Gold Pearl and Chain Knock-Off DIY Necklace

I'm always on the lookout for pretty jewelry designs that I can recreate on my own.  A few months ago I opened up an email from LOFT (any one else get like 50,000 emails from them a week???) and spotted this beautiful pearl and gold chain necklace.  I immediately knew I could DIY my own version, and I was pretty sure I had almost all of the supplies on hand to make it too! Check out this comparison:

Not too shabby of a knock-off, am I right??? I have loved wearing my version! Let's not talk about the fact that I made this necklace to wear during Christmas and now it's April and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it.  Whoops!

Ah well...since my last tutorial I've been busy with a few things like...getting ENGAGED! :) I sense some more crafting in my future...for wedding projects!

The good news about this necklace is that even though it looks pretty busy and store-bought, it really only uses simple jewelry making techniques to make it. 

If you want to learn how to make your own version, check out the instructions below!

Supplies:

Needle nose pliers, round nose pliers, wire cutters, six strand clasp (affiliate link), 4mm pearls, 8mm pearls, 10mm pearls, eye pins, head pins, chunky gold chain, crystal charms, 4mm jump rings, 6mm jump rings, and beading wire (I used .45mm in gold)

Instructions:

The first strand of this necklace is made up of 4mm plastic pearl beads connected together in a chain. To make the chain, string a pearl onto a head pin.  Using needle nose pliers, grasp the pin directly after the pearl and bend the wire back 90 degrees. Use wire cutters to trim off all but about a 1/2 inch tail of wire.  Use round nose pliers to grasp the end of the pin and bend it back around the pliers to form a circle.

DIY Tassel Statement Necklace

I may be a little late to the tasseled jewelry trend...but I'm no stranger to a statement necklace (I've made a ton of statement necklace DIYs in the past!) I finally bought myself a tassel maker to experiment with making tassels for different kinds of jewelry and I'm pretty much obsessed with how this DIY tassel necklace turned out.

I combined some colorful stone beads with some glass and crystal beads and attached them all together in a collared necklace design with some fun and flirty tassels made using embroidery floss hanging off the ends of the beads!

This necklace looks harder to make than it really is.  With just a few basic jewelry making skills, you can make your own version too! And you technically don't even need a fancy tassel maker either: there are some YouTube tutorials you can look up for how to get by without one. Don't skip out on adding the tassels though: they make this necklace so fun!!! Here is the step-by-step instructions so you can make your own version :)

Supplies:

Needle nose pliers, wire cutters, round nose pliers, small cable chain, eye pins, large and medium size fuchsia stone beads,  large and medium size purple glass & crystal beads, a tassel maker, embroidery thread, thin wire, jump rings, and a lobster claw clasp.

Instructions:

Cut three lengths of small cable chain to your standard necklace length

Using a long eye pin, thread on a large fuchsia bead and then thread the eye pin through the center of one of the pieces of chain.  Add on a round purple bead and then thread it through the middle of the second length of chain.  Finally, add on a smaller fuchsia stone bead and then thread it through the middle of last piece of chain.

Anthropologie Tassel Chain Knock-Off Necklace

Anthropologie makes such gorgeous jewelry - I love their style but NOT always the prices on their pieces! Today I'm going to show you how to knock-off this Bayla Layered necklace that originally retailed for $68 dollars only about $12!

If you like this necklace make sure you check out the bottom of this post for where I have linked up all my other Anthropologie knock-offs!

This is such a great neutral necklace - it's made using only two different types of gold chain so it is delicate enough to coordinate with most outfits while still making a statement!

Supplies:

For this necklace you will need two different kinds of gold chain (preferably one small basic cable chain version and a cable chain version with gold balls. Mine both came from Cousin Corp.), gold wire, 4mm gold jump rings, a lobster claw clasp and 6mm jump ring, needle nose pliers, wire cutters and round nose pliers. 

Steps:

Form the tassel portion of the necklace by cutting multiple lengths of the basic gold chain about two inches long each using wire cutters.  One trick to cut the same length of chain for multiple strings is to string the chain onto a spare head pin and measure each length to a previously cut piece that way.

DIY Beaded Tassel Earrings

These beaded tassel earrings are an easy craft project allowing you to DIY one of the cutest trends in jewelry right now!

 I feel like I've seen tassels on everything these days: clothes, shoes, purses, key chains and especially jewelry. I don't mind it though...I think tassels are adorable! You can make tassels out of various different materials, but being the jewelry maker that I am, I knew I wanted to try a beaded version of this new trend. 

You really don't need a lot of supplies to make these earrings: basically it's just seed beads and a few findings so this is the perfect project to pack up and take with you somewhere. I actually just made these earrings this past weekend when I went down to the beach with my parents! We were hoping for some nice weather for the long labor day weekend...anddddd then it proceeded to rain all day Saturday. Bah! I actually didn't mind the poor weather: I still love going down to the beach even if it's not really beach weather.  I got to sneak in a run on the boardwalk Saturday before the rain started, enjoy the views of the ocean, and then had plenty of time to relax at the campground with some good wine and was able to start and finish this project on Saturday while the rain came.

 I wasn't able to get a tan from laying on the beach, but hey these fun earrings brighten up my face better than a tan anyway I think ;)

I learned the basics to make these earrings from a tutorial video from All About Beads which I will post in the instruction section.  I changed the technique just a little bit, read on below to see how you can make your own version!

Anthropologie Suede Choker Knock-Off Necklace

Choker necklaces are all the rage right now and even though whenever I think of chokers I immediately think of being back in 6th grade wearing those stretchy black tattoo style chokers, I figured it was about time I hopped on the band wagon to DIY my own version.  For my first choker project I decided to make something a little more grown up then what I used to sport in sixth grade though...and what is more classy/grown-up than a knock off from Anthropologie?

This Beaded Suede Necklace on the left from Anthropologie originally retailed for $68 and I was able to quickly and easily make my version for less than $20!

Thank goodness my fashion sense has also improved since I was in sixth grade! Instead of pairing my choker with a GAP sweatshirt, glittery white eye-shadow and flare jeans from Limited Too I kept it a little more simple with a black shirt, leggings, and an oversized poncho sweater.

While I did make jewelry back in sixth grade, my skills were not quite as developed as they are now.  This project is so simple however that I think even a sixth grade Rebecca could handle it. With a few simple steps and some basic jewelry making techniques you too can make your own version!

Supplies

Needed to make this necklace are red stone beads, gold rondelle beads, gold spacer beads, suede, beading wire, crimp beads, liquid stitch, jump rings, and various different gold chain pieces. Needed

Steps

How to Make a Statement Necklace

You can make a glam statement necklace with just a few jewelry making tools, beads and findings. This blue and gold statement necklace looks elegant and complex enough to be sold in a designer store but can easily be made at home with a little bit of patience and a few basic jewelry making steps! 

Friends, I'M BACK! I'm back in the jewelry making business! I recently moved and had limited access to my jewelry making supplies for a few months during the transition.  It feels so good to be settled again with my beads right at my fingertips!

What a better way to celebrate than to share this FABULOUS new tutorial with you all?!? A little bit of bling, a lot of bit of glam, and an overall stunning looking necklace than can be made very easily with a few basic jewelry making techniques!

Seriously, I couldn't think of a better project to share as my come-back jewelry making project. Woot woot! I've already worn it out a few times and have gotten multiple compliments on it and NO ONE believes that I actually made it!

Are you ready to learn how to make your own version? Let's get started!

DIY Sea Glass Necklace

I posted back in June about the wonderful trip I had down to Florida to visit the headquarters of Cousin Corporation as part of my ambassador program with them! I had so much fun on the trip and I absoltely loved being in Florida, we got to stay at a hotel right on the beach and I loved swimming in the blue water, walking along the ocean, drinking a cocktail from the tiki bar with my toes in the sand...just basically soaking up the whole experience!

I came back from my trip completely inspired to create and decided to make a project with a little beachy flair: this DIY Sea Glass Pendant Necklace!

If you are inspired by the ocean or just need some beautiful cool blue jewelry hues in your life, here is a step by step tutorial for how you can make your own version!

 

Supplies: 

Chain, crystals, pearls,  Sea glass pendants, jump rings, clasp, head pins, assorted other beads

 I used Cousin materials for the chain, crystals and pearls and a few extra beads from my stash. I was lucky enough to have these beautiful sea glass pendants still laying in my stash from when I snatched them up from a local bead show!

Steps:

First step is to make a "Y" shape with your chain and connect in place with a jump ring

After the chain is connected, use wire cutters to snip the two ends apart in the middle of the circle of chain.   Use jump rings and needle nose pliers to attach a lobster claw clasp on one end of the chain and another larger jump ring on the other end.

Finished clasp should look like so:

Now it's time to add some beads onto that chain! Open a large jump ring and secure it into the the top hole of the largest sea glass pendant

Attached the large jump ring onto the bottom "Y" of the chain using a small jump ring

Repeat this process for the two other pendants, attaching one to the middle of the Y chain and one where the chain intersects with the chain pieces. 

Next it's time to make some beaded charms! String on your crystals, pearls, and other assorted beads onto head pins.  Use needle nose pliers to bend the wire back 90 degrees directly above the bead. Use wire cutters to trim off the excess wire tail, leaving only about half inch tail left.  Use round nose pliers to bend the wire tail back around to form a loop.

Attach these charms to the chain equally spaced out between the sea glass pendants like so:

When all of your beads are attached, the necklace is done!

I just love this necklace, it's much more simple than many of the necklaces I typically make but the sea glass beads are so smooth and calm, I like letting them really stay the focal point of the necklace and keeping everything else simple!

If only I could just fly back to Florida pronto to be able to wear it back on the beach!! There may be no more grand plans to Florida anytime soon, but at least wearing this back home will remind me of the beauty I was able to experience while I was there!

DIY Rose Gold Crystal Necklace

Jewelry making is still my favorite craft and thing to do in my down-time, but lately it just seems like I don't have a ton of down-time at my disposal to get beading!! Sometimes I need an excuse to find some time to force myself into my craft room to create, so when a special friend asked if I could make a necklace for her sister's graduation, it was hard to say no to her!  I documented the process along the way so I can share the tutorial with you all as well!

My friend only requested that the jewelry be made with rose gold and that her sister had a bit of boho/hippie style. I don't consider myself super hippie (unless we are talking about my actual hips, because then I would classify myself as slightly hippy hah) but pink was one of the sister's favorite colors so I thought I could make an easy-going chain necklace with some pink crystals!

I think the necklace turned out really cute: the pink crystals make it nice and girly but the long style and basic design give off an easy-going/boho vibe!

Supplies:
Needed to make this necklace are Rose gold jump rings, rose gold clasp, rose gold chain, head pins, 4mm crystals, 6mm crystals, 24 gauge wire

Steps:

String a 6mm crystal onto a headpin

Use needle nose pliers to bend the headpin back 90 degrees directly above the head pin

Use wire cutters to trim off all but about a half inch tail from the head pin

Grab the end of the tail with round nose pliers and bend back around into a simple loop

Attach a jump ring onto the end of a length of chain and then start attaching the crystal charms onto the chain with needle nose pliers

I made my crystal chain about 2 1/2 inches long. I attached a crystal to every chain link and then added three more crystals onto the existing crystals links to give it a little more body.

String your crystal dangle onto a piece of chain around 3 inches long

Cut a short piece of wire using wire cutters

Thread the wire through the end of your piece of chain and bend the wire into a small loop



Grasp the loop using needle nose pliers and create a wire wrapped loop by straightening out the long wire tail and wrapping the shorter tail around it a few times

Trim off any extra wire on the small tail using wire cutters

String a 4mm crystal onto the wire and then use round nose pliers to bend the other wire end into a loop

Wrap this loop closed as well to finish the link

Repeat this process to build the length of your necklace chain

After you have reached your desired length, you can attach a clasp on the end!

Use jump rings and needle nose pliers to attach a clasp to the chain ends

After your clasp is attached you necklace is ready to be worn!

So wear it I did! Just real quick before shipping it off to it's new owner :)

I think it turned out really cute, too bad I didn't make one for myself! Ah well, I will have to use it as an excuse to get into my craft room again!!