Curb your sugar cravings with jane kharade's gorgeous confectionery themed jewellery!

What you need...

• BEADS Xilion crystals, SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS, 4mm, pinks mix, Crystals, flat back, SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS, 3mm, fuchsia, rose, light rose x 16, Silver, round, plain: 4mm (NVQ D04X) x 11; 7mm (NVQ D07) x 16
  
  FINDINGS Chain: belcher, silver, round, 5.5mm links (WVB 300); cable, silver, plain oval (WVT 205), Jump rings, silver, heavy: 5mm (NVH H50); 10mm (NVH H10), Clasps, toggle, large, silver (SF129), Necklet ends, silver (J51), Monofilament, beading, nylon LS59, Crimps, silver (J50), Wire, silver-plated, 0.4mm (D4), Head pins, silver, 25mm (SF13) Eye pins, silver, 25mm (SF12), Keyring finding
  
  TOOLS Pliers: round-nosed; flat-nosed, Cutters, wire, Rolling pin, plastic, Pencil and paper, Mat, cutting, Clay, polymer, Fimo: raspberry; white; peppermint; cognac; black, Scalpel, Wire brush, Epoxy resin, two part, Needle, beading, fine, Cocktail stick
  

instructions

1. Candy Necklace - 1. Roll out two long thick sausages of peppermint and white clay. Lay them side by side and twist together so that the colours blend, creating a stripy effect with several shades. Cut them into five 20mm beads and place them on a baking tray.
   
   2. Roll out two thin sausages of white and raspberry clay, lay them together and twist together so that the colours blend to form different coloured stripes as before. Coil the pink and white sausages to create four sweets, push a 3mm pink crystal into the centre of each and add to the baking tray.
   
   3. Put the beads in the fridge to firm up for an hour, to stop them becoming misshapen whilst the hole is added. After taking them out, push a fine beading needle through each one, then repeat with a cocktail stick to gently open the holes up. Oven bake the beads on a baking tray lined with a sheet of aluminium foil, following the manufacturer’s instructions.
   
   4. Cut a long length of monofilament, twice the length you want for your necklace and double it up for extra strength. Thread on a crimp and pass the monofilament back through it, pull taut then tie several tight knots and use flatnosed pliers to flatten the crimp. Slip on a necklet end, making sure to apply a dab of glue into the cup before closing, to stop the knots unravelling. Secure a 5mm jump ring and the bar end of a toggle clasp onto the loop of the necklet end.
   
   5. Thread a selection of pink crystals onto the monofilament up to 4cm or a length to suit, followed by a 7mm silver ball, a crystal, a silver ball, a peppermint clay bead, a silver ball, a pink clay bead, a silver ball, a peppermint bead, a silver ball, a pink bead, a silver ball and a peppermint bead. Mirror this beading sequence for the other half of the necklace, finishing with a crimp bead. Pass the end of the monofilament back through the crimp and knot before flattening the crimp as before, then trim the excess. Apply a blob of glue before adding a second necklet end and closing tightly. Attach the ring of the toggle clasp to this with a 5mm jump ring to finish.
   

2. Make it yours - Substitute the pink crystals with browns and russets for a totally chocolate creation, or try a multicoloured set using jelly babies made from polymer clay.