In just a few simple steps, you’ll have a piece with its own narrative. With some of your favorite personal beads and pendants, you’ll be telling a personal story just by design. This necklace tells the story of bird that finds its way home. What will your story be?

Required Materials: 1 Peruvian opal 8×9mm (small) rectangle, 16 Peruvian opal 9–10×10–11mm (large) rectangles, 2 cream-and-bronze 18mm ceramic square links, 2 cream-and-bronze 18×26mm ceramic oval links, and 1 cream-and-bronze 42×50mm ceramic bird cage/house pendant.
Tools Needed: 2 pairs of chain- or flat-nose pliers, round-nose pliers, and wire cutters.
Originally Published: Stringing, Winter 2010