Florence Ring Jewelry Making Video

I have a new jewelry making video available showing how to make a Florence Ring.

I created this design based on a basic criss cross technique combined with different sized swarovski crystal beads.

I played around with the size gradation of the beads using 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, and 6mm, and the criss cross technique until I created a kind of heart shape with the ring.

The first time through the design I wasn’t satisfied with the final shape so what I did at the bottom of the ring was create a picot design with seed beads.

The picot shape gave a more complete heart design which I really liked.

I thought the shape of the ring had kind of a nostalgic classic look so I decided to combine bead colors to give it more of a vintage feel.

The way I did that was by using satin coated crystal beads and metallic colored seed beads.

I think the result has a nice vintage feel to it.

For the band of the ring I used a very simple thin design, but you can use a thicker band design if you like.

Another thing I thought was interesting when I put on this ring was that it makes my finger look longer because of the V-cut design of the ring.

I’m not sure that’s all that important but when you have short fingers like I do, it’s kind of nice!

Here is a preview of the Florence Ring jewelry making video:

If you are interested in more details about the full length video you can find information here:

Florence Ring Jewelry Making Video