Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Stay safe at home and give your sweetheart a hand crafted gift they will love. Tell your true love that we are in this together! We have some flirty jewelry making ideas for you. These darling beading projects are super simple to make and your beloved will adore them. Let's sling Cupid's arrows and celebrate a day of secret admirers and chocolate kisses.
Today, we have four easy jewelry making ideas using our Soft Flex Trios Beading Wire Packs. The first three projects are easy enough for a beginner beader, the last one is a stunning macrame bracelet. If you do not know how to macrame, check out the video and you might learn a new hobby! As a bonus, we have included printable Valentine's Day cards and Valentine's Day wrapping paper. Be the best cherub on the block on this happy holiday!
Valentine Passion Design Kit
Happy hearts are all aflutter!
Embrace the most fiery holiday of the year. Valentine's Day is a day of explosive passion and vivid tones. You are going to adore this bouquet of romantic colors! You will be wild about the mystic purples. Watch them dance with rosy reds. You will be smitten with the sweet brass accents and the brilliant gold pops! This design kit is for the lovesick, the infatuated, and the head over heels in love. Flirt with your loved one this year, make them a handcrafted forget-me-not!
Sara will be doing a live broadcast on the Soft Flex Facebook page, with the Valentine Passion Design Kit, on Wednesday, January 27th at 3pm (PST).
If you'd like to join us in the design challenge next month, buy this kit and challenge yourself to try something new and unexpected. If you are new to beading, this kit comes with findings, beads, wire, and surprises.
Our kits are great for skill building. We want our kits to feel challenging. We want them to be accessible for beginners and advanced designers alike, but we love to throw in elements that may seem difficult to test our beaders skills and make them think out of the box. We think jewelry is great when it is easy. But when you really have to engage your mind and process your materials and tools, we think that your jewelry has the potential to be life changing.
Supplies are very limited. Don’t miss out!
Handmade Valentine's Day Jewelry Project Ideas
Be My Valentine Trios Beading Wire Pack
Our first beading project is a simple set of earrings. We used our Be My Valentine Trios collection to create these cute pop punk hearts. If you know how to crimp your beading wire to finish a design, this project will be super easy to make. If you want to use your own colors, go for it.
Be My Valentine Trios! For this collection, we included Pink Rhodochrosite, Pink Tourmaline, and Spinel.
Be My Valentine Trios Beading Wire Set - 20" each color
3x3mm Sterling Silver Crimp Tubes - 4 pcs
Sterling Silver Heart
Ear Wires - 1 pair
Cutters
Mighty Crimping Pliers
Instructions
Finished Size: 2"
Step 1: Cut 4 five inch lengths of wire in each of the 3 colors. Arrange the wires into 4 piles containing 1 strand of each color. Choose 2 piles of wire and set the other 2 piles aside.
Step 2: Hold all 6 wire ends together and use them to string 1 crimp tube. Adjust the wires and crimp about 1 1/2 inches from the end.
Click here for crimping instructions. Trim 5 of the 6 wires at the crimp.
Step 3: Bend 3 wires to the left and 3 wires to the right to create the heart shape. Use 3 of the wires to string 1 ear wire.
Step 4: Use all 6 wire ends and the uncut strand from Step 2 to string 1 crimp tube. Adjust the crimp so that there is about 2 1/2 inches of wire on each side of the heart and the one strand in the middle is about 1 inch. Crimp the crimp tube and trim the excess wire.
Step 5: Repeat Steps 2-4 for a second earring.
Romance Trios Beading Wire Pack
Romance Trios will leave you moonstruck. The collection has the pulsing vivid color of your favorite childhood package of candy hearts. Add a little glow to your wrist with this colorful bracelet. Make your design just like ours or add beads for even more fun. A swirling mix of seed beads will add a cute accent!
Romance Trios includes White Quartz, Pink Rhodochrosite, and Garnet Colors.
Romance Trios Beading Wire Pack
2x2mm Soft Flex Sterling Silver Seamless Crimp Tubes - 20 pcs
Crimping Pliers
Flush Cutters
Instructions
Step 1: Cut five 4" lengths of wire in two different colors for the big links. You should have a total of ten 4" lengths of wire. Cut ten 2 " lengths of wire.
Step 2: String the crimp onto a 4" length of wire. Make a 1/2" loop and string the wire through the crimp again. Make a 5/8" loop and string the tail of the wire through the crimp. The wire passed through the crimp 3 times. Crimp the tube using the crimping pliers and cut off excess wire.
Click here for crimping instructions. Create five of these components in two different colors for a total of ten big links.
Step 3: Use a 2" length of wire to connect two of the large components made in two different colors. String a crimp onto your wire. String the wire through the middle of each of the large components. Make a 1/4" loop and string the tail of the wire back through the crimp. Crimp the tube using the crimping pliers and cut off excess wire.
Step 4: Continue to connect all big links with the 2" lengths of wire.
Step 5: This bracelet will have some spring to it and should fit over your hand. You can change the size by adding links or removing links. You can make it more interesting by adding beads or make several and mix up the colors for big or small links. This design is a great way to use up leftover pieces of wire so that you can use just about every bit from the trio.
Mystical Trios Beading Wire Pack
Is there anything more mystical than the color purple? We think this tone is magical. And we paired it with otherworldly colors to create our Mystical Trios pack. Make a little Valentine's Day magic with this wizardly blend of color. This mystical necklace will look amazing on your special someone!
Mystical Trios include Spinel, Pink Tourmaline, and Purple Amethyst.
Mystical Trios Beading Wire Set
30x8mm Sterling Silver Hook and Eye
Clasp - 1 pcs
22x10mm Sterling Silver Grape Connectors - 3 pcs
5mm Silver Filled Jump Rings - 4 pcs
22-gauge 2" Sterling Silver Eye Pins - 6 pcs
3x3mm Soft Flex Sterling Silver Crimp Tubes - 3 pcs
4mm Pink CZ Rondelles - 36 pcs
4mm Amethyst
CZ Rondelles - 12 pcs
7x5mm Lavender CZ Briolettes - 24 pcs
10x7mm
Pink Tourmaline Carved Leaves - 12 pcs
9x5mm
Amethyst Matte Pebbles - 12 pcs
12mm
Amethyst Simple Cut Stones - 6 pcs
Mighty Crimping Pliers
Cutters
Chain Nose Pliers
Round Nose Pliers
Bead Stoppers
Instructions
Finished size: 19 1/4"
Step 1: Use one 8" piece of Spinel wire, one 8" piece of Pink Tourmaline wire, and one 8" piece of Amethyst wire to string 1 crimp tube. Place a Bead Stopper at one end of the wires.
Step 2: Use one end of the Spinel wire to string 6 pink CZ rondelles. Use one end of the Pink Tourmaline wire to string 2 Pink Tourmaline leaves. Use one end of the Amethyst wire to string 1 lavender CZ briolette, 1 amethyst CZ rondelle, 2 lavender CZ briolettes, 1 amethyst CZ rondelle, and 1 lavender CZ briolette. Place a Bead Stopper at the end of all three wires.
Step 3: Remove the Bead Stopper used in Step 1. Repeat Step 2 using the other ends of the wires. Center the crimp tubes on the wires. Remove one Bead Stopper and pass the wires back through the crimp tube. Remove the other Bead Stopper and pass back through the crimp tube to create a Figure 8 with the wires. Crimp the tube, making sure to waste as little wire as possible.
Click here for crimping instructions.
Step 4: Repeat Steps 1-3 twice for a total of three Figure 8 links.
Step 5: Use 2 jump rings to attach the hook half of the clasp to one end of one Figure 8 link, making sure to place the jump rings halfway between the beads on the link.
Step 6: Attach 1 eye pin to the other end of the Figure 8 link, making sure to place the eye pin halfway between the beads on the link. String 1 Amethyst pebble, 1 Amethyst simple cut stone, and 1 Amethyst pebble. Form a wire wrapped loop that attaches to one end of one grape link. Attach 1 eye pin to one end of a second Figure 8 link. String 1 Amethyst pebble, 1 Amethyst simple cut stone, and 1 Amethyst pebble. Form a wire wrapped loop that attaches to the other end of the grape link.
Step 7: Repeat Step 6 to attach the second and third Figure 8 links.
Step 8: Attach 1 eye pin to the other end of the third Figure 8 link. String 1 Amethyst pebble, 1 Amethyst simple cut stone, and 1 Amethyst pebble. Form a wire wrapped loop that attaches to 1 grape link. Use the remaining eye pin to string 1 Amethyst pebble, 1 Amethyst simple cut stone, and 1 Amethyst pebble. Form a wire wrapped loop that attaches to the other end of the grape link.
Step 9: Use 2 jump rings to attach the loop of the last eye pin used to the hook half of the clasp.
Soft Flex Dark Heart Trios Beading Wire Pack
Explore the underworld. Valentine's Day can be a candied kiss blown from randy Romeo. Or, it can be a dance with the darkness. Our Dark Hearts Trios is an sophisticated look at the holiday. Mature colors and mature themes. This is a gothic collection for the people that do not want the buoyant colorways of the holiday, but do love the adult sensual side. For this project, we designed a macrame bracelet.
Dark Hearts Trios include Garnet, Black Onyx, and Pink Tourmaline.
Soft Flex Beading Wire is incredibly strong. Our beading wire is comprised of marine quality stainless steel. It is hard to imagine such a sturdy wire having the flexibility of thread, but our wire is so supple, you can actually knot it! Soft Flex is perfect for your next macrame or kumihimo project! Plus, our beading wire is available in a rainbow of colors. Show your wire on your next macrame design!
Dark Heart Trios Beading Wire Pack
Dark Heart Bead Mix
Mini Macrame Board
2x2mm Crimp Tubes in Sterling Silver Black Oxidized
Anna's Clasp Set
Cutters
Crimping Pliers
Valentine Cards
Click here to download the Valentine Cards.
Valentine Gift Wrap Sheet 8x10
Art by Damien Shay and Kristen Fagan
Click here to download the Valentine Gift Wrap Sheet.
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Blog contributor Thomas Soles loves Jazz Age writers and crunchy french fries. His favorite gemstones are Lapis and Pietersite. His favorite hobby is day dreaming. And his favorite mustache is Freddie Mercury's. As you can see, he has a healthy (or possibly unhealthy) sense of humor. You can write to him at Thomas@SoftFlexCompany.com