If you have ever longed to create jewelry, then this is the essay for you! Making jewelry is tricky, but when you learn the basics it can get extremely easy. Plus, they are fantastic Christmas presents for family or friends! All you would have to do is insert the necklace or bracelet in a bag, place the bag in a box and wrap it.

 

Once you think about it, you won’t need a lot, or a lot of the materials it would take to make a beautiful piece of jewelry. Now, before you start, you are going to need a list of the items you will require for your masterpiece. What you will have to find is a foot-long, skinny copper strand that you can still bend into shape, a quartz crystal that is indented so the metal will stay, tiny thread or embroidery string, pliers, and skinny fingers.

 

As soon as you have all of your materials, you can start on making the necklace you've been waiting for. To start off the process, you'll want to find a part of the quartz that you want to cover. I would recommend using the area that has the most dents and its sides. After you find the right spot, you may be required to wrap the metallic wire around the beautiful stone. Immediately following you will have to take each tip of the copper, put them each through the bottom on opposite sides of the crystal. Then, use the pliers to pull the end through the top of the rings and do it again, making a plus sign at the top of the crystal, cutting the copper off after. As soon as you get a secure cross at the top of the crystal, use your leftover cover and weave it through the tip of the cross, eventually getting the weave near the middle of the extra copper. Then, twist the two ends into a circle that will fit around your thinnest finger, but not too tight.

 

Next, place the thread through the loop you've created. You may want to tie a knot on your loop. That way the crystal won't slide all over the string. After you have a secure knot at the loop, you'll want to make a knot at the ends. You can make it be as simple as tying the ends together. You could also make it as complicated as a loop on one end that slides down the other end which has two knots that limit how close the string can get to your neck.

 

Now that you're done with your necklace, you can go ahead and twist-tie the string to the crystal, put it in a box and mail it to someone. Or you could do it I did and put it in an advent calendar of December for a younger family member. Either way, whoever you send it to will appreciate the hard work and thought that you put into it.