$10 Tuesday – Cascading Bloom Pendant

Cascading Bloom Pendantby Heather PowersSupply List1 teal 14mm disk bead (humblebeads)1 olive green faceted 6mm glass rondell1 flat 5mm spacer1 tulip bead cap3 faceted teal pearls1 gunmetal eyepin3 gunmetal ball headpin18″ gunmetal chain with clasp1 gunmetal tassel (Rings & Things)(All other gunmetal findings can be found at Rings & Things or Hobby Lobby. Tulip from the Chocolate Cat. For pearls and glass visit your local bead store or use what you have on hand!)

Step 1: Thread the eyepin through the tulip. Open the eyepin and slip the tassel through the loop, close eye pin.

Step 2. Pull the eyepin with the tassel through the tulip. String on the disk bead, flat spacer and glass bead. Wire wrap a loop on the top. (Directions here.)Step 3: On the the headpin, string the pearl. Trim the wire to a 1/4″ and use round nose pliers to create a loop. Repeat two times.
Step 4. Open the loop on the pearl dangle and attach to one of the ends of the chain. Repeat with the other two dangles.

Step 5: Thread the dangle through the chain.Have a little extra coin and want the $20 version? Visit my blog for a lariat using the flower pendants. A tip on buying materials for this project: Rings & Things offers discounts if you buy larger quantities, I always stock up when I place an order to get the best discount. Also, if you have a Hobby Lobby in your area watch out for their 50% off sale on their basic findings.