Head over to CRAFT and check out my quick tutorial for making this fabric pendant necklace. Quite a few of you have asked where I got the frame. I bought it from this Etsy shop, but I would love to find a shop that sells these in sterling silver.
Merit Badge Necklace
Update: This project was originally created by Brittni Mehlhoff of papernstitch. I asked her to contribute to this DIY series and she obliged with this wonderful tutorial. What she did not realize is that the original Anthropologie version of this necklace is actually a handmade piece created by Fort Standard. So while we hope that you will continue to draw inspiration from the world around you, we would discourage making an exact copy of an artist’s work, even for personal use. Brittni has decided to remove the tutorial to further discourage this. Thanks for your understanding.
This series has apparently created a good deal of controversy, which you can read about here.
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Brittni Mehlhoff is the founder and curator of the art + handmade exhibition site, papernstitch, and is also the editor of a handmade blog by the same name. When not working on papernstitch, she is dreaming up fun little tutorials and crafting projects for her home. You can visit her free diy projects and tutorials section for more than sixty quick and easy projects. And while you are there, you can also sign up to receive free weekly diy projects straight to your inbox.
Lego Necklaces
- Quick drying epoxy from Fire Mountain Gems.
- Bails from Fire Mountain Gems.
- Ball chain from Ace Hardware ($.48 a foot, but $.39 a foot if you buy the whole 100 feet roll of it)
- Clasps for ball chain from Ace Hardware ($.13)
- Legos from Bricklink
Fall Jewelry
It’s time I posted about something grown-up. I rarely wear jewelry as it just seems like an extravagance to me. But now my younger daughter has reached the age when she’s not pulling the earrings out of my ears, so I’ve been thinking about it. Mostly just admiring from afar. I love the glass jewelry that’s everywhere these days. Here are some pieces in fall colors that I found particularly beautiful (click on image for link):
Glass artist everlasting glass in Brooklyn creates beautiful designs from fused and lampwork glass at reasonable prices ($40 for pair pictured below):
A bit more of an investment are these Ananda Khalsa pieces that seem to be getting a lot of worthy praise. Each high-quality piece contains an original painting (ring $280, necklace $370, also available in just silver).
Feminine and affordable, these Ellerue acorn earrings below are just $14:
I could never pull these off, but aren’t these Alisha Louise earrings gorgeous? And customizable — you pick the enamel colors ($88).