Make a Necklace with a Mother-of-Pearl Pendant

• 1). Cut off about 18 inches of flexible beading wire.
  
  
• 2). Use a bead board to create a pattern for the simulated glass pearls you are going to string on the necklace. Select colors for your pattern that are complementary to the hue of your mother of pearl pendant, such as shades of light pink simulated pearls to match a pendant of this color.
  
  
• 3). Place the pendant on the center of the beading wire.
  
  
• 4). String the simulated glass pearls following the pattern you created on the beading board.
  
  
• 5). Attach both sides of the clasp to each end of the beading wire by using jewelry pliers.
  
  
• 6). Try on the necklace before wearing it out of the house to ensure that it is sturdy.
  
  

Make a Necklace with Glass Crystal Beads

• 1). Cut off about 18 inches of flexible beading wire.
  
  
• 2). Use a bead board to create a pattern for your glass crystal beads. Place the glass crystal drop pendant on the center of the beading board, and determine where the other beads will go in the pattern Create a pattern such as using one large round bead, one oval bead, one large oval bead, one oval bead, then repeat the pattern up both sides of the necklace.
  
  
• 3). Place the pendant on the center of the beading wire. String the rest of the beads up both sides of the necklace following the pattern you created on the bead board.
  
  
• 4). Attach both sides of the clasp to each end of the beading wire by using the jewelry pliers.
  
  
• 5). Try on the necklace before wearing it out of the house to ensure that it is sturdy.