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Pearl & Safety Pin Necklace. DIY Asymmetrical Pearls Inspired by Dior Beaded Necklaces S/S 2014. Flipping through this month’s Marie Claire magazine, I spotted this fabulously asymmetrical blue bulky beaded necklace {pg. 112} and was immediately inspired to make one of my own.

DIY Asymmetrical Pearls Inspired by Dior Beaded Necklaces S/S 2014

DIY Asymmetrical Pearls Inspired by Dior Beaded Necklaces S/S 2014. DIY Asymmetrical Pearls Inspired by Dior Beaded Necklaces S/S 2014. Most inspiring pictures and photos! Pretty cool. Dream Catcher Necklace DIY. Here is simple DIY on how to make a dream catcher necklace.

Dream Catcher Necklace DIY

ENJOY! : Fabric, necklace chain, leather cord, metal hoop, and dental floss. First, take your leather and begin wrapping it around the metal hoop. I added a little bit of hot glue at the starting point to make it secure. Continue wrapping the leather until it is all the way around the hoop and secure the other end with a small dot of glue as well. Then, you'll take the floss and begin wrapping it around, fitting it between the leather strips. Next, you'll take fabric and cut small strips to tie onto the end of your dream catcher. Leather mustache necklace. As I promised yesterday: today I have a leather mustache necklace tutorial for you!

Leather mustache necklace

Inspired by all the mustache jewelry that I found online I decided that I could easily make my own DIY version of a mustache necklace. Learn how to make this leather mustache necklace after the jump. . . Instagram necklace. Sometimes we must honor that which we love.

Instagram necklace

In this case, I am honoring Instagram with a DIY necklace. If you’ve never heard of Instagram, it’s a cute little photography app for your smartphone. I LOVE Instagram for all of it’s wonderful filters that make my photos look decent . . . and for the ability to share pictures of silly things like fake hands at the nail salon or getting my morning coffee. Rosette Necklace Tutorial. Want to make your own rosette necklace?

Rosette Necklace Tutorial

Or maybe you’re looking for creative gifts for the girls on your list that have EVERYTHING? Well, I’ll show you step-by-step how to make these sweet and fabulous fabric rosette necklaces for yourself or to share. They’re super easy and cheap…really cheap! City Map Jewelery. Hi, everyone!

City Map Jewelery

I’m Julie from Less-Than-Perfect Life of Bliss, where I blog about everything from crafts & decorating to family & faith. I’m a stay-at-home mom to 4 great kids & a wife to an awesome guy that supports my creative addiction & hardly ever rolls his eyes anymore at my crazy ideas. Feel free to stop over &see me anytime because I love meeting new readers & you never know what I’ll be up to next! I’m sure I’m not the first to think of this. And if you searched the streets of Manhattan, visiting every cutesy boutique you saw (ooh–wouldn’t that be fun?) So, if you’re the sentimental type who likes to gather memoirs from the different places you’ve been, you might just like this City Map Souvenir Jewelry I made the other day.

Map Pendants. A while ago, my dad unearthed an old pocket diary and – since it was dated 2005 – was going to put it out for recycling.

Map Pendants

Of course, I rescued it! In the back of the diary was a set of maps, which I promptly pulled out for crafting with. Easiest Necklace Ever! I saw this necklace from Banana Republic the other day: Beautiful!

Easiest Necklace Ever!

It got me thinking: "lace + chain = cute!! " So I grabbed a chain, and some lace (and some spray paint!).... Painted a 9" strip of lace.... And hand-sewed it onto the loops of an 18" chain. Cassette Necklace. Hello there!

Cassette Necklace

Well, today I want to show you how to make your very own cassette necklace. You just need a cassette, some scissors, and glue. Cut plastic tape inside and pull it out, then just paste both ends to the cassette. It is pretty simple, and easy to make. Alice in Wonderland Necklace. Necklace with old keyboard. Anthro Necklace. Anthro Necklace Week Day 4!

Anthro Necklace

In case you have not visited this week – it is officially Anthropologie Necklace Week! 5 Days of Tutorials ending in 5 Lovely Giveaways!! If you need to catch up, here are Days 1, 2 a & 3. If you’re not a follower – maybe you should do that so you don’t forget to check in for Day 5. :) Pretty-In-Pinking Tutorial Pontentilla Bib Tutorial Narcissus Net Tutorial Today we are creating the Adorable Paisley Rebirth Necklace. Gold Dino Pendant Necklace. I’ve always been attracted to humorous jewelry pieces. Anything that can make me laugh, I am all for. So, I came up with an idea for these faux gold dinosaur pendants, and I am in love with the results. I think I am going to start wearing these everywhere. The idea started with a sizable stash of plastic dinosaur toys that I bought at a garage sale for 25 cents (the whole bag of 20 dinos for $0.25 – what a deal).

They stayed in the closet for a couple of months, as most of my garage sale finds do, until I finally came up with a way to use them. Materials: 1. How To Step by Step: {click image above for larger view} 1. For more ideas for quick and easy projects, click here to visit the tutorials page filled with more than 30 diys. Drilled Natural Stone Jewelry. Guest post tutorial by Jenny Hoople of Authentic Arts. Want to learn how to drill holes in beach stones? Shrinky Dink Silhouette Pendant Necklace. This contributor post was written by Katherine of Making Chicken Salad. Sometimes I like a simple, inexpensive little craft to be able to sit down with to take a break from a busy day, and this project fits the bill nicely.

It breaks down to less than $5 per necklace (depending on how fancy you get with your jewelery supplies–mine came from the craft section at Walmart) and once you have your materials assembled you can have a brand new necklace in 15 minutes or less. I have all of my supplies for this project sorted and stored in a muffin tin, and my son have been pulling it out of the cupboard every day for the past week for quick craft sessions. Here are the materials you’ll need: 1. shrinky dink film 2. colored pencils (not water soluable) 3. small hole punch 4. small piece of twine or ribbon 5. necklace chain 6. jump rings and clasp for your necklace 7. needle nose pliers. Stitching Together a Pendant Necklace. You know I will come up with any excuse for a new diy project, right? So when I was asked to participate in the Pendant Project (an idea cooked up by AesaLina Compton of Love Lovely), I jumped on it. I’ve been wanting to give these little stitchery wooden pendants a try anyway.

So this seemed like the perfect excuse. More info about the Pendant Project…Each week in the month of February, one blogger is chosen to create their own pendant, using AesaLina’s handy wooden pendants and what ever other materials they can dream up. Glitter Heart Necklace. For this glitter heart necklace I used a decoration heart that once came with a flower bouquet, glitter powder, varnish/glue, sandpaper and a gold chain. This is the same glue that I used for my glitter shoes. I used sandpaper to buff the surface of the heart. I used this heart as a pendant years ago. Back then I removed the stick it used to be on, closed up the hole in the bottom with wood putty and red paint and added an eye hook at the top. Bottle Cap Pendants. Heart Choke Chain. An easy to make, self-adjusting choker necklace with charms and charm. This unusual necklace works just like a dog's choke chain collar.

Pull on one end, and it tightens at the loop on the other end of the chain. Scrabble Tile Pendant. Colored Pencil Necklace. Dollhouse Jewelry. Oh my god, you guys. Do you find yourself making squealy squee noises when you see dollhouse stuff, like you might die from how cute and tiny it all is? Splash Dyed Yoke Collar. Recycled Magazine Necklace. Bird Nest Necklace. I have been seeing a lot of bird nest jewelry around lately. Can Tab Necklace. Little Wishes Necklaces. Well, we are dusting off our obligatory black armband over in Beyond Beyond land for one of our most favourite shops ever – Early Bright (mega sad face) they have been the purveyors of some delicious and inspirational bling that is more art than jewellery. And we just want to share one of the most beautiful pieces every a wish in a jar. We used to shake dandelion bushes when we were little in the vain belief that we would get a Barbie dream house, Michael Jackson tickets, the ability to breakdance overnight (although we never progressed beyond being able to do backspins), millionaire moolah, or our favourite wish was that we had been dropped off at the wrong house (sorry parental units) and we were really the offspring of some family with the financial clout of Daddy Warbucks and the Rothschild’s combined.

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