Anthro Necklace Week – Potentilla Bib

Whatimade.com Anthro Trimmed Necklace Knockoff Have you entered the Black Friday Giveaways?? You have a couple more days to enter!Click here for links to all 18 Giveaways! How are you doing on your handmade Christmas presents? Need any quick, easy, super cute, jewelry ideas?? I was browsing around and found the perfect thing. And here’s the original – with a $38 Price Tag: (photo credit: Anthropologie) I love the simplicity of this one. Ready to get crafting? 2 Colors of small beads (if you want to do the two color bow) I bought two tiny strands from Michael’s17″ of 26 gauge wire3 crimp beads18″ chain3 small/medium Jump rings1 large Jump ring1 lobster clasp1 Head Pin (optional)wire cutters, round and flat nosed pliers Begin by adding a crimp bead to one end of your wire piece. Add beads onto your wire until the row of beads measures 11 1/2″. If you are doing the two color bow, add the beads in these measurements. White: 1 1/2″…Pink: 1 5/8″…White: 1 3/4″…Pink: 1 5/8″…White: 1 3/4″…Pink: 1 5/8″…White: 1 1/2″ Or pretty close to that. :)

The Idea Room: How to Make Leaf Skeletons I wanted to share with you a project from one of my readers who shares with us how to make leaf skeletons. I LOVE this! I have several leafs in various forms displayed in my home and knew I needed to make some of her leaf skeletons to add to my decor. I love how a pattern of leaves can enhance the beauty in your home. I have spent hours and tried various ways of making these. You need washing soda, not baking soda! Gather your leaves. Washing soda is a strong base so you may want to wear gloves when handling the leaves. You will add 3/4 cup of washing soda and 4 cups of water to your pot of leaves. Keep going, you will need to add more water so your pan doesn’t dry out. When 1.75 hours are up fill a glass baking dish with cool water. I carefully removed them and rinsed with water and added clean water to the pan. If you’re still with me, this is what I ended up with… I have a maple leaf which turned out not so well. 37.1Kstumbleupon

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. 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 Cut out your fabric – you need a 33″ x 12″ piece. You can see that my fabric was pretty sheer. Comments

Make It and Love It Anthro Necklace Week – Set Ashore Necklace Today we’re making the Set Ashore Necklace. The beauty of this design is that it is sooo adaptable. You can change out each element to your preference or supply availability! So fun and so many possibilities. Here’s Mine: And here’s the inspiration: Tough to get a background that shows up the blue and the white well. I used scarf fabric from the Paisley Rebirth Necklace and added some funky rings. Here’s what you’ll need for the Set Ashore Necklace! Materials: Wire CuttersNeedle Nose PliersRound Nose Pliers Supplies: Cotton Cording – Around12″Fabric for braiding – I used 3 pieces 36″ long (folded in half) x 1 1/2″ wideChain – 8″ (Cut into a 7 /2″ piece and a 1/2″ inch piece)Beads (Assortment – I used most of 3 bead strands)Headpins – (enough for one per bead)Large Rings – 2Jump Rings – 5Toggle ClosureRibbon Clamps or Large Cording endsSuper GlueNeedle & Thread Let’s get started! Cut your fabric strips. Sew the three strips together at the fold with a few small stitches. Great! Whew.

I Am Momma - Hear Me Roar 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.

J Crew Knock-off Tee I saw this cute little shirt the other day on JCrew. I thought I'd give it a shot. It turned out a bit different, but here's my attempt. 1) I bought 2 t-shirts for $4 each. 2) I cut off the hemmed sleeves and the collar, to give it more of a raw look. 3) I cut some strips out of the extra shirt. 4) I sewed them on the shirt like this. See how I moved up the shirt doing the same? Now it's time to add the bow. 5) I sewed on the two hangy-down parts of the bow. Ta-dah! It was raining outside, so I couldn't get the lens to focus on me while using the timer - just the rain. AND I couldn't get far enough away from myself to get a good self-photo. I guess it's time to start giving Rex some photography lessons. Thanks for stopping by. PS - Brittany, I need your e-mail address to answer your question about the rip.