The Frugal Crafter Makes Mobile Phone Charms

• Bead cord


• One large bead


• One medium bead


• Several smaller beads that fit on the cord

Cut a piece of bead cord approximately twelve inches long. Double this over.

Tie a double knot about two and a half inches down from the doubled end of the cord.

String a smallish bead onto both strands hanging from the knot, then a medium sized bead, then another smallish bead. Tie another knot close to the beads.

String your large, focal point bead onto the strands. Knot the cord again. You may need to do several knots, each over the other, in order for the bead to not slip down. Alternatively, you can string another sequence of small/medium/small beads to keep everything in place.

You should have a couple of loose strands of cord hanging down from your project. At this point, if you like, you can use an overhand knot to tie on an additional piece of cord, giving you more loose strands to dangle.

Onto however many strands you have (two, three, or four), you will string two or three small beads, and tie a knot at the end of each strand, leaving them free to dangle.

To attach the charm to your phone, slide the looped end under the holder bar on your phone. Then slide the ends of the cords through the loop, and pull snugly.

Another attaching alternative would be to use a small necklace clasp attached to the cord loop, then clipped around the phone's holder bar.