A night at the Copacabana Palace Necklace

• A night at the Copacabana Palace Necklace •

• Materials & Tools •

• 12 Swarovski 6mm Montana blue round crystal beads
• 10 Swarovski 10mm crystal AB roundelles
• 3 Swarovski De Art Montana blue pendants
• 2 Swarovski De Art crystal AB pendants
• 16” gold plated lg oval quick link chain – 340A-360
• 2 quick links med. connectors - 326A-410
• 1 gold plated EZ-crimp lobster clasp
• 5 gold plated round 6mm jump ring – 314A-005
• 2 gold plated oval Scrimp® findings – 307A-014
• 2 gold plated wire guardians™ – 325A-002
• 24 satin silver cube bead bumpers – 522-0516
• 10” 49Strand Beadalon .018” 24k gold plated wire - JW11GP-10
• Beadstrom™ chain nose pliers – 201P-011
• Beadstrom™ Cutter - 201P-015
• Scrimp finding screwdriver EZ-Crimp Pliers - JTEZCRIMP
• Jump Ring Opening Tool - JTJRT

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• Instructions •

1. Cut the Beadalon 24K gold plated wire in half. Insert one end into the end of the EZ-Crimp Lobster clasp finding and crimp the entire length of the EZ-Crimp end with the EZ-Crimp pliers.

2. Begin stringing with 1 bead bumper, 1 Montana sapphire bead, and 1 Crystal AB rondelle. Repeat this pattern until 6 Montana sapphire beads are on, then add 1 more bead bumper.

3. Loosen the screw in the Scrimp Finding with the screwdriver, but do not remove the screw. String the Scrimp Finding onto the strand created in the previous step. Then string on a wire guardian. Repeat these steps on the other side of the necklace and set aside.

4. Open the Quick Links connector with the Beadstrom chain nose pliers on the chain at the 8’th oval ring and remove. Connect one of the wire guardians (and the rest of the strand) to one end of the chain; carefully feed the wire back through the Scrimp Finding making sure to pull out most of the slack in the strand. The bead bumpers will help keep the strand from being stiff with too much pressure. Using the screwdriver tighten the screw in the Scrimp Finding and trim the excess wire. Repeat this step to the opposite end of the chain.

5. Using the remainder of the chain remove 7 links making sure to only open one side of the connector to leave it connected to the ring. Connect 1 ring on the left side of the necklace on the 2’nd oval ring from the beads, then connect another to the 3’rd oval ring, repeat these steps on the left side with 2 more rings.

6. Remove 3 more rings from the remaining chain, again only opening 1 side of the connector. Connect 2 of these removed rings to the center two links of the chain. Connect the final ring to one of these rings. Use 2 Quick Links connectors to connect all 3 of these rings at the center of the necklace to one another;

7. Use the Jump Ring Opening tool and the Beadstrom pliers to open a 6mm round jump ring. Attach it to a Montana Sapphire Swarovski Pendant and then to the center ring on the necklace, then alternate the pendants on the other 4 rings;