Beaded Lanyard Instructions
Learn How to Make Lanyards
Here, find illustrated lanyard
instructions for making many lanyards with beads - neck lanyard, badge lanyard,
jewelry lanyards, fancy lanyards and more!
If you are familiar with lanyards, you can
skip the intro and go straight to the
instructions for making various styles of lanyards.
A lanyard is simply a rope or cord used to secure or carry something.
In the early 1600s, sailors used lanyards to tie down items on ships.
By the 1800s , military men wore lanyards around their waist, and
later around their neck, to carry knives concealed from their enemy.
Today, we wear neck lanyards and wrist lanyards to carry keys,
eyeglasses, badges, cell phones, IDs or purses as well as a host of other items.
The Anatomy of a Neck Lanyard
The common length of many of today's fashion neck lanyards is 36" (91.4 cm).
But, the beauty of making lanyards is that you can
customize the length to suit your tastes and height.
Bead Neck Lanyard
In the picture above, you can see the typical parts of a neck lanyard...
- Necklace (cat's eye beads)
- Cinch (decorative glass bead and sterling silver rondelles)
- Drop (length of beads that holds the clip)
- Lanyard Clip (typical swivel lobster claw clip)
You can finish the end of a lanyard with many
different types of lanyard clips or holders.
Uses of Neck Lanyards
Of course, a neck lanyard is loved for its practicality and popular uses for
neck lanyards are to carry eyeglasses and badges or IDs.
With these easy illustrated lanyard instructions, you'll learn to
make your own...
- Badge lanyards
- Eyeglass lanyards
- Badge and eyeglass holder lanyard
We'll also learn two ways to make jewelry safety lanyards.
Make Fashion Lanyards
But, wait...A lanyard can make a fashion statement too! So, we'll also make
fashion lanyards to include...
- Decorative lanyards
- Fancy lanyards
- Jewelry lanyards
- Ribbon lanyards
- Wrist lanyards
Stringing Materials for Beaded Jewelry Lanyards
To make our fashion and jewelry lanyards we will take a few jewelry
design liberties with the traditional rope or cord used to make utilitarian
lanyards.
In addition to beads, we'll use a lot of stringing materials to make our bead lanyards...
- Beading wire
- Decorative trim such as velvet roping
- Jewelry chain
- Leather and suede cord
- Ribbon
- Wire
You can also use most any other stringing material that's used to string beads.
Making Lanyards
So, don't just make a simple functional lanyard made of dull looking
strapping material.
Make a beaded jewelry lanyard that expresses your sense
of style!
With easy illustrated lanyard instructions you can make a whole wardrobe of
fashionable fancy lanyards.
Make a lanyard to wear with every outfit or each day of the week!
Now, go grab your jewelry making tools (you only need a few), fire up your imagination
and let's make some bead lanyards!...
These beaded lanyard jewelry making instructions will teach you to make lanyards in
many different styles. And...
Each beaded lanyard pattern is different!
Have fun beading each gorgeous bead lanyard.
Learn the basic steps of
how to make a lanyard with basic bead stringing techniques and supplies from arts and craft stores.
Learn
how to make lanyards that cinch in the middle to showcase a focal bead. Show off
your beautiful lampwork beads, Pandora™ style beads or Murano® glass beads!
With these
lanyard making instructions make a lanyard with a
beaded lanyard pattern that uses chip beads in a design that will
suit most any business attire!
This
beaded lanyard is no ordinary lanyard. It's a jewelry lanyard! Learn
jewelry making techniques to make your lanyards as jewelry lanyards.
Need to keep your eyeglasses at the ready?
Learn how to make a beaded eyeglass lanyard. Be eyeglass chic at the office or home!
Back to Introduction of What is a Lanyard
Illustrated lanyard instructions make making lanyards easy.
And, it's
fun to let our creativity flow...The design possibilites for beaded
jewelry lanyards seem endless.
I'll bet your co-workers and friends will want you to make a bead lanyard for them!
Wanda
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