left overs + hot glue = necklace

my last few days of freedom {before school started} i came across this pinterest idea. the boy was away on drill and i was home alone...debating on cleaning the kitchen or a craft...hmmm crafting won :) i kind of threw together a bunch of left overs..added some hot glue and made a necklace. the pearls i bought years ago from the dollar store and have used them for christmas decorations. the ribbon was left over from something i did {can't remember}. and the heart and other doo~dad were from a bag of beads i bought for a bracelet...originally i wasn't planning on using them, however my knots to connect the ribbon and pearls were not so pretty. so this was my attempt to cover them up. 

i'm pretty happy with how it turned out

it's amazing what you can find around the house :)

thank you yet again pinterest.

dollar store earring holder

super easy, dollar store earring holder :) i got my inspiration from matsutake who used the base of a lamp, a larger frame and used it as a mood board. i loved the idea...however i have no where to put it in our little apartment {which is already crammed with diy projects in every available space possible}. so i decided to down scale...went to the dollar tree, bought a frame and a candle stick holder. then used up the last of my white spray paint and lightly sprayed it...ha lightly because i was running out :) but i kind of light that it wasn't white white. you can still see some of the black and gold trim from the picture frame. i took some left over black embroidery thread and very VERY tightly wrapped it around the sides, then used krazy glue to adhere it. two strands on the top and three on the bottom for extra hanging sturdiness. and yes, more krazy glue to attach the picture frame to the candle stick holder. 

tadaa {mine}

my inspiration...someday i'll make a real size one :)

what i had to buy

picture frame: $1.00

candle stick holder: $1.00

what i already had

embroidery thread: $0.39

spray paint: $3.87

krazy glue $2.35

pom pom necklace

so i'm just now posting about some of my christmas gift creations...better late than never right?! here is one of the BEST purchases i have made in a long time. i bought this collection of stretchy grey fabric from joann's remnant section, it cost me $2.29 {because remnants are half off} ...and made five necklaces and maybe sixteen hair accessories {i made so many i lost count} AND still have left over fabric. it's seriously the fabric that keeps giving :) here is the tutorial for the pom pom 'bib' necklace. i found this via pinterest and followed it over to little miss mama. i used a different type of fabric than her...i found this one was easier to manipulate..{and insanely cheap}

a low temperature glue gun is best...depends on the thickness of your fabric

you'll see later on that you pinch the fabric around the glue dot

i don't want your fingers to burn!

an additional half off that ... LOVE that remnant price :)

this has three chains with clasps and everything

reg $3.99 at michaels, but i used my 40% coupon 

and it was $2.39...steal!

cut five felt circles out..they don't have to be perfect because you'll be covering them up.

cut tons of circles out from the fabric about the same size as your felt circle.

i layered the fabric so i could cut multiple at a time.

using the glue gun, put a dot in the middle of the circle

then take your fingers and pinch the middle together.

keep pinching different sides and kind of tweak the fabric so it gathers like so

then hold the bottom {where the glue is} until it holds independently. 

the nice thing is that you don't have to make them all the same

...each one unique in their own way... :)

i went ahead and made a whole gallon ziplock bag amount of them.

take your circle felt, add a glue dot and place the little guy on top

and continue to do so..surrounding the first one you put down.

hot glue three of the pom pom's to your felt.

glue the ends of your necklace on top of the last two pom pom's.

flip them over and glue them to the felt

then cut out and trim around the pom pom's.

and you're done!

safe to say this necklace cost me $1.50 to make

probably even cheaper..but i wanted to cover everything

{chain, felt, fabric used, glue stick for the glue gun}