Diy Safety Pin Pearl Necklace

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  Step 1

  What you will need:

  20-30 safety pins (medium to large size)
  20-30 pearls
  Wire
  A chain
  Charm (optional)
  Plyers
  Scissors
  Jump rings (larger in size)

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  Step 2

  Cut two pieces of wire, one about 6 inches long and the other double it's length.

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  Step 3

  Take the shorter piece of wire, using plyers, create a loop shape at one end.

  Insert 3 safety pins and the shorter piece of wire through a jump ring as shown below.

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  Step 4

  Take the longer piece of wire, and again, create a end loop as shown below.

  Insert the other end of the first safety pin from the shorter wire through the longer wire.

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  Step 5

  Continue by inserting a pearl through the longer piece of wire.
  Repeat steps, interchanging a safety pin then a pearl for the first 3 safety pins.

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  Step 6

  Once you have worked through the first 3 safety pins, continue to string both ends of a safety pin through both wires and only inserting a pearl through the longer wire.
  Repeat until you have stringed through 10 pearls. (you may choose to use more or less depending on your desire)

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  Step 7

  Take both ends of the excess wire and fold back to create the fan half shape you want.

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  Step 8

  Cut the ends of the wires leaving only about one inch left on each end.

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  Step 9

  Work on the longer wire first, take a set of plyers and wrap the excess wire around several times.

  With the shorter wire, wrap the excess wire around several times but this time, you also want to create a loop at the end.

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  Step 10

  You can see the loop shape created on the shorter wire's end.

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  Step 11

  Attach a chain with jump rings to the pearl ends.

  Attach the two fan halves with either a charm (I used spike charm) or you can attach them together by just using a jump ring.

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Steph. · Reading, England, GB · 212 projects 16th September 2013

cool idea! ^^

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