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    Home » Lifestyle » DIY Ombre Seed Bead Necklace

    DIY Ombre Seed Bead Necklace

    Published: Mar 13, 2012 · Modified: Feb 19, 2020 by Andrea Howe · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    blue ombre multi-strand seed bead necklace with gold clasp howewelive.com

    Andrea wearing a white shirt and a blue ombre multi-strand seed bead necklace

    Design Mom asked me to create a spring version of a classic DIY of mine, the seed bead necklace.  I ended up creating this pretty coral and gold version for her site, but I also created a fun ombre layered necklace for me and I wanted to share it with you all!  I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, working with seed beads is simple, but tedious.  Expect this project to take you about 3 hours, but the level of ease is quite high.  A novice should be able to recreate this beautiful interpretation of a fun trend out there.

    Your Supplies: Various colors of seed beads in light to dark shades, stringing wire (looks just like fishing wire), crimp beads, 4 jump rings in varying sizes (2 larger for your ends, one tiny one to attach your chain to and 1 medium size ring to leave on the end of your chain to lengthen – Michaels has a pack of various sized jump rings that contain all the sizes you need), 1 lobster claw closure, a small bit of chain, and scissors, wire cutters and needle nosed pliers.

    Begin by cutting a length of line about 20 inches long.

    cutting the necklace string with gold scissors

    Next, add one crimp bead, then a jump ring

    necklace wire with a gold crimp bead and a jump ring

    Then loop your string over the jump ring and through the crimp bead and pinch shut with your needle nosed pliers.  This will keep the beads in place when you start stringing.

    The necklace string looped thru the jump ring and back thru the crimp bead

    closing the crimp bead with a pair of needle nose pliers

    Then begin stringing.  You can start with your lighter shade of bead like I did or reverse it and go from dark to light.  A trick for quicker stringing is to lighten dampen your finger tip with a wet sponge/cloth and then dip your finger into your bowl of beads to grab a few at a time.  This limits how many times you have to dip into get beads a bit.

    threading the first beads on the necklace string

    As you complete each string, make sure to repeat the crimp bead process as above so that you add a jump ring and crimp bead to one end.  This secures your other end and leaves you a jump ring on both ends to add your strings to.  Here are some in progress shots.  To create the layered ombre effect it is important that as you add your strings of beads, you also add a bit of length to each line.  I added about 1 inch to each line so that at the end, my necklace varied from 20 inches to about 25 inches long when hung on my neck.

    two strings of light blue beads with two gold jump rings

    6 strands of seed beads strung together into an blue ombre necklace

    different shades of blue seed beads on a necklace

    dark blue seed beads being thread onto the necklace wire

    Once your stringing is complete, you’ll want to add your chain.   I added a 3 inch piece of chain to the end of my necklace to make it a bit adjustable.

    ombre blue seed bead necklace with a gold chain and clasp to the side

    With your needle nosed pliers and the smallest jump ring, attach your chain to one end of your necklace.

    Attaching a gold chain to the jump ring

    Trim your chain with your wire cutters

    cutting the gold chain to length with wire cutters

    Add the medium sized jump ring to the end of the piece of chain, and then using your needle nosed pliers attach the lobster claw to the other end.

    gold chain attached to the seed bead necklace with a small jump ring on the end

    >adding the necklace clasp to the jump ring with needle nose pliers

    And you’re complete!

    completed ombre multi-strand seed bead necklace

    A pretty spring necklace reflecting ombre, one of the biggest ongoing trends.  The color options are endless and you because the necklace is adjustable, you can wear it short or long depending on the look you’re pairing it with.  I hope you enjoyed this DIY and let me know if you have any questions!

    Andrea wearing a white shirt and the completed ombre blue multi-strand seed bead necklace

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    About Andrea Howe

    Andrea Howe is the recipe developer and photographer of Howe We Live. She is also a seasoned home cook of over 20 years, for her family of 5. Andrea has spent over 10 years in the food industry, writing for various publications including Babble and Disney. Her work has appeared in Real Simple, Taste of Home, Yahoo, Buzzfeed and ABC News.

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    Comments

    1. Christine says

      August 06, 2014 at 5:15 am

      I wanna start beading business but don’t know where to start from. I’m in Africa, Tanzania

      Reply
    2. Elly says

      July 09, 2014 at 8:15 pm

      Love the color combination, thank you for sharing.
      I agree, seed beads are a bit tedious, but so much fun to work with anyway because of the lovely results

      Reply
    3. joy says

      July 08, 2014 at 8:01 am

      can someone tell me where to order materials? thanks much! i love your site!

      Reply
    4. Jennifer says

      May 31, 2014 at 3:47 pm

      This is a great tutorial, I appreciate your taking the time to make it! I’m going to use this as a jumping off point, adding my own twist with either tiny pearls or gemstones or swarovskis in the center-ish of each strand , (I’m not quite sure which one yet… Opinion? ) making a nice layered piece. At least, that is my goal. The outcome will realistically be much more catastrophic and much less elegant than the image I’ve conjured up in my head. 🙂 anyways, thanks again!

      Reply
    5. Deb says

      January 18, 2014 at 12:32 am

      Hi!
      I love the easy instructions and the helpdul tips. Thank you for sharing this! I am going to make some for my husband’s aunts as a bon voyage and thank-you presents when they go home to Australia.

      Much love,

      Deb

      Reply
    6. arzu says

      September 30, 2013 at 7:28 am

      harika olmuş bende yapmak istiyorum

      Reply
    7. josephine galea says

      August 26, 2013 at 9:39 am

      nice necklace…I will try it later

      Reply
    8. GB Designs says

      August 24, 2013 at 5:28 am

      When using the monofiliment or very fine wire, I have begun using the soldered rings and connecting from there with jump rings…no chance of losing wires!! Great necklace…on my “to do list.”

      Reply
    9. Cindy says

      July 08, 2013 at 4:23 am

      I wish you had made a PDF of this pattern. It takes up too much paper and ink to print it off. Love th design though. I’m going to try it. Also, for the person who is having trouble with the wire slipping out if the jump ring, try using callettes. They are little caps with a hook. You thread the wire into the open cap, knot it, then close the cap. Then you hook it over the jump ring and close the hook. Hope that helps. Either that or use a split ring instead of a jump ring.

      Reply
    10. Jess says

      April 19, 2013 at 7:45 am

      Where can I get ombre beads like that? I’ve been looking everywhere and I can’t seem to find anything.

      Reply
    11. Denise says

      February 14, 2013 at 8:01 am

      what size of seed beads did you use? I also shared this on pinerest, Hope you dont mind.

      Reply
    12. Gayle Bales says

      January 14, 2013 at 3:48 pm

      Can’t wait to try this. I love it

      Reply
      • Andie says

        August 18, 2014 at 7:55 pm

        At last some rainitaloty in our little debate.

        Reply
    13. Andrea Peterson says

      January 06, 2013 at 5:22 pm

      I love this necklace!! I want to create my own too, and I was curious as to where you usually purchase your beads from? I went to Michael’s but the selection wasn’t great, and the prices were high. I thought you might have a secret source?! 😉

      Reply
    14. Tessa says

      December 05, 2012 at 11:02 pm

      I’m currently making this necklace for one of my friends for Christmas and I’m having a problem with the large jump ring and the stringing wire. The wires keep coming out of the little opening of the jump ring. I was wondering if you could tell me what kind of wire you used and was this a problem you had as well. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Zurina says

        May 28, 2014 at 8:19 am

        This comment is for Tessa – both Cindy and GB Designs share great solutions to your problem. I tend to use a soldered (closed) jump ring as well. This can be cool because you can add another design element. Often you will find decorative links that will work just as well, and they can add a little texture and shape to your piece. A dun little trick 🙂 Good luck and enjoy your beautiful jewelry!

        Reply
    15. Jane says

      September 28, 2012 at 7:50 am

      Hello Andrea!

      You made a very nice tutorial for your OMBRE SEED BEAD NECKLACE. The design is simple but so effective and beautiful! I can’t help but share it on my blog. Feel free to visit the article 🙂 http://www.handmade-jewelry-club.com/2012/09/featured-free-necklace-tutorials.html#

      Thank you for the inspiration and cheers!
      Jane

      Reply
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