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. 3.
DIY Box Braid Necklace The moment we saw Phillip Lim‘s Box Braid Collar Necklace, we were immediately overcome with a wave of nostalgia. Our memories of a neon, plastic box braid lanyard was suddenly transformed into a sophisticated leather jewelry component. Honestly, brilliant! Inspired by our fondness of Lim’s necklace and our love of utilizing hardware, we made our own interpretation of a box braid necklace. Start by cutting the suede in 4 three-yard pieces. Repeat the box braid until you are ready to add washers to the necklace. Once the necklace is finished, trim the ends. Wear it as a necklace, wrap bracelet or even a headband! (top image via Ssense, rest of images by Honestly…WTF)
Watermark Tee by Sweet Verbana Hello U-Create readers! I am so excited to be guest posting here today. It just so happens to be my first guest post and I'm still a little shocked that it's here at Ucreate, one of my favorite blogs! A little bit about me.. I'm from a little town called Keller, Texas. I'm a junior at Texas A&M University (whoop!). I'm working on my education degree and expect to be an elementary school teacher in just two short years. When I'm not busy studying for classes, I love to sew. I just started blogging in May and have already met all kinds of wonderful women, I hope you'll stop by and say hi too! Watermark Tee Tutorial What I love about this project is that it's completely customizable. Materials: Elmer's Blue Gel Glue (it must be the blue gel, white won't work) Fabric Dye (RIT is my tried and true brand) A white cotton Tee, Tank, Dress etc. Tutorial: If you're unfamiliar with Batiking, it's a method of dyeing fabric in which you create a design with a dye- resist. Step 1: Prepare Step 2: Design
DIY Paper Jewellery When I got out my jewellery making equipment last week to create my Gucci watch knock-off, I was not only reminded of just how much supplies I have, but also, how much I used to enjoy making jewellery. So, I decided to make something super easy and fun that I can wear as an accessory this week. I had bought some Mod Podge Dimensional glue ages ago and have been dying to experiment with it. Supplies: Steps: 1) Trace or directly cut out a circle (any size) out of heavy weight scrapbooking paper. 3) Now apply your Dimensionals Mod Podge, going right to the edge, and being careful not to cover up the hole at the top. 5) Add a jump ring and connect to a chain for a necklace or create some cute earrings. Oooh la la???? Although I'm not super duper thrilled with the results it was still a fun experiement and I can think of other ways to improve the project. There are loads of possibilities though, just think of all of the different shapes you could try if you have a template or a Cricut machine!
DIY Friendship Necklace As soon as Lauren and I saw this editorial in Flare Magazine, we knew we had to recreate these awesome, friendship bracelet-like necklaces. We promise they are super easy to make and the perfect way to pass the time during those long summer roadtrips. To make a 2-tone necklace, cut a long piece of rope and wrap two different colors of embroidery thread around its own bobbin. Tie a starter knot along with the two colored threads you are using, leaving at least 3 inches of slack, Tape down the slack to a flat surface or safety pin it something that will help keep it in place (feeling nostalgic yet?). Lay the color that isn’t being used (shown here in purple) in your left hand, along with the rope, and hold them taut. To alternate colors, simply put the inactive color (red) in your left hand and the new active color (purple) in your right. Once you’re done knotting, add a few nuts and/or washers to the necklace.
DIY Braided Fabric Headband « Poor & Pretty I have been making headbands like a maniac lately! A couple weeks ago, I posted a tutorial on how to make a yarn-wrapped headband, and before that I wrote a guest post for the Jennie Fresa Beauty Library on making bridal headbands. Today’s DIY is on braided fabric headbands, which I think are the easiest to make. Here it goes: You will need: 3 pieces of fabric. Steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Et voilà! Happy crafting! Like this post? Stylish and Creative Necklaces Collection of unusual and creative necklaces that will look great on your neck and get you noticed. Bicycle Necklace Stylish bicycle shaped necklaces designed by Rachel Pfeffer. [link] Ice Necklace Creative necklace with frozen ice cubes that will melt on your neck. Pencil Shaving Necklace For all the people who have tried to save a beautiful pencil shaving, here is one that you can keep forever. Razor Necklace Razor blade necklace hangs from silver oval shaped cable chain. Camera Necklace Black and silver metal camera necklace designed for photographers. Tetris Necklace Cassette Tape Necklace Face the music with this awesome cassette tape inspired jewellery. Glasses Necklace Nerd Specs necklace is a great conversation starter at a party. Origami Necklace Swans are universally known as a symbol of love. Fish Necklace Toilet Paper Necklace Unique sterling silver necklace looks like a toilet paper roll. Firefox Necklace Blossom Pendant Zipper Necklace
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Book Page Necklace I love books. I love books, and I love writing, and I love reading, and I. Love. Books. I love crafting (clearly), so I wanted to make a little something bookish. And then I remembered the scanner my husband got me for Christmas, and suddenly, I got very excited about crafting with book pages. I picked up this little photo-frame jewelry finding at Hobby Lobby on one of my many trips. First, because I’m a huge chicken on the topic of destroying perfectly good books, I scanned the page I wanted from a favorite book of mine: Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind. Anyway, I found my favorite part in about 2.3 seconds (LOL) and I laid out the glass from the pendant frame to see just what would look best, while also picking out the phrase that comes to mind whenever I think of this book. I trimmed it out, and put it in the frame. Charms are very easy. You will need a jewelry pin with a head on it. Like so. Thread your beads on how you like. First, bend it. So – what’s your favorite book?
DIY Woven Bead Necklace After a little inspiration from Diva (seen in this post), I decided to try out something similar with a whole lot of beads I bought (initially reserved for S and my craft day, but I couldn't wait that long... We'll have to make a larger more epic version!). Not too shabby, ey? Here's another (easy) DIY for you to try - complete with a short video this time!! DIY Woven Bead Necklace Step 1: Rustle up your bits and pieces. Step 2: Time to weave! Separate your hank into 4 equal parts, then lay them out flat, taping them to the table. It should look something like this if you use 4 strands! Step 3: Once you've finished the weave, it's time to secure the ends. Step 4: Attach one of those hooky things, then thread the pen nib on to hide the ugly knot! Et voila! Style it with a button-up shirt, with the necklace just peeking out from below :) xx T
Project I think a lot of us have a contrarian streak - a tendency to resist things that are popular, and especially things that cross the line from popular into ubiquitous. One night in December, Allen and I were driving to a barbecue place for dinner, and we passed a lot of houses decorated with white Christmas lights, and a few with colored Christmas lights, but only a couple with icicle lights - the ones that were so rampant for the last ten years or so. Not the molded plastic ones that are actually shaped like icicles, but the light strings that have smaller little strings hanging off of them. I said to Allen, "Do you think, now that those icicle lights aren't so popular anymore, they're okay for us to start using?" Allen was shocked. "You like those?" "Yeah, I really like them! "No," said Allen. "What?" "Yeah, nobody uses them right. "Allen, of course it doesn't make any sense. "You're twisting my words." So I understand perfectly a natural aversion to trends. The animals, y'all!
DIY Chevron Necklace Last week Carly at Chic Steals posted her late summer Objects of Desire. I loved this Open Triangle Necklace from ASOS. Normally I wouldn’t DIY a necklace that could be purchased for less than $20, but I already had all of the materials and it only took a few minutes. Remember the nail polish ‘enamel’ necklace? I gave it a couple coats of nail polish and let it dry before using jump rings to attach a brass chain.