Anthro {knockoff} necklace DIY

 Would you guess that this necklace was made of {plastic} chandelier

crystals, silver glass beads, and organza ribbon?

I saw this DIY necklace on Pinterest, and had to try it.

The Morning Letters blog shows how she did it. 

 I made a few changes that worked better for me.  

1 pkg. Silver glass beads (Hobby Lobby-only need 1 package)
1 pkg. Silver glass beads (8mm)...(optional, only need 2 beads)

3 pkgs. Chandelier Crystal {plastic} embellishments (Michael's)

1 pkg. 9 mm jump rings

1/4 inch organza ribbon to match

Ceramocoat acrylic paint...I used Sea Foam

I also used clear top coat fingernail polish, stringing wire (.015" for jewelry) and crimping beads.

You'll also need jewelry pliers, crimpers, and wire cutters.

 Begin by painting the crystal pieces with the craft paint.  I put 2 coats on both sides.  The finish at this point will be matte.  When dry, put 1 or 2 coats of clear top coat fingernail polish (this protects and gives a sheen)

Add jump rings to crystals and begin stringing on the wire, putting 3 silver beads between each crystal.  The first strand will have 9 crystals

and the second will have 7 crystals.

Join the two strands together by threading both wires through one 8mm silver bead, or you can use the smaller 6mm.
 I like the look of the larger one.

1.  Thread both wires through a crimping bead and make a loop, then thread wires back down through bead again.  

Double your organza ribbon and cut to appropriate length
 (I cut at 39") for tying on each side.  

2. Thread one ribbon through loop and pull wires to tighten.
 I only wanted the ribbon doubled to where I'd likely tie it in the back, so before crimping, adjust length of ribbon.   

I doubled and knotted the ribbon to about 13", as seen in above pic.

 Crimp the bead and snip off extra wire.

3.  Make a knot  with the doubled organza ribbon so that it covers the crimp bead.

4.  Tighten knot closely to large bead.    Repeat on the other side.

  Put fray check or a similar product on ends of ribbon to prevent fraying.

Here are a few wardrobe options...love it with white!

 The sea foam green is lovely against the coral.... You just might see me sporting this at the Haven Conference!

I'm off to pack!!!....cuz "I'm leaving on a jet plane" tomorrow morning!

Changes I made to the original instructions from TML blog:

I found that the holes in the silver beads were very tiny and threading with the ribbon was not going to work for me, so I used wire.

I opted not to use the white pearl paint over the acrylic paint.

Linking up here:
Uncommon Designs
Lil Luna
DIY Showoff
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