Keepsake Pendant

Turn a piece of nature into a keepsake pendant. You could use a flower, leaf, grain of sand, or whatever you decide.

Step 1: Find an old CD

Use packing tape to cover the entire label of the CD. Cut the CD in half. Remove the tape. The silvering should come right off.

Handle the pieces by the edges to avoid unwanted finger prints.

Comments

[Master97865]

That is so fancy. I'll have to change some things around, but thanks!

[adriana1616]

Great!! I'll try to make one

[tobune]

Now I now what to do with my unreadable cds..

[rikardom]

Yeah! Me too.

[merkuri2]

Useful invention.

[mattle]

Yes it is!

[black hole]

I'm having a little trouble getting the silvering off. I applied the tape, cut, and peeled the tape off, but nothing happened. Is there some special something that I'm forgeting to do?

[Mrballeng]

When you peel make sure you start on the cut edge of the cd.

[black hole]

Oh, ok. I thought there was something else that had to be done.

[teniva]

Nice use of my unreadable cd. Thanks.

[neetz]

i am going to try it but use macaw feathers!

[begunia]

Hi :)
ill try to make it today.

[tokin]

You are awesome! Trying to make it now.

[cpacker1]

Nifty

[lepar]

Niceeee....

[kokina2]

I love this. You make my CD useful, otherwise I would have trowed it.

[Roryfkl]

Such an interesting way of using a CD. I've made a few pendants after your teardrop instructable and I'm currently working on the vintage locket. Now I have to try this on too!

Keep up the amazing, innovative ideas and I'm excited to see what you do next!

[Mrballeng]

Right now I'm working on a heart locket. I thought I would be able to use the same process from a circular shape but was I ever so wrong.

A heart is a much more complicated shape to neatly produce. It's been tough finding out the process but it's coming along. I'll post it soon.

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[Mrballeng]

Here it is.

[torina2]

beautiful.

[schlieffenska]

holy crap, that heart locket is made from a cd?! I freaking bow down to you, oh cd jewelry deity. :P

[burdockwing]

actually its made out of a coin no cd

[Ghost Wolf]

I have 30 four leaf clovers and 3 five leafs all dry pressed

[yoshi1]

The world record is a 21 leafed clover.

[Ghost Wolf]

Wheres the pic then :/

[dombeef]

Where is your pic then :/

[techy-man]

People like you are the reason many-leafed clovers are now raring, if you keep picking them there are going to be less offspring aren't there!?

[ichigogirl72]

no, four-leaf clovers are a mutation. you can pick as many as you want because its just a mutation, it will never affect the population of them.

[Pwag]

Pulling a leave off a plant that procreates through blooms and flowers is going to kill the strain?

This is like saying that me taking a cutting of hair from a red head is going to make red heads rarer.

[Ghost Wolf]

IDK maybe that leperdcon will leave me alone

[Spaceman-Spliff]

As far as I know, all clovers are three-leafed by nature - the additional leaves are caused by random genetic mutation which explains their comparative rarity.

[sandra-1]

I am trying to make it now. Very interesting.

[ShoutOUT]

Love it, can't wait to try (:

[emilygraceking]

I love your projects--simple objects turn into wonderfully gorgeous pieces. You are so creative.

[imaxb6]

i cant get the silver off ):

[Mrballeng]

When you pull the tape off start from the edge of the CD that was cut.

[evilghostbat]

This is very cool! I tried quite a few times but all the leaves and petals I tried melted, completly smashed or flattened. Why could this be happening?

[Mrballeng]

Try letting the glue cool a little before pressing the two halves together. Keep in mind whatever you press together will be flattened.

[pauli2]

Cool! I'l try to make it now.

[antonio23]

Great instructable. Trying to make it...