sure that the little folded over bit of wire near the charm is tucked into the first couple of beads (see image above)
- When you've got all of the beads onto the wire youre ready to attach it to the bookmark.
- Now is when you need your crimp & bookmark & flat-nosed pliers
- after the last bead, put on your crimp
- thread the wire through the loop in the bookmark & back down through the crimp
- thread the end of the wire through the last couple of beads & pull on the end of the wire to take up the excess string on your bookmark (ask a parent for help if you need it with this part)
- this is when we need our flat-nosed pliers - we use them to squish the crimp to make it totally flat ( this is what holds the 2 bits of wire together and secure so it doesn't come apart!)
- snip off the excess wire using a paid of sharp scissors
If you're having any trouble or to order a kit please visit my website, or contact Danielle on info@stringofbeads.com.au
If you have any questions, please contact Danielle from String of Beads Parties on info@stringofbeads.com.au
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