DIY: Button Cardigan Chain. I really love it when a DIY involves recycling things you don't use anymore. A pair of old clip on earrings, old buttons or a chain necklace that we never wear anymore. Lets put them into good use by making this lovely cardigan chain :) You will need: - clip ons (or a pair of clip on earrings) - chain - jump rings (I used 6 smaller and 2 larger ones) - jewelry pliers and a wire cutter - glue I made a triple chain but you can use less chain pieces if you want. Begin by cutting off the loop on the back of the buttons using the wire cutters and glue the clip ons on them. Cut your chain in three pieces of different length. Link the chains by attaching the smaller jump rings to a larger one. Once the glue on the clip ons is completely open the large jump rings with the pliers and attach them to the clip ons.
Most clip ons have a little loop on their edge, if yours doesn't you can just attach the jump ring on the inner side of the clip. Done :) Hope you like it! Craft Pond » Blog Archive » DIY Turquoise Statement Necklace. BRASS BAR. I love the look of metal peeking out from under button down collars. So I went looking through etsy for supplies and found some cut brass tubing that I thought would be perfect to use to make simple bar necklaces. Then I saw the price: $6 for six short tubes?
Plus shipping? Nope, no thanks. I took a trip to my local hardware store and found some brass tubing for less than $1 a pop! I sawed the tubes to desired lengths, sanded the ends, and voila, profit :) I ran some gold wire inside a square bar, wire wrapped the end hoops and connected them to a brass chain. Super cheap and easy to construct. DIY origami-style necklace. Here's an origami jewelry experiment that's useful if you're broke, or if your eyeballs enjoy looking at folded paper.
(Speaking of crafts for the fiscally challenged, Amy Sedaris' book Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People is hilarious. But I digress.) This pleated paper necklace is made with paper, glue, and inexpensive jewelry parts. I bought this length of chain for $1 and the lobster clasp for 45 cents at a local hobby store. Jump rings were a penny each, or available in a package like this. Attach the clasp to the chain using the rings and a pliers. You could also find a necklace at a thrift store or use an old chain you already have, cutting it at the center to create two loose ends.
Cut an odd number of squares of paper, any size you like. Accordian-fold each square. Glue the fans together, alternating them right-side up and upside-down. I added a coat of clear Krylon acrylic spray as a sealer, which seemed to have no visible effect. TUTORIAL] Book Page Necklace. I introduced this necklace a while back and sold a couple at the facebook sale, but since my shop is going in a different direction, I've decided to share the tutorial for this necklace. MATERIALS NEEDED: 30" of chain 2 pages from an old book 1 piece of poster board Glue 1 quarter Scissors Varnish Matches Pearls Jump rings Lobster Claps [1] Cut two pieces of chain, 15 1/2, and 18 inches long. [2] Attach the two chains at both ends with small jump rings: [Should look like this] [3] Rip out 2 pages from an old book.
. [4] Trace a quarter on the book page: [5] Cut out the tracing: [6] Paint cut-out with varnish: [7] Use a match to burn the edges of the cut-out: [8] Use a hammer and nail to punch a hole into the cut-out: [9] Attach a jump ring through the hole: [Repeat steps 4-9 to make 7 of these book page pendants] [10] Attach 7 pearls to jump rings: [11] Plan out where all the pendants and pearls are going to be on the necklace: I'm linking to these parties. How I Create This Type of Knotted Chainmaille + Swarovski Statement Necklaces | Angelica Brigade. ~0o0~ STEP 1: Coating my pliers with 2 thin layers of ToolMagic to make sure that the jewelry I create is 100% free of toolmark &/or scratch STEP 2: Sorting the jump rings.
(I set the imperfect jump rings aside and use only them when I am learning a new chainmaille weave). STEP 3: Pre-closing the black anodized aluminum jump ringsas neatly as possible. STEP 4: Opening the gold anodized aluminum jump rings. STEP 5: Weaving the jump rings. STEP 6: Continue weaving the jump rings till I create a 40-inch or 101-cm chain STEP 7: Attaching the Swarovski Fancy Stones and Knotting the ChainMaille And yes … the 40″ or 101 cm chain only forms the center front part of the necklace STEP 8: Deciding the length of the necklace STEP 9: Create two more handwoven links (by repeating step 2 – 5) , twisting & linking them onto the center front part of the statement necklace, and connecting the ends of those links to a toggle clasp.
Ring counts: Approx. 20 rings per inch. Like this: Like Loading... Painted Block Necklace. I love making accessories. I think it is big-time fun to take scraps and bits here and there and turn them into something cute that you can wear and get compliments on. And I love when people say, "Hey, where'd you get that? " and I can respond with an, "Oh, this? Well I just made that! " You can really make these as big and flashy or as simple and understated as you like. Materials and Tools 3 small wood blocks, 3/4" each 2 lengths of gold chain, about 9 inches each 6 inches thick gold wire (mine was 20 gauge) 4 gold jump rings 1 gold lobster clasp craft paint or spray paint clear acrylic spray black marker adjustable wrench drill and small drill bit thick piece of scrap wood paint brush at least 1 bamboo skewer a tall, skinny cup or container at least 1 pair of jewelry pliers wire snips craft glue (optional) 1. 2. 3. 4.
All done!! Here's a quick primer on jewelry making and jump rings. Leather mustache necklace. As I promised yesterday: today I have a leather mustache necklace tutorial for you! 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. . . What you need for a leather mustache necklace - printed template (image above) - piece of thick black scrap leather. I used a piece of an old belt. - two small jump rings - jewelry pliers - chain necklace - scissors - pen - Cropodile How to create this leather mustache necklace 1.
Anthro Plucked Petals Necklace. This colorful necklace caught my eye. The little petals reminded me of paint chips; and guess what? I had a bunch of unused ones laying around. Instant DIY.This is a great tutorial that uses a recycled product, the paint chips; don't throw everything away! You can make great stuff with things you'd throw in the trash! You can make this in any color combination you want.
You can also use gold or silver wire, to customize the look! A definite statement necklace! Make multiples in different colors to go with every outfit! Step 1: Gather materials. Step 2: Cut your petals. Trace your template on your paint chip underside, and then cut. Step 3: Take your wire, cut about 4". Let dry, then use jumprings to attach petals to wire holder. Add your chain to the ends of your wire pendant, attaching with more jumprings. Finished! A wide array of cool colors! All photos and instructions copyright Allison Cooling for Quiet Lion Creations.
If you share/use/post this tutorial, please link back to me. SarahSilversmith: A Sable Silver'd: Sweet Little Bunny Pendant... It's been quite the couple of weeks at Silversmith HQ with some major ups and downs, of which I will definitely be sharing more soon! But for now, a little tale about how a local market on a bitterly cold day lead to a love of piercework (sawing silver). I work in central Cambridge and can stroll past beautiful college buildings during my lunch break within seconds.
However, having grown up in the area, this all whizzes by unnoticed most days as I dash out for lunch or a last minute chore. One day when I was taking the time to enjoy my enviable environs I decided to venture into the Cambridge Art and Craft Market. The day was wintry and the stalls were few. To my delight I found this little beauty... Orange and bird themed! But, the seed had been sown and I pondered how to make my own little lovely pendant. I have a great affection for my bunny, although unlike Nigel, he didn't get named.
DIY Quickie: 5 Minute Gold Chain Necklace. Make Joan Holloway’s Pen Necklace. Please give a special welcome to my blog mentor, Heather Mann, from Dollar Store Crafts. It was because of Heather’s encouragement that I started blogging in the first place, and her support has gotten me to where I am. Many of you are following me today because of her, so I am thrilled to have her posting on Mad in Crafts for the very first time! When Jess said she was celebrating the return of Mad Men with a series of MM-inspired DIYs, I was on board instantly. The next thing I did was call dibs on DIYing Joan Holloway’s Necklace! I kept this project as simple as possible so anyone can make it. Project Materials: 1 pen with a top loop (I used a 4-color Bic pen), $2 1 jar of gold model paint (found in the model car section at my local craft store), $2 1 throwaway paintbrush, on hand 1 jump ring, on hand 1 coordinating chain (about 30"), on hand or about $3 and up Paper to protect your work surface Optional, a pair of needle-nosed pliers (or 2) Total: $4 and up About the supplies: 1. 2. 3.
DIY Bow tie necklace. Delightfully DIY Necklace | My Chic Life. We are so excited to introduce you to our new friend Emily of Delightfully DIY. We stumbled across her site one day and said, this girl is great! Her site offers great tutorials on how to create jewelry, artwork, unique crafts and more. That’s when we asked her to be our first EVER guest blogger! We hope you will tackle this DIY necklace tutorial because this necklace is so chic! Here’s how Emily created it: You will need: 1 strand of quartz nugget beads 1 lobster claw clasp 2 small jump rings 3 medium sized jump rings About 23 inches of thick gold chain (separated into 2 pieces of about 11 1/2 inches each) Gold beading wire Jewelry making tools (chain nose and round nose pliers) Start by cutting about 7 or 7 1/2 inches of the beading wire. Take a minute before putting the beads on the wire to organize them with the smallest beads on the outside, getting larger towards the middle.
Next, you’ll need one of your lengths of chain and a medium jump ring. Enjoy! DIY Gold Hippo Necklace. I’m still happily riding the wave of tiny golden animals, so I decided to make one that I could wear! These little hippos were waiting patiently for me at my local craft store and when I saw them I wanted to adopt them all. So I did. If you want to make one of these little cuties, here’s what you’ll need: tiny plastic animalsgold spray paintscrew eyejump ring24″ of chainfine needle nose pliers Start by spray painting your animals gold. Use the pliers to open one link in your chain and attach it to the other end.
Finally, open a jump ring with the pliers and connect the hippo to the necklace. Bingo! Lucky Leprechaun Dust Necklace. What you need: -Gold glitter -Gold chain necklace -Gold jump ring -Mini jar/vile with cork and eyelet screw (I got mine from JoAnn’s) -Pliers What to do: -Put desired amount of gold glitter into glass vile. -Put in cork securely. You can even use a little dab of super glue on the cork before you put it in to make sure it won’t fall out. -Use jump ring and pliers to connect the eyelet screw to the necklace. Enjoy your lucky necklace! Don’t forget to enter our Anthro giveaway! TUTORIAL: Simple Bar Necklace. So around the time I got the bars for this bar necklace, I bought these curved bar beads and never touched them since. I think I wanted to make bracelets... that never happened. No arm parties for me :( Let's have a simple necklace party instead!
Curved bar beads chain jumprings/clasps glue pliers/wire cutters It will also be pretty helpful to have a pair of tweezers. Take two jump rings and your bar. First you're going to take your glue and apply a little to the end. (Honestly, it would totally be better to drill a hole into the bar itself... but I have no drill and E6000 is my best friend.) Use your tweezers to place a jumpring on the glue. Leave to dry/cure. Take your chain (it has to be thin enough to thread through the jump rings) and thread it through. Almost done! Add your jump rings and clasps. Thanks for reading! P.S I have had a crazy influx of spam comments so I finally added the CAPTCHA for comments, I'm sorry for the inconvenience >_<! Wire Wrapped Dollar Store Glass Pendant | Morena's Corner.
Even though fall is no where in sight here in central Texas, I'm ready to start crafting with autumn in mind. The amber color of this stone makes me think of fall. Read on to learn how easy it is to make. I had been inspired by these pendants several months ago. I pinned the image, hoping to make something similar someday. When Dollar Store Crafts announced the theme for their September challenge, I knew it was the push I needed to give it a try. Supplies needed: Glass floral stones from the Dollar Tree Jewelry wire Bail 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Fast, VERY frugal, and fabulous! I'd love for you to follow to keep up with my latest projects! A Stunning Turquoise & Gold DIY Statement Necklace. DIY Turquoise Triangle Necklace. DIY Woven Chain Collar Necklace.
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