DIY fabric charm necklace from Rae Gun Ramblings

Wood Board Book Page and Fabric Charms

 Hi, I'm Marissa from Rae Gun Ramblings.

I blog about all things crafty, tasty, pretty and just plain

life. I'm an insanely huge fan of young adult fiction (love

Potter and Hunger Games), I am married to a super talented

musician and

I also run a handmade baby and toddler clothing shop on etsy called

Rae Gun.  Hopefully you'll

stop by my blog and shop and see some of my latest adventures and

maybe share some of your own at my What We Wore
and Made Link party.

Today I want to share a tutorial on how to make awesome necklaces. I

found these cute wood pieces at Michael's and knew I needed them. That

combined with my love of fabric and books these necklaces were

destined to be. You can pretty much use any fabric or paper to make

totally personalized necklaces, tags to go on other things and more.

Plus they are so easy, inexpensive, and fun. I'll admit it, I may be

slightly addicted.

What You Need

• wood crafting rectangles (any shape would work though)
• fabric, book page, or other design paper
• ring findings
• something to make holes (I love my Crop-A-Dile)
• Mod Podge
• paint
• brush

What to Do

1. Identify and size your fabric, book page or paper. For the fabric I

just traced around my wood and cut. For my book page I scanned in a

page I liked, resized it and then printed it.

2. Paint wood and let dry.

3. Put your fabric or paper on the wood using a layer of Mod Podge. I

liked the fabric texture on top so while I did a top coat of Mod Podge

over the paper ones I just did the under layer on the fabric one. Let

dry.

4. Punch holes. (I recommend practicing on a different piece of wood first).

5. Add ring findings and attach to a chain.

6. Look at your awesome creation and wear it with pride.

I hope you like this. I'd love to see your creations if you try it

out. Also if you're a Hunger Games Geek like me I'll be sharing my

District 12 wire wrapped coal pendant tute on my blog next week. I hope

you'll stop by and say hello and share some of your own creativity at

my What We
Wore and Made link party.

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DIY Ribbon and Resin Necklace from Tatertots & Jello

Hi Brassy Apple readers!!

I'm Jen from Tatertots & Jello. I am such a fan of Meg's and all of her amazing ideas. And I am SO exited to be here!!

Today I am sharing a little Spring Necklace idea. Can I tell you how excited I am for SPRING???? I can't wait. In the meantime -- here's a little project that is helping me fight away the winter blues. And it uses Dimensional Magic -- which is SUCH a fun medium.

Ribbon and Resin Necklaces

Here's what you need:

Scrapbook Paper or Stickers

Metal, Wood or Chipboard -- for the back of the pendants

Mod Podge

Dimensional Magic

Necklace Bails

Ribbon or Chain

Here's What You Do:

1. Take a sticker or a piece of scrapbook paper and stick it or Mod Podge it onto your backing.
2. Cut out the shape in your metal, wood or chipboard backing.
3. Add a layer of Mod Podge to the top of the paper or sticker.
4. Once dry, outline the paper with Dimensional Magic, and fill it in.
5. Sand off the edges.
6. Let that dry.
7. A tip -- if you have bubbles, pop them with a lighter.
8. Add a Metal Necklace Bail to the back. Adhere it with something like E6000 or 9001.
9. Add some tags and cut the holes with a Cropodile.
10. Or add some buttons. {these are from the Dear Lizzy line from American Crafts.
11. Add a length of ribbon or chain and tie in a bow at the side.

And I bought a little $1 scrapbooking kit from Target and made a little necklace out of it.

This would be a fun idea if you wanted to make a necklace with a special picture, or even small pictures of your kids' faces.

Thanks for letting me share it with you!!

xoxo

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DIY Spectacle Necklace Anthro Knockoff from A Little Tipsy

Hi There! I'm super excited to be visiting here on Brassy Apple to share some bling. It is only fitting that the first time we met was sitting making Anthro knock-off necklaces at a blog conference.

I'm Michelle from A Little Tipsy.

I know what you might be thinking...A Little Tipsy? Nope. Sorry, I don't drink. Like ever. Bask in the irony.

I love to share creative projects that can be done during nap time for less than dinner out. I also host a weekly DIY Under $5 party. I love Nutella, despise all things cherry and refuse to accept that popcorn is not a meal.

So, on to the good stuff! When Megan asked for DIY accessory tutorials I knew just what I wanted to do, knock off the Quite a Spectacle necklace from Anthro! It is quirky and in true Tipsy fashion totally affordable DIY style!

Anthropologie version: $498 (no longer available) My version: $7.50

That's a 98.5% savings. ;)

Supplies:6 pairs of reading glasses (dollar store)Glasses screwdriver 8-10 Jump Rings 12 mmChain
1. Gather your glasses and remove all stickers. Use the tiny screwdriver to remove all the screws and take apart the frames. Lay six pairs of glasses in a pattern that you like to prepare to put them together.

2. Connect three pairs of glasses by placing the jump rings through the screw holes. Do this twice so you have two sets of three pairs.

3. Now connect the sets with three jump rings so the bottom of the necklace will be more rounded than pointy.

4. Add your chain. Use jump rings if it is just a chain. Mine was the chain to my husband's old pocket watch so I just looped it through one side and hooked it on the other.

Now put your awesome new necklace on and see what a spectacle you can make! And hey if you need reading glasses, you'll never be short a pair!

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DIY Rocker Chain Necklace from Vintage Wanna Bee

Hello Friends!

I'm Nichelle from Vintage Wanna Bee! I'm excited to be here on Brassy Apple, and to show you an awesome necklace tutorial! Today I will be showing you how to make your own "Rocker Chain Necklace". This necklace will add a little fun to any outfit

Let's get started!

You will need:

Scissors, Jewelry Tools, Jump Rings, Long Necklace, Different Sized Chains, 

Find different sized chains for necklaces, I used some from my craft supplies and an old bracelet. Use whatever you have in your house. Cut your chains to different lengths for dimension and for a "layered" look for your necklace.

Add jump rings to the end of each chain to add to the necklace.

Put each individual chain on your necklace, arrange as desired. I put the largest chain in the middle.

Add as many chains as you would like until you like the overall look!

There you go!

Now you have a fun rocker chain necklace, to add a little glam to any outfit!

I hope you enjoyed!

Thanks so much for letting me hang out over here!

XOXO

Nichelle

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DIY Necklace with Sumos Sweet Stuff

The DIY accessories tutorial kicks off another great week with Sumo's Sweet Stuff! Take it away Summer!

Hello everyone!

I'm so excited/honored/happy to be posting over here. I just adore Megan, and think she is so much fun! I've only met her once in real life (which is sad; it should be more), but it's been fun getting to know her a bit over the interweb. Isn't the internet great?

I'm Sumo, or Summer if you wanna get formal. (In case you are wondering, my husband nicknamed me Sumo when we were dating. Maybe I should have been offended?)

I blog over at Sumo's Sweet Stuff.

It's a blog I started to share my crafting and creating. I also like to host giveaways, feature other bloggers, and maybe share some crazy ramblings about how much I love Diet Coke, or my relationships with Veronica and Lucy (my sewing machine and CAMEO). Some other things you should know about me are that I'm married to my best friend, I have three beautiful little girls, I'm kind of in love with my minivan, I think every seamstress should own a pair of Ginghers, I'm addicted to Pinterest, and I would make a great professional fabric shopper.

I'm excited to share this necklace tutorial with you. It is so versatile, and gives you tons of options! 

Here's what you need:

- beads, beads, beads! (Yes, I realize that's a lot of beads. No, it's not even close to all the beads I own.)

- chains of varying sizes

- two large lobster clasps

- one smaller lobster clasp

- crimp beads

- scissors

- crimping tool

- beading wire

- split rings

The large flower bead had holes for two wires to string through it. So I measured the chain that would be going around my neck on one side, strung it through a small piece of wire, and then put both sides of the wire through the large bead. (Sorry, I know the picture if fuzzy; I couldn't get very good clear shots today for some reason. I'm probably one of the last bloggers on earth still using a point and shoot!)

Then I took a large lobster clasp and put it on a split ring. On the two pieces of wire that have come through the large bead, string together with a crimp bead. Then loop the wires around the split ring and back through the crimp bead. Use your crimping tool to press the crimp bead down, securing it all in place. Trim any excess wire.

Measure a second piece of chain to go around your neck. Open up one of the rings and put a smaller lobster clasp on. This will connect the two sides on the back of your neck. At the bottom of the second piece of chain, attach another split ring with a lobster clasp on it by opening up another ring and close the ring around it. My crimping tool is handy for this! This is what you've got so far!

Now it's time to start making the fun bead strands! Take a piece of wire, put a crimp bead on it, loop the wire around a split ring and back through the crimp bead. Press the crimp bead down, securing your loop around the split ring.

String on your beads to the length that you want. Secure the end with another crimp bead and split ring.

Here's how it looks attached on to your base necklace pieces.

Measure different lengths of varying sizes of chains, and hook those on to your necklace. You like?

But maybe you don't feel like wearing those clear beads. How about a strand of black pearls?

What's that? It's almost spring, and time for bright colors? Okay, done.

Or you could always keep it classic with regular pearls.

For a simple look, maybe you just want a few different chains hanging on.

This strand may be my favorite: an eclectic group of clear and silver beads.

So there you have it. A boutique style necklace, with lots and lots of options to make it work for you! 

Thanks so much to Megan for having me over here today. I hope you'll come follow along at Sumo's Sweet Stuff!

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