Here is an afternoon project to make for an advanced beginner. The nice part of making your own jewelry is that you can customize it to your wishes! I made my own variation by using pink pearls and purple seed beads. The fun thing about this necklace is that it has a slight quirkiness to it.

Supplies you will need:
Wire (I used a grey one)
Black seed beads (or your choice of color)
White beads (these shouldn’t be too big, but definitely bigger than the seed beads)
Lobster Clasp
2 clamshell-style knot covers
2 crimp beads (the smaller the better, you will need four pieces of wire to fit through it)
2 jump rings (I used ones just over 1/2 cm in diameter)
Wire cutters
Flat-nose pliers
Round-nose pliers (optional, but I like using these and the flat-nose pliers to open jump rings)
Space to work
OPTIONAL:
Small jump rings ( I used six of them all just under 1/2 cm in diameter)
1 large jump ring (just over 1/2 cm, should be the same size as the other jump rings you are using that are not the small ones)
1 seed bead (in the color you are using)

Directions:
1.Take the wire and wire cutters and cut four 16-inch pieces.
2. Put on the crimp bead, make sure the wires are all even, slide the crimp bead to the end, and crimp with the flat-nose pliers.
3. Thread on the clamshell, fold it over the crimped bead with your fingers, and press shut with the pliers.
4. Open a jump ring, add the lobster clasp, put on the clamshell, and close.
5. Put a white bead (the “pearl”) onto all four wires.
6. Put a seed bead on each individual wire. Push down. The seed beads will not be all aligned; some will be higher or lower than the other seed beads.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until it can fit around your neck. Make sure you end with a pearl bead. Don’t forget to push the beads down as you go.
8. Put on the clamshell and then a crimp bead. Push it down and crimp the crimp bead as close to the other beads as possible (the clamshell might get in the way a little).
9. Close the clamshell with your fingers, then press it together with the pliers. Don’t press too hard, just firmly enough to close the two sides together.
10. Open the jump ring and put it through the hole at the top of the closed clamshell. Close the jump ring and you are finished!
OPTIONAL STEPS:
11. Connect the small jump rings together to form a chain—you can make this as long as you want.
12. Open up the larger jump ring, put it through the hole of the seed bead, add it to the end of the chain of small jump rings, and close.
13. Taking the chain open up the end with the small jump ring and add it to the necklace on the non-clasp side, close.
14. You’ve finished! What you did in steps 11-13 was add an extension to your choker.