A trip to the bead store landed me with a strand of blue Jasper stones and a project on my hands! I turned it around quick so I could wear this necklace to work this week. There are so many beautiful pieces of jewelry that you can buy in the store or make yourself for so much more fun!
To make this project at home you will need: 1) strand of beads (mine are blue jasper), 2) beading wire, 3) small silver spacer beads (if preferred), 4) 2 crimp beads, 5) a clasp, 6) needle nosed pliers (to crimp the crimp beads, and finish the necklace)

Jasper beads unfinished and fresh from the bead store

I chose a fun snake shaped clasp with silver spacer beads.

To begin the necklace, thread the tail of the beading wire up through the spacer bead, the crimp bead (very small), around the clasp and back down through the crimp and spacer bead. Using your needle nosed pliers, squeeze the crimp bead shut. This will hold the clasp in place and allow you to move forward stringing the beads.

I used some extra small silver spacers to fill in gaps that were caused by angled stones. This is optional and they are not evenly spaced, but they fill the gap where wire would otherwise show.

To finish the necklace repeat the same steps from how you began; string large spacer bead, crimp, clasp and back down through crimp and spacer bead. Use your needle nosed pliers to pinch the crimp shut and weave the remaining beading wire back through the strand, clipping when you are a few inches away from the clasp.