Beaded Goblet Charms

Easily create your own beaded wine glass charms to add style and personality to any stemmed glassware.

By Carol Duvall • More from Carol Duvall Show
Filed under: Beading, Jewelry Making, Handmade, How To, Crafts

The minute wine goblet charm rings appeared on the market, it was a pretty sure thing that in no time, crafters would be making them in a variety of versions. Today we offered our version. Later on, some of our guest artists will be offering theirs. All will be different. All will be intended to do the same thing: to help you identify which glass is yours. And, as we said on the show, those goblets do not have to be filled with wine. Any beverage will do as long as it is served in a stemmed glass.

We added one extra item with our goblet ring: a matching bracelet. The bracelet is included in case you were too busy talking and didn’t pay attention to the charm on your glass when you got it — or because you have a short-term memory. Just look at your wrist to see what glass charm ring your bracelet matches!

Materials and Tools:

For goblet rings
- silver wire hoops
- assorted charms
- assorted beads
- flat-nose pliers

For bracelets
- 12" of 1mm Stretch Magic bead and jewelry cord
- charms to match goblet ring charms
- beads to match goblet ring beads
- silver jump rings
- optional: head pins with stopper end, dangling beads

Note: In order to achieve variety in color of beads, two boxes of Bead Heaven beads were used. Different colors were used for each ring.

Steps:

1. Select beads for the number of rings you will be decorating. The beaded rings can all match with the difference being in the charms only, or you might prefer to make all of the beaded rings different including the charms. There are no rules for this one other than to make certain you have a different charm on each ring as the identifying item.

2. String beads half way around one of the rings, add the charm, and complete the beading.

3. Bend back the end to hold the beads on the wire and to connect the ends. Bend it far enough to hold but not so far that it cannot be easily slipped out later.

The coordinated bracelets are made with the same beads as those used in the ring, but these are strung on the stretch cording rather than wire rings. Approximately 30 beads were used to make a row 7-1/2-inches long. A mixture of small glass beads, silver metal beads, and large glass beads were used, ending with a metal bead with a large hole. Tie the cord three times and feed the knot into the metal bead. Cut the cord close to the knot. The charm was added last. This time it was attached to a jump ring which was strung onto the cord.