Are your Pinterest boards full of amazing projects?
Mine are. And I try to actually tackle a pile of them.
This silhouette necklace, pinned a year ago, was next on the project list. I’ve always loved it! I even bought the little charms months ago and stashed them away, waiting for this necklace.
I already had a lot of the things I needed for this project {it really doesn’t take much} but I went to Walmart to get a few other supplies. You can see that whole shopping trip here.
Before I went to Walmart, I downloaded the Jingit app to my husband’s smartphone {yep, I’m the only person on earth who doesn’t have a smartphone}. Have you heard of Jingit? Jingit allows you to earn money watching short product videos online and also allows you to earn money when you check out a product at certain stores. I earned a few cents just by scanning the UPC code on a bottle of Elmer’s School Glue. Kind of fun, huh?
With craft ingredients in hand, I sat down to make my Pinterest-inspired necklace. Let me show you what I did.
The trickiest part of making this necklace is making the mini silhouettes. I took profile photos of my kids then did a lot of research online {looking for the least time-consuming method for cutting silhouettes}. I ended up using Pixlr, free online photo editing software. I’ll share a little tutorial with you later this week.
I printed out the silhouettes and sat down with my other craft supplies: an X-ACTO cutting mat {that I won in a giveaway}, an X-ACTO Craft Swivel Knife {perfect for the small curves I’d be cutting}, Elmer’s Krazy Glue {perhaps a bit of overkill for this project but I loved the tiny nailpolish-like applicator}, dimensional lacquer, and frame charms.
I carefully cut out each silhouette using the X-ACTO Craft Swivel Knife …
… and then used a tiny swipe of Elmer’s Krazy Glue to adhere a white background and silhouette onto each charm.
When each silhouette was attached to the charm, I covered them with dimensional lacquer and let them dry for a day. {Unfortunately, the lacquer seeped under the paper on one of the charms but I’m pretending it just gives it a more aged, vintage look. Wink.}
I attached those five adorable profiles to a ball chain and crossed the project off my list. I love this necklace and love that it captured my kiddos at this moment in time.
Have you tackled any Pinterest projects lately?
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I love that! Good old Elmer’s with another great use.
RANDI! I LOVE these! How cute, perfect for my mom for Christmas!!
So very cute!
Adorable necklace! I love posts like this. It makes me want to go shopping at Walmart and buy some Elmer’s glue. Seriously.
i love these!!! i made one a few months ago and it’s one of my very favorite pieces of jewelry 🙂
Those charms are TOO DIE FOR cute! I need to make some of my boys, like you said, to see what they look like now. Love it, Randi! Great Pinterest find for sure 😉
Very cute! Love the necklace… and am very intrigued with Jingit! I need to sign up and try that out for myself. Hope you have a great week.
What a great project! I think I may have pinned something like this before. I try and do at least one thing I pin a week…craft, recipe or anything else. 🙂
I just upgraded to a phone with a slide keyboard so I can text 🙂 without hitting each key 3 times 🙂
LOVE these, Randi!!! Oh man…now there is one more thing I need to add to my to-make list! Yours look perfect…and I really like that the lacquer leaked under one…it makes it look awesome…;)
So lovely!
I wanted to get the swivel knife, but my Walmart was out of them. Will have to keep an eye out next time!
This is fantastic! I’m following along–found you through the Blog Hop. Thank you for linking up.
I LOVE this so much. Way cute. I adore silhouettes (when we go to Disneyland that is the only souvenir I buy- I make my kids sit for the silhouettes. I want to make some too!
What an awesome project! My mom would love one of these using the silhouettes of the grand-kids. Love it! Going to check out Jingit right now. 🙂
WOW, these are so cool! Great job!
I really love this….I totally want to make one!
Wow – this is a great idea & you make it look very simple! Thanks for linking this up with Pinning! <3 Courtney