Remember my wooden bead necklace from last week? Well, guess what, I made another one! I stumbled on a Kate Spade necklace that was dying to being DIY’d.
I laugh that most of my DIYs are perfect for preschoolers. That is my idea of a perfect craft. This necklace, however, requires a bit more assembly. Don’t worry – it’s still easy, it just has a few more steps.
What you need:
- 13 wooden beads: They come in several sizes, I used 25mm. Available at JoAnn’s and Hobby Lobby.
- 14 small gold beads: You will need beads that are big enough so that they don’t get swallowed by the wooden beads. I used 5mm.
- One length jewelry wire. I found this at my local craft store.
- About a foot of gold chain.
- 2 gold jump rings.
- Acrylic paint: I mixed the shade of pink I wanted by using red and white.
- Mod Podge gloss
- Paint brush
- Painters tape
- Scissors
- E-6000 glue
Instructions:
1. Paint 6 wooden beads with a bright pink. I’m terrible at eye-balling so I used painters tape to mark off half of the bead. Paint two coats of paint. After that has dried, give it a coat of Mod Podge gloss. Leave the other beads plain.
2. Starting with a small gold bead, add your beads to the wire. Alternate a plain wooden bead with a painted one, remembering to put a gold bead between each.
3. After you are done stringing, cut off any excess wire. My picture shows wire cutters but plain scissors actually worked better. You want to cut as close to the bead as possible while still being able to keep a hold of it. (Otherwise all your beads will fall off and you’ll have to restring.)
4. Attach the crimp end to the wire by crimping or gluing. Remove the preattached lobster clasp.
5. Attach a jump ring to both ends and add the gold chain. You don’t need a clasp because the necklace will easily fit over your head.
Yay, I LOVE your jewelry tutorials! And this one is absolutely adorable!
i have never used jewelry tools, but I love this. I want to make one for the summer! Thanks! I am thinking a bright neon color!
So pretty!!
This looks every bit as lovely as the one from Kate Spade – can’t believe they charge over $100 for theirs!
That’s really cool–please add that to my wish list ๐ I think you should have a little jewelry business. Love you sis
I LOVE Kate Spade…just not the prices. Will be trying this one! Pinning now…
Super cute! And the painter’s tape works great to hold the ball in place so it doesn’t roll everywhere!
I love this necklace–it is so quirky and fun! I totally admire your ability to look at something and figure out a way to make it yourself. You need to write a book!
Love this! Great DIY tutorial!
Oh my gosh looks like we are DIY twins today! I almost did the necklace and went for the earrings instead;) Just saw yours on pinterest. Love how it turned out. So much fun!
oh my goodness!!! you and anna from IHOD should totally link up somehow!!! she did the coordinating earrings ๐ LOVE this DIY, Stephanie! XO brynn
this looks so good!! i just saw a tutorial about making kate spade wooden earrings. I really like this one! thanks for sharing!
I seriously love this! I feel like even I could do it. Ha!
oh my gosh wow! i love what you did! great job!
I love this! Such a cute idea.
What a great idea! It looks fabulous! Megan
So simple and fun! I have a ton of wooden beads sitting around and can’t wait to try this. Your use of painters tape is BRILLIANT!
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Wow, just made my way over from the Shabby Nest, and I’m loving all your wood beaded necklaces. So much inspiration. Thank you!
Love the painting on the wood balls.Paint any design on it and make it your own..
It looks so cute and amazing! Thank you for the post