DIY Gold Chain & Crystal Necklace

Sometimes I sit and stare at my jewelry supplies just waiting for inspiration to hit...sometimes something comes to me right away...and sometimes I just get stuck. This was one of those times that I just got STUCK. And then finally, when I settled on a design...I looked at and was like...really? That simple?? Yup. So, this design is very simple but certainly took awhile to come up with.  Hopefully this tutorial will inspire you with some of your own supplies so you can make something similar with much less planning time :)

The inspiration for this necklace was the chunky gold chain and these gorgeous crystal pendant beads I got from my sponsor Whole Port. 

Supplies:

Supplies needed for this necklace are a chunky chain, 20mm Crystal Pendant Crystal Bead Golden Pendants, jump rings, a clasp, and needle nose pliers. 

Steps

There's really only one basic step to this necklace - attaching the crystals to the chain. To do so, open up a jump ring with needle nose pliers, and slide it onto a bead, and squeeze it shut.

Use another jump ring to attach the bead and jump ring onto the chain like so:

Continue to do so for all of the beads.

Attach a clasp to the back of the chain using a jump ring.

And viola, you're done!

I love how this necklace turned out! Very simple, but very stylish as well. And easy to make after you figure out what supplies you want to use!!

Now to decide...keep it for myself or add it to the etsy shop??? Ah, the hard decisions of a crafter :)

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