How to Design Jewelry With Metallic Mesh Ribbon

Necklace

• 1

  Measure the circumference of your neck gently with the measuring tape. Cut a piece of tubular metallic mesh ribbon that is twice as long as the circumference of your neck with the scissors. Slide the pendant onto the middle of the ribbon. Tie a knot 1 inch from the right side of the pendant.

• 2

  Pull the sides of the ribbon to the right of the knot apart, until the ribbon is as wide as two glass beads. Stick two beads into the ribbon, and slide them downward with your fingers until they are above the knot. Tie another knot above the beads, and add two more beads. Continue knotting the ribbon and adding beads until you make a knot 1 inch from the end of the ribbon.

• 3

  Tie a knot 1 inch from the left side of the pendant. Alternate adding glass beads and tying knots as you did on the right side of the necklace. Tie a knot 1 inch from the end of the ribbon to finish the left side. Hold the necklace around your neck. Knot the ends of the ribbon together to fasten the necklace.

Bracelet

• 4

  Measure the circumference of your wrist. Cut a piece of metallic ribbon that is as long as the circumference of your wrist. Cut a piece of cloth ribbon that is two inches longer than the metallic ribbon.

• 5

  Pull the sides of the metallic ribbon apart until it is 1 inch wider than the cloth ribbon. Fit the metallic ribbon over the cloth ribbon until there is one inch of cloth ribbon sticking out of each end of the metallic ribbon. Tie a knot in the bracelet one-half inch from one end of the metallic ribbon.

• 6

  Hold the bracelet so the knotted end points downward. Drop crystal beads into the open end of the metallic ribbon so they fill the space between it and the cloth ribbon. Add beads until they are one-half inch from the open end of the metallic ribbon. Knot the bracelet above the beads. Knot the ends of the cloth ribbon around your wrist to fasten your bracelet.