Aqua seashore inspired jewelry is easier to make than you think. Be inspired by your latest visit to the ocean by creating this magical charm bracelet adorned with tiny messages in a bottle, starfish, and shells. They sparkle like the sand with a touch of dazzling Swarovski crystals! Wear your seashore inspired jewelry as a reminder of the beach and good times.
By the Seashore Charm Bracelet & Earrings are made with supplies linked to Amazon where I am an Affiliate. If you make a purchase I get a very tiny commission that supports this website.
Supplies for seashore inspired jewelry:
- Silver chain, 8” length
- Assorted shell beads with pre-drilled holes
- Silver ocean-themed charms including shells and tiny glass bottles with corks
- Swarovski CRYSTALLIZED Flat-backed Clear Crystals, three 4mm
- Bicone beads, 4mm: red, turquoise
- Clear round beads: 14mm, 6mm
- Silver bead caps
- Tiny glass marbles, a small amount or sand
- Scrap paper
- Silver findings: six 1” headpins, 28 8mm jump rings, lobster clasp, two ear wires
or purchase a findings kit so you have extras.
TOOLS
- Round nose pliers
- Chain-nose pliers
- Aleenes Liquid Fusion
- scissors
Tool kits are a great way to get started if you are a beginner. They range from $10-$20
Instructions for seashore inspired jewelry:
Sizes
- 1. Bracelet is 8″ long and earrings are 1-1/2″ long.
Bracelet
1. Uncork tiny glass bottles. Cut scrap paper into 1/2″ squares and roll-up. Insert into bottles. Sprinkle glass marbles into bottles and replace corks. Open one jump ring with chain-nose pliers. Insert one end of jump ring into the loop on cork and close jump ring. Repeat for the remaining two glass bottles.
2. Use Liquid Fusion to glue each 4mm flat-backed clear crystal onto the center of each silver shell charm. Open a jump ring with pliers and insert them into the loop on each charm.
3. Open five jump rings with chain-nose pliers. Insert one end into the loop of the hole on the shell bead. Close jump rings with chain-nose pliers. Thread headpins with remaining beads and shell beads, alternating in interesting patterns. Use round-nose pliers to create loops at top of headpins. Open jump rings with chain-nose pliers and insert them into formed loops. Close jump rings.
4. Attach glass bottle, silver shell charms, seashell charms, and beaded headpin charms onto silver chain by opening jump rings with chain-nose pliers and attaching charms in an alternating pattern. Space charms evenly on chain links.
5. Attach lobster clasp on one end of the bracelet chain by opening a jump ring with chain-nose pliers and inserting open end of ring into the loop on clasp. Close ring with chain-nose pliers to secure clasp. Attach the remaining jump ring onto the opposite end of the bracelet chain.
Earrings
1. For earrings, thread headpin with one 4mm turquoise bead, one shell bead, and one 4mm turquoise bead. Form loop on the end of the headpin with round-nose pliers. Open a jump ring and attach ear wire onto the beaded headpin with chain-nose pliers.
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