How to Make a Bird's nest Charm from Beads and wire By Denise Mathew

A project guide to make a bird's nest charm from rice pearls/beads and wire.

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Howto & Style

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• Beads
• ;bird;nest
• ;Bird's;Nest
• ;pearls
• ;wire;work
• ;jewelry
• ;Project

[DeniseMathew1]

Hi, I used about 5-6mm pearls for this project, D

[littlebigdustbunny]

What type of wire is best for this? Dead-Soft, Half-hard, etc.

[DeniseMathew1]

Hi, Thanks for your question. You can really use any type of wire that you have on hand. Different wire will give varying results and the more you play with each one the more you will know what you prefer. For this tutorial I used half hard 24 g sterling silver wire mainly because it maintains its shape a bit better than dead soft making daily wear of the charm easier. Hope this answers your question. D.

[starbucksweety]

What size wire do you use?

[DeniseMathew1]

Hi, Thanks for your question. The size I used in the tutorial is 24g because the pearls I used are tiny with small holes, but it really depends on the size of your beads. You can use a bigger gauge with bigger beads and vice versa.The gauge used will really determine the delicateness of it. Remember to always check that the wire fits through your beads. Hope this is helpful, D.

[thecolorpenny]

this is so helpful thank you :D would this be the same way to make a ring too?

[DeniseMathew1]

Hi,

making a ring is a bit different, you would make the nest then attach it to a ring, I will do a tutorial in the future showing how to do this. Thanks for the comment, D

[crazyamielou]

I just made this with 4 pearls for my sister (she has 4 kids) what a fantastic tutorial ... mine turned out perfect ... THANKYOU!!!!!

[kateprice511]

Thank you for the tutorial! This really helped me make a nice charm for my shop.

[zelinine1]

hi. lovely! thank you. can you tell me what size pearls you use here?

[Thablet]

Thank you for sharing this. <3

[Megundi]

To littlebigdustbunny, I would use either half-hard or hard... I wouldn't rely too much on dead soft to hold up to wear over time. It's too pliable.

Thanks for posting this tutorial!

[cmalone20]

I love this video, but the problem I'm having is making the double loop, I just can't seem to get it. Do you have another video showing the double loop or will you make one pleeeeeez.

Thanks

[UmNeverMind]

This is great!!!! I was about to pay $40 for earings on etsy! I am soo thankful you had this tutorial! they were fun to make and exiting to save money!!!!! THANKS

[littlebigdustbunny]

Thanks for answering! I have one more question for you. I'd love to put this on a ring, do you think you could do a tutorial on that? Or maybe shoot me a message with some instructions? :)