Monarch Montage
Bracelet/Necklace and Earrings
Candie Cooper

Materials:
2" nickel head pins (01-0028)
40 16g Rhodium plated jump rings (01-0020)
2 20g silver jump rings (01-0024)
2 sets silver Butterfly toggle clasp (94-6097)
1 pr. Swarovski ear wires in Colorado topaz (90-1140-85)
2 Antique brass beaded round frames (94-2259)
1 silver oval scalloped frame  (94-2256)
6 antique brass 6 petal links (94-3145)
4 silver 6mm rococo square beads (94-5633)
14 brass 4mm disk bead (93-0440)
2 silver wild rose barrel beads (94-5586)
8 silver small butterfly beads (94-5650)
6 antique brass 9mm clover bead caps (94-5605)
2 silver 9mm clover bead caps (94-5605)
6 silver spiral butterfly charm (94-2162)
2 silver monarch beads (94-5520)
3 antique brass monarch beads (94-5520)

Other Materials:

11 fuscia 4mm bicone Swarovski crystals
4 fuscia 6mm round Swarovski crystals
2 fuscia 8mm bicone Swarovski crystals
2 Lt colorado topaz 8mm Swarovski briolette crystals
2 Lt colorado topaz 6mm Swarovski briolette crystals
4 Lt colorado 8mm topaz Swarovski round crystals
12 hyacinth 6mm Swarovski bicone crystals
8 Orange 6mm dyed pearls
4 Czech 8mm cathedral beads
4 fuscia and white swirled 20mm dyed agate beads
14" Large link chain in brass and silver colors
Hand dyed ribbon in fuscia and orange
Brass hammer
Steel bench block
Letter punches in desired font
Paint brush
Turpenoid
Guilders paste in orange and red

Earrings:
Connect one petal charm to a spiral butterfly with a 20g jump ring.  Open the loop on the ear wire and connect the top of the petal charm.  Repeat to make a pair.

Charm Bracelet:
Stamp and Patina the Charms:

*If you're new to stamping charms, it's a good idea to practice on a piece of clay or scrap metal first to get the spacing right.
Lay the frame charm on the steel block.  Place a letter punch in the frame and strike the end with a hammer.  Repeat for remaining letters.
For this set, I stamped "fly" on the small brass frames and "wish" on the oval silver frame.
Mix some guilder's paste with a drop of Turpenoid and brush over the letters.  Wipe the top of the surface so pigment stays in the letter areas.

Make the Dangles:
Use the photo as a guide to create beaded head pins of all different shapes and lengths.  Anything goes!  Mix and match the metal beads along with crystals to highlight each element. Finish each beaded head pin with a wrapped loop. 
As a tip-it's a good idea to create a beaded dangle for each link of chain.  An odd number of links is ideal so you have a center link to attach a focal charm to.  In this case, the large stamped "wish" charm.  From here out, create an identical pair of dangles so you have one for each side.

Put it All Together:
Cut two pieces of chain in desired metal colors so they are 7" (or desired length).
Attach the toggle clasps to both ends of the chains with jump rings.
Thread the needle with the dyed ribbon, folding the ribbon in half.  Weave the ribbon through each link of chain.  Tie in a knot at each end next to the clasp.  Add a drop of hypo-cement to secure.
Starting with the center link, attach the focal charm and move outward connecting each dangle to the opposite side of the chain with a jump ring.

Sources:
Hypo cement from Beadalon
Letter punches in "Jeanie" font and steel block from Impress Art
Silk ribbon from Beadalon