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Make a Firefox Necklace (or any silver pendant with little detail) Frankreich. Hex Nut Pendant. I bought a couple packs of hex nuts from the hardware store, hoping to make some of those bracelets I saw on Honestly WTF.

Hex Nut Pendant

See the DIY on those bracelets HERE. Instead, I made a pendant out of the hex nuts. You will need: hex nuts flat leather cord, or necklace chain link pliers jump rings Arrange the hex nuts in whatever shape you'd like your pendant to be. Using your pliers, connect each adjacent hex nut using some jewelry jump rings. I could have used a regular chain link, but chose to use a flat leather cord instead. Shrinking Snowflake Necklace. I made these for party favors for my daughter’s birthday, but I’ve been wearing one of them around myself so I don’t think this is just a kids’ project. But it does involve shrinky dinks! If you haven’t worked with shrinkable plastic before, you can buy it online or at your local craft store. Supplies: Shrinking plastic (frosted, not clear)Small, sharp scissorsSnowflake template (see link below)Mini hole punch (1/8″)Toaster ovenNecklace chain with jump ringPliers 1. 2.

Bellatrix Lestrange Bird Skull Necklace Part I. Alice In Wonderland Neclace Charm. Bird Cage Optical Illusion. Hermione's Time Turner. Feeling geometric. Good evening!

Feeling geometric

My hex nut jewellery has been neglected in the past few days, even weeks, but now I got back to it. I decided to make a very basic geometric form: 9 small brass hex nuts which are held together by small gold plated jump rings. It looks quite massive n the picture, but because it's the smallest size of hex nuts, it is actually quite discreet. Here is another front view: I'm planning to add a little geometric collection to the shop, so maybe also some triangles and I'll see what else I can come up with. Aren't they just cute? Teeny Tiny Leather Spell Book Tutorial. Was it just me that as a kid thought that the Macbeth Witches speech went as follows: Hubble Bubble Toilet Trouble?

Teeny Tiny Leather Spell Book Tutorial

What a dufus hey! Ok finally got round to posting this in time for you to make a cute mini spell book for Halloween. What you'll need:Small piece of scrap Leather, the more wrinkled and aged the betterSmall scrap of Cardboard (Hard back of a notebook would do fine)1 piece of printer paperScrap of decorative Paper1 O RingGold Sharpie Pen (permanent marker)ScissorsHot Glue GunBull Dog clip/Bag clipNeedle (to punch a hole)Yellow Pages (to lean on) 1. Take one piece of printer paper (A4 if you're in the UK) cut it into 1 inch slices along the width of the paper. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Color wheel pendant. Yes, I have been making a lot of pendants lately. And this one makes me feel like a huge art nerd...I love it! I used that as my inspiration. But I actually put the colors in the correct order. What kind of art teacher could bear to wear an inaccurate color wheel necklace?! (Although I'm thinking about trying another version using a washer shape like the inspiration piece. Anyway, you want to make one? You'll need... wooden disc - mine's 1" drill & 1/16 drill bit craft paint - at least white, red, yellow, & blue tiny paint brush dot sticker masking tape dimensional magic jump ring.

Tassel Necklace. There's probably no better time than the holidays to try your hand at a little do it yourself gift making.

Tassel Necklace

Don't let dwindling finances stop you from showing a little extra love towards your friends. Here's a simple accessory tutorial that could be used in many ways, and in many colors to suit your needs. Supplies: strip of leather chalk or white pencil heavy duty snips or leather scissors extra tacky glue clamp or elastic thrifted chain Cut your rectangle of leather to the size you require.

Mark a chalk line approx 1" from the top of your leather piece. Snip an extra strip to use as a loop on the top of the tassel. Apply glue evenly above the chalk line. Start to roll your leather tightly. Secure tassel with a binder clip or a tightly wound elastic. If you'd like to add extra dimension, trim some of the fringes shorter than others. Using this simple technique, you can create both pendants, key chains, earnings, and charms to add to any bag or belt.