Glitter Globe Tutorial

Had lots of fun with this one, ideas have been flying around in my head for weeks. Discounted a lot of ideas because put simply the hole through which you put stuff into the globe is tiny, so I had to be quite selective of what I used because not everything fit. Had one idea to put a paper flower inside, unfortunately though the flower stubbornly refused to fit through the hole. So the idea has been discarded for now, until I can find I better sized flower!

Here is a picture of two designs I have made, the blue glitter globe is the one I'm going to be taking you through how to make and the other is a 80's inspired globe. Normally when I design vintage inspired jewellery I'm thinking more along the lines of the 40's, Victorians and Edwardians but my 80's globe just fit. As soon as I tried the beads inside I knew I wanted it to be inspired by the 80's, the colour combination was perfect and reminded me of track suits and the bright neon's of the make up. click here to buy 80's necklace

 

To make the glitter globe necklace you will need

Glass globe

Beads

Glitter

Stopper bail

Eye hole findings

Chain nose pliers

Wire cutter

 

(the picture was my inspiration for this piece)

 

Step 1.

The first thing is to put the glitter (or anything else your mind can think of) into the globe. If you are using glitter bare in mind that it, even if your very careful, still can get everywhere!

Step 2. 

Glue the lid on. I used super glue for this but anything that bonds glass to metal can be used.

Step 3.

Making your necklace can be as simple as just threading a chain onto the bail end of the lid. In keeping with the picture that inspired me though I decided to add some beading to my design for a bit more interest.
To do this thread your bead on to a eye hole finding, now bend the wire 90 degrees with chain nose pliers then back again to make almost a loop, cut the excess wire off and finish the loop. Do this again but before finishing your loop thread the last bead you made on to the loop, then finish looping the wire. Repeat as many more times as you like until you have your desired length. I like to make them so that the beads starts from collar bone and the rest of the length is chain as I have done with this design. See the pictures below if you got confused reading my instructions for step 3. (I find it hard to explain how to do the loop on a bead, I could show you in 2 minutes but writing it down is harder!)

 

Here is a picture of the finished necklace available now in my store for £12.50. (Click here)

 

Step 4.

Enjoy!