There is nothing I love more than being resourceful. Here is a simple necklace tutorial made out of thrifted finds. It is very fun and perfect for a little added funky flair. PLUS, it looks christmas-y right? You can make it with any color scheme by changing out the beads, and fabric. I did totally make this up… so no hating or judging.. haha. It’s just for fun. The items you will need are shown above: Strips of fabric, beads, yarn or string, and shower curtain rings. I displayed yarn AND string… but in this example I just chose to use the yarn.
These are just simple shower cutain rings that i found in the home section at savers. I was just walking by and felt the need to make something with them. They are pretty useful because they are sturdy, and they have that connecting point.. So you can link them together.
Cut strips of your favorite fabric OR cut up an old blouse or T-shirt. Wrap the material around the curtain ring and secure it by winding the yarn around and tying it off.
The finished ring should look like the one above. Now before you wind fabric around more rings make sure you link them together. Then string the beads through the rings to create a complete circle.
After you have connected everything. Then you need to finish it off by winding more fabric around the rings and tying it off with yarn. Just for fun i did a whole curtain ring just with yarn. THATS IT!! You are done. Wasn’t that SUPER easy?
What do you think? Does that look do-able and wear-able? I would love to hear your thoughts… Or link to some other online DIY projects that you like. I would love to see those. DIY are sooo fun.
December 24th, 2009 at 7:43 am
this. is. so. COOL.
i definitely want to try this… it’s so stinking nifty!
December 24th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Loving this. You’re so creative!
December 24th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Omg, could you be anymore creative-haha. I love it! Who would have known that shower curtain rings could make such a cute necklace:) Thanks for sharing.
December 24th, 2009 at 9:32 am
What an idea, this is terrific.
December 24th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Love it! I think I even have extra shower curtain rings. Very funky!
December 24th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
So fashionable! : ) I love it. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to try after the holidays.
December 24th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
love it! what a fun & crafty little project!
December 24th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Oh wow! These are super cute. You are TOO creative! :O
December 24th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
i absolutely love this!! definitely doing.
December 25th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Cute! I love do it yourselfs! I actually stumbled upon this ( http://www.designworklife.com/?p=10178 ) the other day, and was inspired to make my own for wallet friendly christmas presents! they came out super cute!
December 28th, 2009 at 12:51 am
You’re a pretty creative kat man : ) I have to get the gear I make up on my site…
December 29th, 2009 at 2:19 am
cute DIY, i use my broken necklaces to make new ones…i think the more tacky the better sometimes right?
well heres a DIY prject that is easy and fun. Vintage china looks the best for Jewelry tower, can be used to serve food too.
Hope you enjoy this one:)
http://muchomuchobuenobueno.blogspot.com/2009/11/diy-holiday-tower-tutorial.html
January 5th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
aww. i love all of those links. They are GREAT! thanks for sharing everyone.
February 14th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
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February 17th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
i made a necklace and i love it!! thanks for the diy
so much fun!!!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:10 am
Where did you find a long enough necklace? I’m having a hard time finding one to double up.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:14 am
you can find them anywhere. I got mine at savers.
have fun.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:15 am
Oh… Savers is a thrift store.
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July 1st, 2010 at 5:46 am
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August 12th, 2010 at 9:51 am
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October 1st, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Wiii, I just made similar necklace and now I will make one exactly as you did. You really are talented:)
October 20th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
I freakin love this tutorial! It’s so mod and I have all the supplies needed just laying around the house.
I even featured this tutorial in my blog!
http://ohthatscrafty.blogspot.com/2010/10/necklace-out-of-shower-curtain-rings.html
December 4th, 2010 at 8:01 am
I LOVE YOU!!! whenever I come to this blogs I get news ideas, and feel I can do it… I love to be creative, makes me feel useful!!!
December 21st, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Hey Promise,
Our oldest daughter, Tia, is a FIDM grad living in SF doing visuals for Banana Republic. She loves big whimsical jewelry and thrift store treasures. So, my daughters (11 & 7) and I decided to use your idea for a Christmas gift for Tia. We found the beads, shower curtain rings and a dress to cut up at Goodwill. Here is how it turned out! We love it? What do you think? ( I really like it with my second hand store Anne Klein finds).
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php fbid=1738598786957&set=a.1158808892572.24730.1298271877
December 21st, 2010 at 5:05 pm
sorry….first link didn’t work
try this
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1910152&l=8543746bc1&id=1298271877
December 21st, 2010 at 5:07 pm
oops. first link didn’t work. try this one.
-pam
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1910152&l=8543746bc1&id=1298271877
February 18th, 2011 at 7:20 am
Hey nice ideas on jewelry making! I used to have a custom jewelry business a few years back and used all kinds of oddball parts like old watch parts which contain many cool looking parts. I also used car parts like black o-rings, springs and all.
The idea is to look around, go in a hardware store and see all things with a eye to create jewelry, its really fun. Even though I’m into other business I still enjoy creating them in my head as I walk through stores looking at parts.
Have fun everyone!