It'll be crystal from top to toe (of your glasses) this New Year's Eve for you!

Bead decorations to match your dinner service and your table for all your festive meals: here are some very original-looking bow ties that you may 'tie' around the bottom of your glasses or around a rolled napkin...

Crystal bead decoration for glasses Here's a bow tie made entirely from crystal beads which you can 'tie' around the bottom of a glass.

Take a length of brass wire, 32 inches long, thread on eighteen 4mm faceted beads (here we're using Siam Gold beads)
Using brass wire means that we can make a shape out of the knot we tie.

Thread the 2 ends of the wire through a 14mm Rivoli Swarovski rhinestone setting (here in Topaz amber): the shorter length should be 4.7 to 5.9 inches long.
Take the longer length and create a symetrically identical loop and thread the wire back through the setting.

Thread on 6 to 8 faceted beads onto each end of the wire and finish by bringing the wire back on itself using fine-tipped round nose or snub-nosed pliers (using the wire wrapping technique).
The bow can now be tied to the glass with a piece of brass wire wrapped around the bottom of the glass and simply hooked together at its two ends.

Here we're making a bow tie with crystal and silver faceted beads, a silver setting, a Rivoli Black Diamond rhinestone and thin gauge silver wire (28G).

Do you like crystal beads? Come and see our collection of hanging Christmas decorations made from beads

Designs available in-store"Jewelry and beads"