Saturday, 21 January 2012

Wooden Bead Necklace

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I have had some wooden beads in my stash for ages and, after attempting and failing miserably at a fabric covered bead necklace, decided to change tactics!

I painted 5 beads purple and one turquoise with crafter's acrylic paint, gave them a skoosh of enamel spray, then strung them together with some silvery grey ribbon, knotting the ribbon in between each bead.

 A simple necklace in my favourite colours - perfect!

I don't recommend wearing them as soon as the enamel has dried... they smell awful! I am the hippy who uses eco paint so there are minimal VOC's in the house and no nasty chemicals yet I gave myself a stonking headache wearing these as soon as they were dry, breathing in all the fumes!! I wore them again today and they smell fine!


Linking to these fab linky parties.

11 comments:

  1. Janet22 January 2012 at 06:31

    Hey Alison! I LOVE this! What a great idea :)

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  2. Estelle Grace Tudor22 January 2012 at 11:25

    Turned out fab - I really love the one turquoise bead in amongst the purple, very effective! x

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  3. Jill22 January 2012 at 23:16

    Lovely necklace! How did you join it at the back? Did you just tie it or add some kind of clasp?


    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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    1. Alison24 January 2012 at 22:41

      Oooh just realised I can reply to comments, how fab! Necklace is just tied with a plain old knot, that way I can adjust the length depending on what I am wearing!

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  4. Betsy 24 January 2012 at 18:35

    It looks beautiful! I love the bright blue bead in the middle!

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  5. Simply Tasheena25 January 2012 at 13:58

    Pretty necklace!

    ~Mrs. Delightful
    ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com

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  6. Blissful & Domestic25 January 2012 at 16:23

    Very pretty necklace. I have made a few of these. Always fun! I am having a Make a Gift on the 25th Party on Blissful and Domestic. I would LOVE for you to link this up,. It makes for a great gift idea too!

    http://blissfulanddomestic.blogspot.com/2012/01/make-gift-on-25th-christmas-leg-warmers.html

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  7. Crafty Mischief25 January 2012 at 23:39

    Your necklace is beautiful! I love the turquoise with the black! I found you through Cherished Bliss. Thanks for sharing! :)

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  8. Unknown26 January 2012 at 23:48

    I love the pop of color!! So cute! Thank you so much for linking up with the Frog!!

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  9. Melanie @ bear rabbit bear27 January 2012 at 19:18

    Love the colors. Happy you linked to Things I've Done Thursday!

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    P.S. I'd like to invite you back to check out my new blog makeover and to enter my current giveaways!! Have an excellent weekend!

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  10. Wendy @ Ramblings from the Sunshine State28 January 2012 at 02:46

    That is really cute! Love the pop of turquoise!

    Visiting from Delicate Construction!

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