The Halloween Project

Cousin Corporation sent us Ambassadors another box of goodies to work with to create a Halloween themed project complete with instructions.

 These projects are featured on their website here.

I ended up creating two different projects.  The first of which is currently featured on their site.  Click here to view it or you can view the photos and instructions below.

Along Came A Spider

  Supply List

18 gauge Artistic Wire Non Tarnish Red Brass Wire

20 gauge Artistic Wire Non Tarnish Red Brass Wire

Metal Gallery Liquid Gold Small Beads (LG)

BeadFix Glue

Black 11/0 Seed Beads (SB)

Black 8/0 E Beads (EB)

34709105 – Jewelry Basics 7pc Acrylic Amber Flat Faceted Beads

37450212 – Jewelry Basics 17in Black Metal Filigree Connector

Tool List

Round Nose Pliers

Parrot Beak Memory Wire Cutters

Flat nose pliers

Ruler

Cut and straighten the following:

One 8 inch piece of 18 gauge wire

Eight 6 inch pieces of 20 gauge wire

Disassemble the metal filigree stand. Use only the beads. Take round nose pliers and make a tiny loop at the end of the 18 gauge wire. Grip the loop firmly with the flat nose pliers. Use your fingers to roll the wire into a spiral moving the pliers as the spiral grows in size. Make four revolutions. Bend the wire slightly back to a 90 degree angle. Wire should be completely flat. Bend the straight end of the wire perpendicular to the spiral at a 90 degree angle. Then bend again to where the wire is now behind the spiral. Measure to the center of the spiral and bend the straight wire at this point. 

 Make a loop at the end of each 8 pieces of wire by rolling the end straight down.

Thread on one black E bead and one of the black faceted rondelle from the metal filigree strand. String on each of the 8 pieces of wire. String on the orange bead. Make a wrapped loop at the end of the wire. Drip glue over 8 loops of the 6 inch pieces of wires. Let dry. If you don't, it will be glued to your hand.

When glue has fully dried, separate the ends of the wires away from each other. On one of the front wires, string on three SBs, and a pattern of 1 LG, one SB repeated 4 times. String on one SB, EB, and then one SB. Thread on a pattern of LG/SB repeated 5 times. Make a bend on top of the last SB. Trim to 1/2 inch. Make a curl using round nose pliers. Repeat on all but the back two pieces of wire (one on the left and one on the right). On the back two pieces, follow the LG, SB pattern 4 times. Then add one SB, one EB, one SB and the same LG/SB pattern repeated 3 times. Repeat the SB/EB/SB pattern followed by LG/SB repeated twice and curl the ends. Bend the wires at the EBs at about an 45 degree angle on all but the back legs. At the bottom EB, bend in the opposite direction at about a 30 degree angle.

You can now either string up your spider on a piece of monofilament, or string on a necklace for a little fun creepy crawly Halloween accessory.