Jeweled Bead Cap Tutorial
 

Hi ya'll!

The bead cap tutorial is ready. One thing changed in regards to the materials. Instead of needing seven feet of 26 gauge wire, you'll only need four. After redesigning the cap about four different ways, I found a way to save a tiny bit of material cost. . .The good news is that by doing so, the cap is prettier too.

Here's a picture of the cap the finsihed cap that I made while writing the tutorial. . .


The tutorial is for the bead cap only, not the bead or the pendant assembly.

Technical info:
Format: PDF
No. of Pages: 7
File size: Less than 1MB
Pictures: 29
Cost: $7.00

Please visit this link for preview and purchasing info.

Hope you all enjoy it!

Thanks!

This is beautiful thanks for taking the time to write the tut.

My pleasure, Tracy. Hope you enjoy it!

I just got mine. Can't wait to try it.Thank you so much.

Umajoy

Ohh ... this is going to be fun to play with ! Thanks Lydia for putting this together !!

Thanks Lorraine and Umajoy!!!

I"m getting mine as soon as my money makes it to the bank which should be tomorrow. In the mean time, I'm going to make some beads to use with it. LOL! You do beautiful awsome work Lydia!

Thank you Jewlie! Congrats on your new tut also. . .Your bracelet is beautiful!

Thank you Lydia! I'm making my bead cap right now. I'm using copper until my silver order comes in, so if I mess this up then I wont cry if I have to take it apart. LOL! Its going good so far. Thank you for doing this tutorial! Its great!

Thanks a bunch Jewlie! I almost always do prototype stuff in copper. Saves me bunches of money and lots of tears!

I have so been looking forward to this. I'm such a wire-wrap tut ho.

Gotta order some more wire.

~Rachelle :-D

I want to order it but with funds tight right now . It will have to wait. :pout:
Ill just have to drool over everyones bead caps.
Please post what you did with them. I love pictures.

Lydia! Thank you for such a wonderful tutorial. I just finished my first bead cap and love it. Its much simpler then yours without the gem stones (I didn't have the right color stone for my bead.) and of course I added a touch of copper but its exactly what my bead needed. Oh! Your tutorial was sooo easy to follow too. Perfect! Thank you so much!

Thank you Jewlie!!!! I'm so glad that you found it easier to follow. I wish I had some kind of cool drafting software for tut projects like this one. It was incredibly tough to illustrate.

I took a pic of my bead cap and thought I would share. I had fun making this. Thank you Lydia!

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Thank you, Jewlie! You did a beautiful job!!! :-)

OMG, Julie, that's awesome! You made it more simple to match your style...wow!

Wait until you see what I did with my bead cap :-D

Not showing until I do a liver of sulphur bath...but soon!

~Rachelle

Thank you Lydia and Rachelle! I can't wait to see yours Rachelle!

OK. Here they are...Interestingly enough, neither have anything to do with lampwork...

I started out just wanting to make the bead cap...and used copper---so intriguing! Then I realized I didn't actually have any beads big enough for it...and wasn't about to make one that big (tanked oxy is expensive y'know). I had other plans for it but the bracelet base from Julie's tutorial was just sitting there...one thing led to another and...

I just LOVE wearing it...

A friend of mine has some really huge faceted gemstone beads and when I saw them the first thing that popped into my mind was Lydia's woven bead cap! So I made one in all sterling, laced on some rubies, Swarovski rondelles, and silver beads...voilá!


I'll make more, there are some things I want to try...

~Rachelle

Wow your bracelet is gorgeous Rachelle.

Debbie

It is gorgeous! I love the pendant also! WOW!

WOWZERS those are gorgeous! Well done Rachelle