How To Design Your Own Jewelry A Cool Necklace Out Of Pearl And Safety Pins

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  Step 1

  Supplies needed for this customized necklace:

  20-30 Safety Pins

  Matching Pearl Bead

  Spike Pendant

  0.3mm Brass Wire

  Jumpring

  Chain

  Side Cutting Plier

  Flat Nose Plier

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  Step 2

  Step 1: Make the focal pendant

  1. Cut 2 pieces of wire, about 15cm and 30cm long respectively;

  2. Take the shorter piece and loop one end with pliers;

  3. Thread three safety pins onto the loop on wire;

  4. Take the longer wire and loop the end as before;

  5. Pass the wire through the safety pins while inserting one pearl bead between each safety pin;

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  Step 3

  6. Keep adding safety pins and supplying pearl beads between them. When the half part has reached your desired length, stop to make the second piece.

  7. Make a smaller loop at end and wrap the leftover wire tails around the last exposed wire. Do the process at all four locations.

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  Step 4

  Then, you will get two components as below.

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  Step 5

  Step 2: Add on the chain

  1. Place the two components on a flat surface as picture shows;

  2. Attach the chain using two jumprings at the top;

  3. Connect the two bottom parts with a jumpring. Finally, hang on a spike pendant for decoration in the middle.

  This is what the final product looks like.

  I’m so happy to have this opportunity to share this project with you here. The best DIYs are always those made out of items found in your home. This cusomized nekclace out of pearl and safety pins turned out to be stunning and creative. the design of this cool necklace is the top of my favorites.

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Joybells · Norfolk, Virginia, US · 23 projects 8th August 2013

That is really nice. When I first saw the photo, I thought it was a Native American bird design. Thanks for sharing!

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