Create these quirky necklaces with a few pulchritudinous parking lot pebbles & bits you’re sure to have lurking about the house!
Go scrounge up some interesting looking rocks & give them a good scrub – kidlets are fabulous finders & cleaners!
Let the stones dry completely…
…give them a spray with clear varnish to shine ’em up & bring out any natural details. (quick tip: to avoid sticky-messy-stones, slice up a plastic bag to use as a backdrop instead of newspaper – the rocks will neatly peel off when dry)
Grab some wire (any will do) & needle nosed pliers (or tweezers).
Poke around your jewellery box and snag a few never-worn-necklaces (or just visit the thrift store).
Get one of your shiny stones and wrap & twist the wire around the center…
wind it around a few times (both length & width-wise)
unwind about 30cm of wire & cut it from the spool, weave it through the top & create a small loop
twist the wire around the base of the loop a few times, et voila – you have a ring to hang it from!
Continue wrapping & twisting the wire around the stone, weaving it in and around itself tightly to secure it and ‘cage’ the stone. Trim & tuck the pokey wire end…
attach your fancy new pendant to one of your thrifted necklaces…
and you’re done!
For a slightly different look grab a long stone & wrap & twist the wire around the center
wrap & twist as above but this time create one loop on one side…
…and another loop on the other side. Continue wrapping, weaving & twisting the wire, then trim & tuck the pokey end and…
deconstruct a necklace in the middle & attach it to each side of your caged stone
lurvly!
Get creative! Here I imprisoned 3 small stones then added ’em to a thrifted beaded necklace…
I’m definitely getting an early start on Christmas gifts this year!
