Beaded Friendship Necklaces
Easy Beaded Jewelry Making Ideas

Give a unique friendship gift. Make simple friendship necklaces with friendship stones.

Choose from several easy to make beaded necklace designs. Unique friendship jewelry make great best friend gifts!

Make and give a beaded necklace to your best friend! Or...

Make it to sell. I provide a few jewelry selling insights after the last of the beaded jewelry ideas for the necklaces.

What is a Friendship Necklace?

A necklace made with friendship stones, or charms proclaiming friendship. It is popular to give or exchange one in honor of Friendship Day.

Though it can be made from many materials, a beaded friendship necklace is usually a simple necklace made of chain, leather or other stringing material and friendship stones.

What are Friendship Stones?

Namely, the gemstones lapis lazuli and tigers eye.

Traditionally, tigers eye was given as a gift between romantic partners. Today, it has become one of the symbols given on International Friendship Day.

Since ancient times Lapis has been regarded by many people, including metaphysicians, as a stone of truthful communication or friendship.

Friendship Celebrations

Though friendship stones or necklaces may certainly be given at anytime, a lot of people give and/or exchange them on days set aside to celebrate our wonderful treasure called friendship...

• International Friendship Month - February
• Friendship Day - first Sunday of August
• Women's Friendship Day - third Sunday of August
• Old Friends, New Friends Week - third week of May

Beaded Friendship Necklace Designs

Here are a few beaded jewelry ideas to spark your creativity...

Friendship Necklaces Made with Tigers Eye

Beaded Jewelry Design Idea One

Perhaps the simple way to make a friendship necklace is to purchase finished chain and donut style tigers eye beads. Simply thread the chain through the hole in the tigers eye donut bead.

Easy to Make Beaded Friendship Necklace Designs
with Jewelry Making Instructions

Beaded Jewelry Design Idea Two

Bead Jewelry Instructions

• Using scissors, cut two 8" (20.3 cm) pieces of leather cord.
• Attach a hook and eye set to one end of each cord, making a clasp.
• Attach an eye connector to the other end of each cord.
• Using wire cutters, cut a length of 18 gauge soft round wire (or a gauge size that fits through the hole in your bead).
• Using round nose pliers, make a wire loop on one end.
• Connect the wire loop to one of the eye connectors.
• Thread on a bead.
• Make a wire loop and connect it to the second eye connector end

Beaded Jewelry Design Idea Three

Bead Jewelry Instructions

• Using wire cutters, cut a desired length of unfinished chain (here I cut 18" (45.7 cm)).
• Using split ring pliers, attach a split ring to each end.
• Attach a spring ring clasp to one of the split rings.
• Using wire cutters, cut a length of 16 gauge soft round wire (or a gauge size that fits through the hole in your bead).
• Using a chasing hammer (or household hammer), hammer the tip of the wire.
• Thread on a bead.
• Using round nose pliers, make a simple wire loop on one end. For extra security, make a double wire loop. Simply loop the wire around the round nose pliers twice.
• Attach two jump rings (for extra security and strength) to the wrapped loop.
• Attach the two jump rings to the center link of the chain.

Friendship Beaded Necklaces Made with Lapis

Beaded Jewelry Design Idea Four

Bead Jewelry Instructions

• Using wire cutters, cut a desired length of unfinished chain (here I cut 24" (61 cm)).
• Using split ring pliers, attach a split ring to one end.
• Attach a lobster claw clasp to the split ring.
• Thread bead onto a head pin. Using round nose pliers, make a simple wire loop above the bead. Make several bead dangles.
• One the second end of the chain, attach a bead dangle to a link of chain along a 2 - 3" (5.1 - 7.6 cm) length of the chain.
• Clasp the necklace by securing the lobster claw clasp to the length above the top bead dangle, or anywhere along the length of the chain.

This bead necklace design can be worn a number of ways: as shown or as a choker length with a long dangle or as a Y necklace. Explore!

Beaded Jewelry Design Idea Five

Bead Jewelry Instructions

• Using wire cutters, cut a desired length of unfinished chain (here I cut 18" (45.7 cm)).
• Using split ring pliers, attach a split ring to each end.
• Attach a spring ring clasp to one of the split rings.
• Using wire cutters, cut a length of 20 gauge soft round wire (or a gauge size that fits through the hole in your bead) long enough to make the wrapped loop with a long tail wire to wrap the top portion of the bead.
• Make a wrapped wire loop.
• Continue to wrap the wire around down around the top of the bead.
• Attach two jump rings (for extra security and strength) to the wrapped loop.
• Attach the two jump rings to the center link of the chain.

Jewelry Selling Insights

People who buy handmade jewelry like to learn interesting details about the jewelry they buy.

Make a handmade romance card and attach it to the necklace or include it inside the packaging.

On the romance card include some of the friendship necklace info from above, a friendship quote or a hand written statement that simply says, "In celebration of our friendship". Use a colored paint pen to write the quote.

Friendship necklaces make lasting unique friendship gifts.

Enjoy making and giving your friendship necklace!

Wanda

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