Flower Necklace

 This is another broken necklace that I found. When I bought it I actually did not realize it's flaw, but the middle flower is missing it's sparkly rhinestone center.

 

 

 

I bought a set of flower rhinestone earrings from Claire's to use in place of the other flowers.

 

 

 

I removed all previous adhesive so I could apply my rhinestones better.

 

 

 

In order to keep an even pattern, I removed the two inner rhinestones from the teal flowers on either side of the middle flower.

 

 

 

I clipped the earring piece off of the rhinestone so that only a small piece of metal stuck out of the back and the piece will fit nicely into the gap provided in the flower.

 

 

 

I heated up the hot glue gun and one by one added the rhinestones.

 

 

 

I allowed the glue to cool for a short period of time then I removed the flyaway strands of glue. The thin pieces detach very easily from the main dot of glue while the adhesive is warm-cool.

 

 

 

And the work was done!

 

 

What are your favorite products to buy and fix? Happy crafting! 

Necklace Remake

This is an original craft! I found this cute necklace broken by its lonesome at a reduced priced, so I have taken it upon myself to turn it into a treasure!

I'm guessing the middle bead in the center of the necklace was supposed to have a little ball on both sides, but, as you can see, there is only one on the right.

 

 

...So I removed the middle bead. In my personal opinion, the necklace look a little bit bulky anyhow.
 

 

 

To streamline the necklace some more, I removed the big bead on each side of the middle bead. (They are in the bottom left corner).
 

 

I added hooks to these two bead and made a matching earring set for the necklace.
 

 

Viola!! The finished product.
 

 

Tell me what you think! Comment for any thoughts or ideas, and happy crafting!

Play with Clay

Scrolling through Pinterest one day I spotted a neat necklace made from polymer clay beads.

I pulled out my old clay stash, mainly FIMO brand, and started shaping different sizes of simple circles. After shaping, I used a toothpick to create the holes.

 

 

Next came bead backing, done according to the package directions.

 

 

For the painting, I strung the beads on a toothpick which I balanced over an old yogurt container (which I recommend you keep--they have so many uses!), allowing me to paint the beads on all sides while letting them air out.

 

 

As expected, the beads had a matte quality, so I finished them with Mod Podge to make them slightly shiny while also protecting the paint..

Lastly, I strung the beads to create the finished piece. Viola!

 

Happy crafting!