Get set for summer with Brenda Harvey's dyed agate necklace, bracelet and earrings set

What you need...

• BEADS: Pearls, freshwater, peach: 6/7mm; 9/10mm, Gemstone chips, turquoise, Agate slice, aqua, Amazonite chips, large, Bicones
  
  SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS: Beads: 4mm, clear crystal, topaz, light peach, light smoked topaz; 6mm, copper
  
  FINDINGS: Wire, silver-plated, 0.6mm, Charm bracelet, elasticated, silver, Head pins, silver-plated, Chain, silver-plated, Earwires, kidney, Jump rings, silver-plated, 5mm
  
  TOOLS: Pliers: flat-nosed; round-nosed; nylon-jaw, Cutters, wire

instructions

1. How To... Make a Bead Drop - Thread your chosen selection of beads onto a head pin. Trim the wire to 1cm above the beads, bend to a 90° angle with round-nosed pliers, then form a loop in the end but do not fully close.

2. Earrings - Make a single bead drop (see How To...) using a 6mm copper crystal, a turquoise chip, a 6/7mm peach freshwater pearl, a turquoise chip, a 4mm light peach crystal, and another turquoise chip. Hook the open loop through a kidney earwire, close the loop with round-nosed pliers and gently squeeze the earwire into position to prevent the dropper from moving. Repeat to make a pair.

3. Make it yours - Choose agate slices that have uneven edges with lots of indentations as this will make it easier to wrap the wire around them.