It's WISE to DIY: Thrify Ideas for the Do-It-Yourselfer

I Never Would Never Have Believed She Could Make Such Pretty Jewelry Out Of THIS!

Supplies

According to abeautifulmess:

-oven bake clay
-silicon rolling pin or glass jar to use as rolling pin
-X-Acto knife or clay knife
-parchment paper
-super glue
-necklace chain, jump rings, and necklace closure
-gold pendant bails

Directions:

Weave your clay colors together (use more white and less black/grey to get the correct color ratio) and knead the clay till you have a nice marbled pattern.

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Roll you clay out 1/4″ thick and cut pendants about 2″ and the other about 1 1/4″.

Bake in the oven according to clay instructions.

Assemble the jewelry by attaching the pendants to the bails and then assembling the chains and clasps.

Beautiful!

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I think we could all agree that NO ONE would believe that this was a DIY necklace!  It’s a far cry from dried pasta on a string, right?

Have you ever made jewelry that you were extremely proud of? Please tell us what you did!

Thank you to the lovely ladies over at abeautifulmess for this great tutorial and beautiful pics!  Be sure to check out their site for more deets on this tutorial!


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