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The Paper Sunrise Necklace » mad mim. For a girl who has never worn a lot jewelry, I sure can’t get enough of it now. Or at least making it. I confess I’ve only wore my flower bib-statement necklace once. But jewelry is just a real blast to make, and I’ve already justified the almost 2 hours I spent making this necklace by wearing it twice. I used my lovely paper beads, and sat down to a good book (ps have you ever been to Librivox?? Necklace construction inspired by this necklace. See my other paper bead jewelry projects here: the paper bead tutorial, the Anthro knockoff Vaqunnon Earrings, the Anthro knockoff Hue Pyramid Earrings + tutorial.

Anthro-Inspired Book Stack Necklace - JEWELRY AND TRINKETS. One of my favorite bloggers posted about this necklace available on Anthropologie's website a few months back. It was retailing for something like $165. I figured it would be pretty easy to diy. So I did. First, I looked around my house for leather-like items to cut up for the covers. I had a bag that my dog had chewed the straps on. I remembered an old red purse I had that would be perfect. I found an old green purse for a few dollars. I set out molding the pages out of white fimo that I had laying around. I sandwiched them between the cut leather and mashed things around a bit. Time for round two. I did some reading about the Anthro necklace, and found a similar one on Etsy. I love it. Anthro Knockoff – Into the Woods Necklace. Have you been pining for an Anthro Necklace? I have been pining, I must admit. And as we’re creeping hurtling closer and closer to the holidays, I’m always on the lookout for inexpensive ways to give cool gifts. :) So of course I went “shopping” at my favorite place to knockoff – Anthropologie.

I found the cutest necklace – duh- and I fell in love. This time we’re doing a version of their “Into the Woods” necklace. And here’s the Anthro Original . . . Same basic idea – but I wanted mine to be a bit more neutral so I can wear it with more things. Though I do love that retro, floral ribbon. Ready to make your own? • Twill tape or decorative ribbon (about 1 yd) • 2 yards of narrow cream ribbon (needs to fit through your beads) • wooden beads (16) • Accent Beads (2 large & 6 or 7 small) • Headpins and eyepins • Needle and thread Round nose pliers and wire cutters Start with getting your accent beads ready.

Hold your wire with the round nosed pliers, snug against the bead. You’re all done! Anthropologie Feeling-Dapper Necklace Tutorial. . . Have you seen the Feeling-Dapper Necklace? It's ridiculously simple to make! An Old Sweater or Sock Yarn Chain Scissors Lobster Clasp Cut out a square shape from the old sweater and about two feet of yarn: Fold the square in half: Tie the yarn around the middle of the folded-over piece of sweater: Hold the center of the chain to the back of the "bow tie": Wrap the yarn around the folded square and the chain, and secure with a knot: Add a lobster clasp to the chain: Easy, huh?

I'm linking to these parties. Anthro Necklace Week Bonus – Party Animal Necklace. I have a purely fun, whimsical necklace tutorial for you today.It’s the Anthropologie Party Animal Necklace DIY! Here are mine - And here are Anthro’s (which will set you back $38 each!!) : There are just some days when I would love to wear a circus animal around my neck. If you feel the same, here is what you’ll need: • Animals (I got these at Michael’s – and I think they are the same animals they used. We’re going to start with the elephant so you can see what I did, then I’ll show you closeups of all of them. Start by gluing a rhinestone spacer to the top of the elephant’s head. Add a colorful bead on top of that. I think he likes his hat. :) Cut a piece of ribbon for his blanket. Glue to the back of the elephant. Trim the blanket with a small piece of chain. Add a strip of rhinestones between the blanket and the tail.

Wrap a bit of wire around each foot. Glue a bail to the elephant’s back, towards the top. Let everything dry thoroughly before you add your chain. Aren’t they fun?? Fun? C’mon. Anthro Necklace Week – Potentilla Bib. This fun necklace is part of my first Anthro Necklace Week – A whole week of fun tutorial sharing Anthro Knockoffs! Disclaimer: I am not a jewelry-making expert by any means! I’ve tried to show you the way I do these – but believe me when I say that if I can do these – anyone can!

:) Today we’re doing the Potentilla Bib Necklace – which I just love. I don’t get the price though. (I usually don’t.) Here’s the Made in Carlsbad version: And here’s the French Anthro Version. This is really one of my favorites for the week. Materials: ScissorsNeedle & ThreadNeedle Nose PliersWire Cutters Supplies: 1 18″ Silver Chain Necklace (Or supplies to make your own)Knit fabric (just scraps)Seed BeadsCone or Small Ribbon Clamp3 Jump Rings (Silver)Felt scrap The first step is to make the flowers.

Trace a small 4 leaf flower onto the fabric. Cut out four flowers this size. For your largest flower, layer the 4 large pieces on top of each other, rotating them just a bit so the different petals show through. Sigh. Anthro Necklace Week – Pretty-In-Pinking. This fun necklace is part of my first Anthro Necklace Week – A whole week of fun tutorial sharing Anthro Knockoffs! Disclaimer: I am not a jewelry-making expert by any means! I’ve tried to show you the way I do these – but believe me when I say that if I can do these – anyone can! :) We’re starting off the week with Anthro’s Pretty-In-Pinking necklace. So fun with the ribbon and gold beads – it would go great with just about anything.

Here’s my version: And here’s their version: Ready to make your version?? Supplies: Pinking ShearsRound Nosed PliersWire CuttersNeedle Nose Pliers Materials: Ribbon (either a variegated ribbon like the one I bought at Michael’s, or multiple colors)Gold beads (10)Gold Chain (30″ piece & 4 1/4″ piece)Jump rings (4)Head Pins (13)Crystal Beads (2)Lobster Closure (1)Optional – 11 small pearls Start with putting your gold beads on the head pins. If it doesn’t (like what I bought) you can add a small pearl or bead on first to prevent it from slipping through. See? Ooooh. Anthro Necklace Week – Momentary Flutter Necklace. It’s Anthro Necklace Week!!! Have you missed a tutorial?

If you click on the button, it will take you to the Anthro Necklace Week Category. Then you can scroll through and see all the tutorials for this week! Today we have something really light and fun - the Anthro Momentary Flutter Necklace! Doesn’t that sound like Spring? I just love this one – it’s so customizable for color and it was quick to put together! Here’s mine: And here’s Anthro’s: Here’s what you’ll need to make one of your very own!! • Assorted pieces of chiffon or very lightweight fabric • Chain – approx. 33″ • 5 adjustable end caps • 4 cording crimp beads with loops • cording (small amounts) • embroidery floss • 2 crystal beads and headpins • closure pieces (lobster clasp and jump ring) • 5 jump rings Start by making a flower pattern.

Layer three of the flowers together, alternating where the petals go. Holding the three pieces together, fold the flower group in half. Fold in half twice more. Cut your chain into 2 – 12″ pieces. Anthro Necklace Week – Fabric Marshmallow Necklace. Hey Everyone!!! It’s the last tutorial for Anthro Necklace Week! Have you missed a tutorial? If you click on the button, it will take you to the Anthro Necklace Week Category.

Then you can scroll through and see all the tutorials for this week! Today we’re doing the sweet (ha. And here’s Anthro’s: Now I know mine looks a little different – but theirs is (again) a really large piece. The necklace isn’t for sale anymore – but it used to run $48 – and we can do way better than that!! Here’s what you’ll need to make one: • cotton thread • small pearls or beads • beading cord • 8 rings, 2 different sizes • 4 crimp beads • glue Start by making your pearl strands. Attach the cord to a jump ring with a crimp bead. Thread the small pearls onto the bead cording, until the strand measures 14″. Cut 6 strands of your cotton thread, each measuring 24″.

Find some way to hold the end of this strand steady. Braid the three sections together. Continue braiding until you reach the end of the bead strand. Anthro Necklace Week – Paisley Rebirth Necklace. Anthro Necklace Week Day 4! 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.

Where on earth do they come up with the names for these?? Here is mine: And here is theirs: This one is a blast to do. I went with a little darker colors than they did because I just fell in love with the fabric in the scarf I found. Here’s your handy dandy tutorial!! Materials: Sewing Machine (you can hand sew it, it will just take longer) Supplies: Scarf or lightweight fabric (you need enough for a 33″ x 12″ piece)Silver chain – 4 yardsSmall pieces of different chains2 Large beaded pieces or pins (I bought these at Michaels)Needle and matching thread. Anthro Cameo Collage Necklace Knockoff. There is a super cool announcement at the end of the post but don’t scroll down and miss the post.

Read through and then get all excited. Or you can scroll down and get all excited and then scroll back up and read this tutorial. Either way works for me. ;) It’s time for another Anthro Necklace Tutorial! I know. Yes – there are other cute necklaces out there to knockoff. I can’t seem to help it. So when a sweet reader, Windy, sent me a tutorial request for a great Anthro necklace, I, again, fell in love. Maybe you’re fickle too? And here’s the Anthro version – they call it the Cameo Collage Necklace. Isn’t it great? Ready to make one? You’ll need: • 1 - 24″ chain • 1 - 7″ chain (can be same type or different) • Assorted Charms – I used 22 but your number will vary depending on how full you’d like the necklace (See section below on adding charms for ideas on where to purchase)• Jump rings • Closure for necklace – any kind (I used a lobster clasp) Start by cutting your chains.

Ok yes. Yep!!! Anthro Knockoff – Akela Necklace. Anthropologie is such a great source to steal ideas from for inspiration. One of my favorite things to do late at night is browse through the Anthro site with a cup of hot tea. Gets my brain going. Much to my delight Anthro just added a darling little fabric and bead necklace that I just had to knockoff! Here’s the Anthro version: I love the style of this necklace but the color, not so much. Second, according to the description, this little baby is 72″ long. Ok, that was weird. One of the other things I like about this necklace is that you don’t need any jewelry hardware or tools. Here’s what you’ll need: Fabric for necklace and ruffles – I used a sort of sheer fabric I had on handBeads – 3 sizes.

Cut your fabric into long pieces – measuring total of around 90″ long by 2″. Cut out your circles – 2 1/2″ diameter. Do any piecing of your long strip first. Get ready to turn your casing inside out. Or you can pin a safety pin in one end and feed that through the casing. Anthro Necklace Week – Narcissus Net. Day 3 of Anthro Necklace Week! Are you enjoying the tutorials? If you’ve missed any, here are the links so far: Pretty-In-Pinking Tutorial Pontentilla Bib Tutorial Today we have the lovely Narcissus Net Necklace. Say that three times fast.

Here’s mine: The Anthro Version: ( I think there must be little Anthro Elves with little tiny fingers that worked for days to get theirs to lay like this – with no funkiness in the chains. To make your very own Narcissus Net Necklace you’ll need: Materials: Wire cuttersNeedle Nose PliersRound Nose PliersRuler or Measuring Tape Supplies: Assortment of chains – gold & silver (Keep the chains small. (There are some gold charms in the picture that I thought I’d use but looked ridiculous. Update – 11/10: A sweet reader, Anissa, found a few errors in the process. Start with making your pearl beads. Place your pearl on a head pin. Bend the pin at a slight angle a the top of the pearl. Wrap the pin wire around one side of your round nose pliers, making a loop. Ok Whew. Anthro Limitless Strands Necklace. How is your Holiday shopping going? Have you started? I will confess I have not. But I have been talking about starting. Does that count? I have been browsing online though - and of course I inevitably wandered over to Anthro.

You will not believe what I found there. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I absolutely fell in love with this necklace. I thought I’d help us both out by creating a knockoff – you can never have too many options for Christmas ideas right? Here’s my version . . . Mine is a little less “strandy” than theirs but that was intentional. Here’s what you’ll need to create this cutie . . . 1 1/2″ Wide Ribbon – 3 1/4 yardsStringing CordSmall Glass BeadsLarge Round Beads – 5/8″ (any type)Crimp Beads – 20Jump Rings – 6Thread Start by stringing your beads. Thread a crimp bead onto the cord and loop the end around a jump ring, then thread the cord back through the crimp bead.

As you thread the beads, make sure they cover the small end of the cording as well. DIY- Anthropologie "Perched Harmonies" Necklace. Ready for another tutorial? What a pretty necklace. Not a pretty price! Make your own $68-looking Anthropologie designer necklace at home for barely no money at all. All that are needed are some beads, wire, and wire-working skills (don't worry, nothing too complicated here!). It's surprisingly quick to make, took me less than an hour. Get out your pliers; let's make some jewelry! Step 1: Gather materials. I used just plain glass rounds, as the Anthropologie necklace uses faceted gemstone beads.

Step 2: Make the wire pendant. Time to hammer. When it looks slightly flatter, hammer the ends extra hard to sort of "push" the wire outwards, flattening it a lot. Step 3: Make the holes. Step 4: Add your beads to the pendant. If you don't care about it looking the exact same or don't have the exact colors of the beads (some of my colors were slightly different hues), then just go with what you want.

Start wrapping the beads onto the pendant. You are finished!