Necklaces from This & That !

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Have a look at what I have been playing with !   Necklaces, no less ... New York, Milan ... here I come {whink}.

Just joking.. but as soon as I received my new Ideas {gift idea edition} Magazine, I wanted to start making stuff!  There are so many brilliant ideas of, well, just about anything, to make yourself, I had a hard time deciding which I wanted to try first.

Let's see - I have a lot of ribbon/lace - Beads: these I started buying at the beginning of last year already and have not done much with it yet - Chain: this falls in with ribbon and lace, so I had that - Buttons: have some lying around in my craft box.  Decision made - I am making NECKLACES !!!

I did not have Embroidery thread and a few small thing, such as little clasps - these I bought and was all set. Once I started playing around with this Necklace making stuff, I enjoyed it so much that I spend most of the day on it.

This is a first for me, so please excuse my own made-up names for certain things - but at least you have pictures {follows} of whatever I used....

A close-up of no: 1

I used 2 VERY different types of ribbon here - white and lace - ivory and flowers

Here I twisted the two ribbons and made a knot every 10 or so centimeters

To finish : I used a needle and cotton thread and simply sewed the ends to the ribbon - then I cut the chain right in the middle and added a small connector ring to each of the open ends - on one of these rings I added a clasp {now the clasp can be fixed onto the ring on the other end of the chain}

See the above photo - one end of the chain ending WITH a clasp {and the other end with only a ring - not on photo}

A close-up of no: 2

Now, this is where I totally had no idea on how to arrange the beads and those shiny silver rings ! Well, this is the end result - I will practice {really starting to like this kind of thing!}

With this one I have used 2 of the same type of ribbon (although I think you call this something like edging..}, in two colors - white and a light golden yellow.  I used a large needle and some thread to "pull" the ribbon through the marble beads - 2 round and 2 oval 

With the white ribbon I pulled through the two oval beads with a silver ring in the center - I did the same with the yellow ribbon but used the round beads with a silver ring in the center.

I have cut the yellow ribbon slightly shorter than the white, in order for it to hang a little higher than the white.

After that, I placed the two ribbons together and added {both ribbons at the same time} a silver ring at each end - sort of to "close" the beading area.

I twisted the two colored ribbons, giving a stitch with needle and cotton thread here and there to keep it in place, ending with sewing the two end pieces together.

A close-up of no: 3

For this one I used 2 strings of embroidery thread, chain, large button, 2 small connector rings and a clasp. I am glad I bought the embroidery thread packed like this and not on a roll as I used them as is - took the chain and first threaded through the button then one side of the thread as in the photo - I used the other side of the chain and threaded through the same piece of embroidery thread on the other side.  To tie the "necks" I used a small piece of the same color thread and twisted and knotted them. Then I folded the embroidery together to find the center, cut through and .. voila - I had little tassles!

Repeat with the second color embroidery thread.

To end - I used the same technique as in no 1 - a small connector ring to each end of the chain with a clasp onto one of these rings.

That's it !   I enjoyed this so much, I think I will play around a little more - seeing as I have so many types of ribbon (oh, and leather cord!) beads and all the rest of it ...

Ciao for now!

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