The female half of humanity, at least most of it, loves jewelry. This is typical for ladies of any age, everyone wants to look attractive. The pendant on the chain will help to elegantly highlight the bends of the neck. Now many are fond of needlework, create jewelry for sale, as a gift or for their own use. How difficult is it to make pendants with your own hands? Let's look at some of the options available.
What pendants are made of
Any woman can afford to wear such an ornament, therefore the variety of these accessories amazes with a variety of shapes, sizes, colors and materials. What is used to create pendants with your own hands? There are many options: plastic, wood, paper, leather, feathers, fur, fabric, stones, metal, beads. The first pendants were made of fish vertebrae, beautiful shells, pieces of amber and even natural flowers. Nowadays, modernity dictates its own trends, and on the necks of girls you can even see jewelry in the form of a computer motherboard or a floppy disk. The fantasy of those who make pendants with their own hands is truly limitless, which makes each of them an individual and original decoration.
Making a Heart Pendant
We can say that heart pendants are the most popular, almost every girl has such an adornment. In addition, they are not difficult to make even a novice creator. The easiest ways to make a heart pendant with your own hands is to weave from beads or wire. Such an accessory will be a wonderful gift both for Valentine's Day and for any other holiday. To create such a jewelry from beads you will need the beads themselves of different colors and sizes, fishing line and a ring, on which the chain will be attached. You can weave a simple red heart, futuristic gold or silver, the pattern is easy to find in the bead magazine. If you want to experiment, take a piece of felt and embroider a heart on it. You can fill the entire inner part, and not just the edging, sew or glue different sizes of beads, artificial pearls, Swarovski crystals. Let all the elements combine with each other in color, the combination of gold, yellow and white looks very beautiful. At the end of embroidery, cut out the heart, carefully glue the cardboard back to keep the shape. Lay the leather layer over the cardboard, sew around the perimeter - and the pendant is ready.
Weaving wire jewelry
DIY pendants are made not only from beads. A fairly common option is a wire suspension. Those jewelry that is sold in stores is made of gilded or silver plated, and copper or aluminum is suitable for home creativity. Pendants of various shapes are made from wire. It is easier for a beginner to work with thin wire, and the combination of thick and thin metal thread will add a twist to your creation. Use nippers, solder and GOI paste to work with this material . Often metal pendants are complemented with stones, beads, pearls or wooden elements.
Stone pendants
With your own hands you can make pendants with stones, not necessarily with precious ones. The easiest way is to find an unusual pebble on the seashore (or ask friends to bring from vacation), make a hole in it and hang it on a chain. If this option does not suit you, then use beadwork schemes that include semiprecious stones.
Covering (edging) the stone with beads is called a cabochon, and this is a fairly popular way of making jewelry. Cutting can be done metal using the same wire: let the flight of imagination, a combination of different shapes, a combination of opposites be a priority, without limiting you to standard schemes.
How to make a pendant with your own hands made of plastic
House sorceresses use polymer clay for their masterpieces - a rather malleable material from which you can mold anything, like plasticine. Then it will harden and keep in shape. To make pendants with your own hands made of plastic, you will need:
- polymer clay of the required colors (either white and acrylic paint);
- dense plastic film;
- pin (the suspension is attached to it);
- glossy varnish;
- Super moment glue;
- rolling pin;
- sharp knife
- stationery knife,
- textured stack (for example, a bundle of wire or toothpicks, knitting needle);
- pliers.
You need to work on a prepared flat surface, it is advisable to use disposable rubber gloves so as not to leave fingerprints on the product. The manufacturing process is similar to modeling from plasticine: roll, cut, fasten different parts. You can make either one pendant or a set with earrings. Shape and color is your choice. For hardening, clay is sent to the oven for a certain time (according to the instructions sold with the material).
Let it not be a question of how to make a pendant with your own hands. Just decide which jewelry will decorate your neck, and go for it, try different options.