You will need
2 box chain necklaces1 A4 sheet of fine sculpting mesh
Car body filler (If you're nervous about using it, strong, carpentry-standard contact adhesive will do but it requires much more patience)
All-purpose scissors
Palette knife
Long-nosed pliers
Thin silver wire
84 diamantés or crystal beads (if you're using the latter, you'll also need some silver foil)
Nail polish in the following colours:
Difficulty
Quite easy
Believe it or not there are only 2 parts of the process that prevent this tutorial from earning an "easy" or even "very easy" certificate (or whatever means by which you classify tutorial difficulty). Those were using the wire to join some of the chains and applying the body filler and gems near the end in a neat, non-messy way. Confused? Fear not, all will be revealed.Time
About 2 and a half hours.No, seriously, I was pleasantly surprised at how little time it took to construct the necklace. Embellishing it was a slightly slower process but it's all still comfortably doable within an evening's time frame.
Fly on the wings of DIY...
This video shows how (yes, figuratively smart-arse!):
That masterpiece again...
O.o
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ReplyDeletei like it a lot, very impressive! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks so much :) Yours was amazing, too, especially the pompoms!
ReplyDeletewhy not make the video in better light? at some points i can hardly even see what you are doing... -.-
ReplyDeleteFair. It crossed my mind when I was editing it. During the week when I had to make it, I was forced to travel because of work commitments, so I had to film parts of the tutorial in a hotel room, where the lighting arrangements were poor. It was really frustrating to have to make do but I see your point.
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