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Making necklaces with shell beads

April 23, 6:42 PMLA Arts and Crafts ExaminerJulia Hanna
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shell necklace
Shell necklace made by Julia H.

Did you ever go to the beach as a child?  One of my favorite things to do was to make shell bead necklaces.  This week I decided to make a new one by exploring my local crafting stores for supplies.  For the pendant I picked out a tropical style flower, and I used acrylic and shell beads for the rest of the necklace.  Each shell has a special shape to it, which means no one shell necklace will ever look exactly the same.  The supplies I used to make this necklace were:

  • a jump ring
  • jewelry pliers
  • beading wire cutters
  • a flower pendant
  • shell beads
  • small pink acrylic beads
  • beading wire
  • a barrel clasp

The slide show below illustrates the steps I went through to make this unique piece of jewelry.  I love shell beads, and always buy these in bulk for my jewelry making needs.

For more info: You may also like how to make simple jewelry.

Making a shell necklace.
Use shell and acrylic beads to create this beautiful necklace. Use the jewelry pliers to open the jump ring and put it through the hole on the flower pendant. Next, close up the jump ring and slide it onto the beading wire. Now the flower pendant is at

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