Rain Chain Watch Band

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Reminiscent of the rain chains that adorn all the best homes, the blue of water and beaded chain make the most adorable watch band you will ever wear! Step one: Use chain nose pliers to remove the spring bars on one side of the silvertone round rope watch face. Slide on a silver Kenyan heishi spacer, two 4mm Ceylon pastel blue cube Toho beads and another spacer. Put the bar back onto the watch. Step two: Cut a 2½ inch piece of silver-plated rounded square link chain. You will want to cut the chain so that each end begins and ends with the tiny ring. Attach a sterling silver open jump ring to both ends of the chain and connect one end to the spring bar in-between the spacer and the Toho. Leave the other end free for now. Cut another piece of chain and repeat for the opposite side of the spring bar. Step three: Cut a 7-inch piece of ZambaPro 49 .019 jewelry wire and wrap it around the spring bar in-between the two Tohos. On both strands string three round frosted silver-lined dark aqua Toho beads, a pewter antique silver faceted spacer, a deep aqua glass bamboo bead, spacer, three Tohos, spacer, bamboo bead, spacer three Tohos and a cube Toho. Use a sterling silver 2x2mm crimp tube to crimp to the center ring on one end of the bar clasp. Cover the crimp tube with a sterling silver crimp cover. For help using crimp tubes and crimp covers please visit the Handy Tips section in the Learning Center. Step four: Use the jump rings on the ends of the chain sections to connect the chain to the outside loops of the bar clasp. Step five: Repeat the steps for the other side of the watch. Approximate size: 7 inches Approximate cost: Under $45.00 Estimated time: One hour Difficulty level: Beginner List of Components: 16x7mm glass bamboo bead - deep aqua (GBOO-DAQ16, qty 4) Silver Kenyan heishi spacer (S-0405, qty 4) Silver Antique 5mm Faceted Bead Spacer (SA-0423, qty 8) Silver-plated rounded square link chain (SPCH14, qty 1) Sterling silver crimp cover (SS-CCOV01, qty 2) Sterling silver 2x2mm crimp tube (SS-CRM2, qty 2) Sterling silver open jump ring (0.90 x 4.60mm) (SS-OJR35-C, qty 8) Sterling silver 3-ring tube clasp (SS-TCL03, qty 1) Toho bead cube 4mm Ceylon pastel blue (TBCB4-143, qty 1) Toho bead round 8/0 frosted silver-lined dark aqua (TBRD8-23BF, qty 1) Silvertone with spring bar round rope watch face (WATCH-117S, qty 1) ZambaPro 49 .019 30ft jewelry wire (ZP49-30F-019) Tools used: Chain nose pliers (TOOL-106) Nipper tool (TOOL-101) Bead crimper tool (TOOL-100)