We challenged the Beads Unlimited creatives to put their skills to the test with the latest summer berry bead colours and metall

What you need...

• KIT ITEMS Rounds, matt wood, 15mm: light pink (WDB22) x 10; violet (WDB13) x 10, Donut pendants, aluminium, square, 40mm (ALJE1) x 2, Wire, 0.6mm, aqua (CLW0625) x 1, Donut pendants, aluminium, chunky round, 35mm (ALJD5) x 3, Pearls, glass, 16mm: turquoise (GLHP16) x 2; magenta (GLHP16-12) x 2, Wire, 0.6, aqua (CLW0625) x 1, Pearls, glass, 16mm, turquoise (GLHP16) x 5, Rounds, matt wood, 15mm, sky blue (WDB29) x 5, Donut pendant, aluminium: chunky round, 35mm (ALJD5) x 2; square, 40mm (ALJE1) x 4
  
  
  EXTRAS Jump rings, silverplated, 7mm (JR7SP) x 1 pack of 15, Ribbon crimp, silverplated, 7mm x 5mm (RCRSP) x 4, Clasp, trigger, silverplated, 10mm x 6mm (TRGSP) x 2, Ribbon, organza, hot pink, 12mm (RNOG1212) x 3m, Jump rings, silverplated, 5mm (JR5SP) x 1 pack of 25, Eye pins, silver-plated (EPSP) x 1 pack of 12, Clasp, trigger, silver-plated, 15mm (TRG15SP) x 1, Chain, heavy, silverplated (CHHSP) x 1m, Chain, light, silverplated, (CHLSP) x 2m, Jump rings, silverplated, 5mm (JR5SP) x 1 packet of 25, Eye pins, silver-plated (EPSP) x 2 packs of 12, Ballwires, silverplated (LBWSP) x 1 pack of 6, Clasp, trigger, silver-plated, 15mm (TRG15SP) x 1
  

instructions

1. Necklace - 1. Cut 45cm of aqua wire and wrap tightly around a chunky round donut pendant. Join the ends together by twisting with pliers and bend in any sharp edges. With roundnosed pliers, tweak each loop of wire to tighten and add a decorative element. Make two more in the same way.
   
   2. Thread a turquoise pearl onto an eye pin, trim to 1cm, bend into a loop and close. Repeat with one more turquoise and two magenta beads. Open a 5mm jump ring, attach to one end of a blue beaded eye pin and loop it through the wrapped wire on an aluminium pendant at 12 o’clock. Close the jump ring.
   
   3. Loop the next jump ring through the wire at 3 o’clock, attach a pink beaded eye pin and close. Join the next donut pendant just outside the centre on both sides with a pink beaded eye pin. Add the last donut pendant and blue beaded eye pin to mirror the first.
   
   4. Cut two 15cm lengths of heavy chain and attach one to each side of the blue beaded eye pins with a jump ring. Attach a jump ring to one end of the chain and a jump ring with trigger clasp to the other.
   

2. Make it yours - Use a simple wirework technique plus chain lengths to give your jewellery a decorative element. why not make earrings too?