Inspired by some links I've found on Pinterest, actually! I've got a whole board of jewelry inspirations. There are lots of good jewelry inspiration ideas floating about on Pinterest, and as our heat wave continues on, I've been more into beading and general crafting than knitting - much cooler to work with, at least temperature-wise! So, I'm being creative using another outlet, and hoping that Fall comes soon :)
First up is a necklace inspired by an Anthropologie piece, the Spinet necklace. Anthropologie often has such adorable or striking pieces, but such prices!! Much easier to make on your own! This one used chain from Michael's, and a string of yellow and cream stones, also from Michael's, and a clasp and accent bead from my own stash, nothing too complex. The necklace portion is 16 inches, then the chain drops down as a pendant. I used the accent bead, as I only had 6 of the stone beads. That left either extra beads, or oddly spaced stones on the 'pendant' portion of the necklace if I used 4 there, with 2 stones on the drops. I played around a lot with the spacing of the stones and so forth, before diving into my stash and coming out with the brass accent bead - same metal as the chain, same size as the stones, works out nicely. And I liked the dragonfly accent too, so I'm very pleased with my final result.
Another piece is a casual button bracelet. I liked the monochromatic ones from the original website, Milomade, but found some black and white buttons to use in my first attempt. This was a completely WalMart craft, actually. They have blank link bracelets, and bags of assorted, color coordinated buttons. Perfect supplies to get you started. All you need now is the eye pins to attach the buttons to the bracelet.
If you look at the above picture on the right, you can see how I attached the buttons. The eye pin is looped through one of the buttons, then the eye of the eye pin attaches it to the bracelet link. I spaced my buttons on this bracelet to be one per link - 23 altogether. If you're working with a smaller linked chain, you might want to adjust the spacing of your buttons so it doesn't get too crowded. This one worked out nicely for 1-per-link.
I've worn this one a couple of times already now, and really like it. I've enough black and white and grey in my wardrobe that this works nicely as a casual match-almost-all sort of piece. I've already picked up buttons for another in fall time colors of navy and gold and rust and green. Thinking a copper chain with that one, but we'll see what looks good :)
I started with attaching the eye pins to the buttons, then laying them out in a pattern I liked. The pattern I ended up with is alternating black and white buttons, and alternating styles of buttons within each color. Black A, White 1, Black B, White 2, Black A, White 3, and so on. It gives it an artfully random look - not perfectly matched, but not totally reach-in-the-bag-blindly type random. I like it :)
If you look at the above picture on the right, you can see how I attached the buttons. The eye pin is looped through one of the buttons, then the eye of the eye pin attaches it to the bracelet link. I spaced my buttons on this bracelet to be one per link - 23 altogether. If you're working with a smaller linked chain, you might want to adjust the spacing of your buttons so it doesn't get too crowded. This one worked out nicely for 1-per-link.
I've worn this one a couple of times already now, and really like it. I've enough black and white and grey in my wardrobe that this works nicely as a casual match-almost-all sort of piece. I've already picked up buttons for another in fall time colors of navy and gold and rust and green. Thinking a copper chain with that one, but we'll see what looks good :)
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