DIY | Bohemian Jewellery

Here you find inspirational DIY jewellery in Bohemian style – this summer’s hot trend. Bohemian style is flamboyant, adventurous and unique. This is why you can combine colours, gemstones and chains just as you please.

You will have to make a lot of loops so the semi-precious stones can be hanged on earwires and hoops. The next step is to fasten the loops with wire which is wound around the earwires or hoops.

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Tools:
For our sample jewellery we made all the loops with round-nose pliers. You can find instructions in our DIY guide The famous “loop”. There we use the following tools:

Round-nose pliers
Chain-nose pliers
Flat-nose pliers
Side-cutter pliers

Alternatively, you can use special looping pliers. Click here to read our instructions on how to use the looper.

DIY Earrings with gemstone pendants

We used the following materials to assemble these earrings:

• 1 pair of large earwires, open teardrops, gilded sterling silver
• ca. 40cm wire, 0.4mm, gilded sterling silver
• 2 long brushed rectangles, gilded sterling silver
• 2 rustic curved teardrops, gilded sterling silver
• 10cm cable chain AR30, gilded sterling silver
• 12 headpins with pad, gilded sterling silver
• jumprings, 3mm, gilded sterling silver
• jumprings, 4mm, gilded sterling silver
• various semi-precious stones

First you decide where you want to attach the different parts on the earwire. Then you thread the gemstone beads on the headpins and make loops. In our DIY guide The famous loop we explain how to do that. Alternatively, you can use special looping pliers. Click here to read our instructions on how to use the looper.

After that, you fasten a jumpring to the rectangle, the teardrop and the piece of chain. In addition to that, you provide the other parts with a jumpring each, this will allow the pendants to hang loosely even after they have been fastened to the earwire. In our blog post on men’s necklaces we explain how to open and close jumprings correctly.

Now you attach the pendants to the earwire. Take ca. 20cm of gilded wire and coil it 4-5 times around the earwire.

Thread the first pendant onto the wire, then you twist the wire three times around the earring.

Fasten all the other pendants in the same way and finish by making 4-5 twists behind the last pendant.

DIY Hoops with gemstone pendants

We used the following materials to assemble these earrings:

• 1 pair of hoops, 25mm, gilded sterling silver
• ca. 30cm wire, 0.4mm, gilded sterling silver
• 2 brushed rectangles, 8x4mm, gilded sterling silver
• 2 twisted tube beads, gilded brass
• 2 pendants with crystal and eyelet
• 4 headpins with pad, gilded sterling silver
• ca. 10cm heart cable chain, gilded sterling silver
• 8 jumprings, 3mm, gilded sterling silver
• various semi-precious stones

These bohemian hoops are made in the same way as described above.

Small hoops with pendants

We used the following materials to assemble these earrings:

• 1 pair of hoops, 20mm, gilded sterling silver
• ca. 6cm cable chain AR30, gilded sterling silver
• 4 headpins with pad, gilded sterling silver
• 2 tube beads, gilded brass
• 2 sphere pendants with eyelet, gilded brass
• 8 jumprings, 3mm, gilded sterling silver
• ca. 30cm wire, 0.4mm, gilded sterling silver
• various semi-precious stones

These bohemian hoops are made in the same way as described above.

DIY Bracelets with chain and semi-precious stones

We used the following materials to assemble this bracelet:

• 16cm Figaro chain, doublé
• 1 lobster claw clasp, 9mm, gilded sterling silver
• 1 jumpring, 4mm, gilded sterling silver
• 1 brushed rectangle, 8x4mm, gilded sterling silver
• 1 pendant with crystal and eyelet
• headpins with pad, gilded sterling silver
• 7 jumprings, 3mm, gilded sterling silver
• various semi-precious stones

First you thread the semi-precious stone beads onto the headpins and make a loop. In our DIY guide The famous loop we explain how to do that. Alternatively, you can use special looping pliers. Click here to read our instructions on how to use the looper.

After that, you fasten a 3mm jumpring to each of the the various pendants. In our blog post on men’s necklaces we explain how to open and close jumprings correctly.

Finally, you attach the lobster claw clasp to one end of the chain with a 4mm jumpring and the other 4mm jumpring to the other end.

We used the following materials to assemble this bracelet:

• 16cm Figaro cable chain, gilded sterling silver
• 1 lobster claw clasp, 9mm gilded sterling silver
• 2 jumprings, 4mm, gilded sterling silver
• ca. 30cm wire, 0.4mm, gilded sterling silver
• various semi-precious stones

First you insert a piece of wire into the various gemstone beads and make a loop on each side. In our DIY guide The famous loop we explain how to do that. Alternatively, you can use special looping pliers. Click here to read our instructions on how to use the looper.

Then you cut the chain into pieces of the sizes you like, fasten the gemstone beads and assemble the chain with wire.

Finally, you attach the lobster claw clasp to one end of the chain with a 4mm jumpring and the other 4mm jumpring to the other end. In our blog post on men’s necklaces we explain how to open and close jumprings correctly.

Have fun making your own bohemian jewellery!