TUTORIAL:

You never know what to do with those left-over beads – you know, the orphan beads which usually get gathered in a box, waiting for that inspired day we'll know what to do with "bead soup". This tutorial shows how to use those leftover beads to make this very fashionable and trendy pendant. The effect is similar to a mosaic, or a collage of beads.
Due to the random-quality of this design, the results never come out quite identical.

• 3.5 feet of 26 ga soft wire
• 5 1/3 inches (13cm) of 16 ga soft wire (optional: silver frame in teardrop or other shape)
• 4 inches 24 ga wire
• 1 ½ feet of 28 or 26 ga wire (scraps of 4 inches are ok)
• 25 to 25 beads of varying sizes and shapes
• between 3 and 8mm – glass
• crystals or stone
• 10 to 15 silver beads of varying sizes
• between 2 and 4mm
• 9 3mm garnets for bail

• Flush wire cutter
• Chain nose pliers
• Round nose pliers
• 1 to 2 inch thick mandrel or wooden dowel
• Metallic hammer
• Anvil or metallic surface
• Sewing pin