In Love With Turquoise Necklace

I'm just mad about turquoise, turquoise is mad about me..

Pauric suggested I end my negative hatred of Valentines Day and join this competition instead :-)

So here it is, a little necklace made out of all sorts of precious bits and pieces, with a few tools and some easily learnt skills.

Step 1 Materials

you will need:

50cm of chain
1 large jumpring
several small jumprings
several headpins (the long bits of wire with bobbles on)
lots of special buttons and beads found all over the place

optional:
you know those little sample sheets you get with processed photos? Well, cut out a favourite photo, and cover it in some kind of gloss to make it stronger. The instructions for adding eyelets are at the end.

Comments

[Dream Dragon]

I really like this style. Beautiful work.

[ting-a-ling]

Beautiful necklace! I make jewelry from all kinds of things and I'll have to try this. Really cool way to put it on too.

[annanomsa]

thanks ting-a-ling, glad that you like it!

[Box_Full_Of_Sharp_Objects]

is that a guitar pick on the necklace?

[annanomsa]

hi there! No it isn't, its a button, but i did recently see a fantastic example of a necklace made with guitar picks, it was rather fabulous!

[HamO]

Very well done instructable. great close ups. Beautiful neck uhh necklace.

[jtobako]

any hints on how to keep the eyelet from collapsing like mine always do?

[annanomsa]

hi jtobako, good to hear from you. hmm, good question. I tend to try and push the eyelet through the paper with my fingers before I hammer it down. That also means you can get it in exactly the right place. But other than that I can't think of anything. Let me know if this helps. Cheers, AnnaNomsa