Sunset earrings

With our new tutorial, learn how to create a superb cascade of beads with ease. Play with the shapes, sizes and colours of the beads to create a beautiful harmony. Here we've chosen beads in shades of orange, reminiscent of the colour of the Carnelian cabochons and the beautiful sunsets at the end of summer. You can reproduce this design exactly as it is or personalise it with our range of natural stones and Bohemian beads. Do you like it? Follow all our detailed steps below. Beautiful creation!
You will need :
bohemian beads in a range of shapes and sizes eye nails flat head nails pendants discs 8mm cabochon holders 8mm cabochons 4mm rings UHU glue jewellery-making pliers

With our new tutorial, learn how to create a superb cascade of beads with ease. Play with the shapes, sizes and colours of the beads to create a beautiful harmony.

Here we've chosen beads in shades of orange, reminiscent of the colour of the Carnelian cabochons and the beautiful sunsets at the end of summer.

You can reproduce this design exactly as it is or personalise it with our range of natural stones and Bohemian beads.

Do you like it? Follow all our detailed steps below.

Beautiful creation!

You will need :

bohemian beads in a range of shapes and sizes
eye nails
flat head nails
pendants
discs 8mm cabochon holders
8mm cabochons
4mm rings
UHU glue
jewellery-making pliers

Assembly:

Watch the video tutorial at the bottom of the page!

To begin with, choose your beads and don't be afraid to play with different shades. You can opt for a harmony of similar colours or play with contrasts. We used 6x8mm beads for the top of the waterfall and then we added smaller and smaller beads for the bottom. This adds lightness to the assembly.

As for the quantity of beads, we've made sure that you only need to buy one strand of beads of each shape to make this model.

Mounting beads (for an earring):

To begin, mount 7 faceted 8x6mm olive beads on eye studs. Be careful to form a large enough loop to be easily connected to the disc pendant. Your assembly should remain flexible!

Here we've made 7 chains of cascading beads, but you can adapt the number as you wish.

Now mount 7 faceted 6mm beads on eye studs. Form loops of similar size and fairly discreet.

Continue in the same way with the 5mm faceted olive beads.

Now attach the beads at the ends to flat head nails.

For a beautiful gradient effect, we played with the number of beads. The result is a beautiful pointed effect.

To do this, assemble the 2 outer studs with, in order, a 2mm bead, a donuts bead and a 2mm bead. Then form the loops.

For the 2nd studs, towards the centre, place a 2mm bead, 2 donut beads and a 2mm bead. Then form the loops.

For the 3rd studs, towards the centre, place a 2mm bead, 3 donut beads and a 2mm bead.Then form the loops.

For the central nail, place a 2mm bead, 4 donut beads and a 2mm bead. Then form the loop.

Cascade the beads...

Then connect all the nails together to create the waterfall.

Open the loops and then connect the nails together.