Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! While everyone is enjoying the Oscars, here's a little weekend DIY I did!
I was bored at work on Friday and came across
The Fashion Clackers and their post on the
knot necklace and
oh em gee I fell in love so fast! I counted down the hours until I got off to run to the craft store for supplies. If you follow me on
Instagram or
Twitter you already saw this little preview:
Here's the how to:
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Supplies: rope color of your choice (about 2 yards), matching ribbon, hot glue gun, jewelry clamps, jewelry clips (I used a lobster clip) - not shown: I had to purchase the same rope (again about 2 yards) but in a much smaller version to finish the necklace because the large rope was just too bulky |
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I measured about 16 inches of rope, loop them around twice and glue the ends together |
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Take a short piece of ribbon, and glue the two loops together, covering the seam |
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Repeat the loop/ribbon gluing three times |
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Loop another piece of rope to connect the three loops (see this video for exact directions) |
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Glue the ends of the fourth loop together |
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Take a the smaller rope and cut into two pieces, loop around the outer rings and measure where you want it to fall on your neck |
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Add the two smaller rope loops around the ribbon (I think it frames it pretty nicely) |
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Tape off the ends, trim to same length and add jewelry finishing clamps and lobster hooks |
Stay tuned for the complete finished project styled tomorrow! I love this necklace so much and got so many compliments on it (even from guys, haha) that I think I'm going to make another in black and possibly white.
P.S. I've still got a couple more posts on NYC - the absolute highlight of my trip - but I just couldn't resist sharing this, so stay tuned for those too!
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