For week 3 of this year's recycled holiday gift countdown let's make some easy, peasy jewelry!
If you are like me you probably have a drawer full of buttons and another drawer filled with those hard non-recyclable (until now) plastic bottle caps.
With some black cording from the craft store and a few metal pipe clamps from the hardware store (my favorite place) you can create some amazing interchangeable (that doing more with less thing again) necklaces you will be proud to give and your friends will be happy to get!
what you need:some buttons of various sizes
a couple plastic bottle caps
power drill
screwdriver
metal hose clamps
thin black cording or chain
1. drill hole in center of bottle cap 2. thread stack of buttons backward from smallest to largest 3. push both ends of cording into bottle cap and tie off 4. cut off any loose ends (good life lesson here) 5. loosen clamp with screwdriver, insert bottle cap and tighten 6. add cording or thin chain to slot on back of clamp
See more of my recycled tutorials here
13 comments
What fun. And so attractive.
these are crazy cool! Love it!
So stinkin' clever! The hardware store is filled with treasures! I think that everyone needs a Frank's Hardware like I have with dusty bins filled with bits and baubles to challenge you creatively. I love going to a hardware store when I need some inspiration to shake things up!
Enjoy the day!
Erin
i'm lookin' for me some plastic bottle caps as i type!!
thanks for such a wonderful idea:)
Amazing! I am totally doing this. Thanks for sharing Cat.
It never ceases to amaze and delight me to see such ingenuity in art! This is too cool and thanks for sharing with us all.
It never ceases to amaze me the ingenuity and creativity of so many artists. This is fabulous and thanks for sharing!
Your Upcycled jewelry tutorial is an awesome inspiration! Many thanks for sharing. I would like to feature your designs at http://www.handmade-jewelry-club.com/
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Jane
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This is brilliant! I love how the pendant is interchangeable. I will feature and link in a future post so others can come visit. Pearl
I had been looking for a cool Christmas gift idea for my teenage nieces. They will love these!
How will i attach the metal clam to a necklace. I dont get that part
How will i attach the clamp to the necklace please
I just slid the chain through the clamp Mona (space by screw)!
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