Easy Mixed Media Leaf Necklace - Step by Step Tutorial

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Easy Mixed Media Leaf Necklace

Designed by Kelly Keller

Quickly create a beautiful necklace using a variety of beading and crafting supplies. 



Materials

• Felt Works 100% Wool Leaves 73313
• Jolee’s Jewels™ Bicone Beads - 4MM Olivine B0100570S
• Jolee’s Jewels™ Bicone Beads 4MM LT COL Topaz B0100450S
• Jolee’s Jewels ™Donut Bead 8MM Golden Shadow  B0100460S
• Jolee’s Jewels™ Hepta Toggle, Olivine B0402620
• 3” Silver Head Pins
• Silver Spacer Beads
• Silver End Crimps
• Silver Jump Rings
• Fabric Glue
• Velvet Ribbon: Ivory
• Tulle: Pale Tan Shimmery
• Cord: Pale Tan Shimmery
• Thread: Ivory

Tools

• EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors: EKCB01
• Hole Punch
• Jolee’s Jewels™ Wire Cutters B0800040
• Jolee’s Jewels™ Round Nose Pliers B0800010
• Jolee’s Jewels™ Chain Nose Pliers B0800020

Steps

1.  Cut cord to desired length.  Secure silver end crimps with flat-nose pliers.

2.  Use silver jump rings to attach toggle clasp to silver end crimps.

3.  Thread 4MM, 8MM and silver spacer beads onto silver head pins.

4.  To form a loop on the end of silver head pins, use flat-nose pliers to make a 90 degree bend in the wire and trim wire with wire cutters leaving a small piece for the loop.

5.  Grasp the end of the trimmed wire with round-nose pliers and roll the pliers toward the bend to create the loop.
 
6.  Stitch simple veins in the dark green felt leaf with thread.

7.  Glue dark green felt leaf to light green felt leaf using fabric glue, allow to dry and flatten under a very heavy object.

8.  After the leaf is dry, punch a hole in it.  To make punching a hole in the felt easier: fold a tiny scrap of vellum paper over the stem of the leaf.  Sliding the hole punch onto the leaf is made easier with the vellum and because the vellum is see through, placement of the hole is made easy.

9.  Thread the felt leaf and two beaded head pins onto the necklace with a jump ring.

10.  Tie ribbon and tulle to the jump ring.

11.  Wear necklace short or long.

[snowyangel]

Simply beautiful! I never would've thought to use felt in a jewelery piece. I think have some spare parts around to try this out.

[katara]

This necklace is simply beautiful!!

[Polo]

Wow, It is so simple. I will try it myself too.

[ladyphoenix]

just lovely, i love green, this is so fragile looking, love the contrast of the fabric and the little flat crystals, just lovely

[Miss_Evil_Penguin]

That is lovely! You are very clever! 

[aubreydawn]

What a beautiful craft! It reminds me of faeries. <3

[janiegrrl]

wow, very simple and pretty.. Love it

[CraftyLittleLady]

you know what  i really appreciate this , my weakness color , so simply but elegant , attractive , i love collecting this kind of fashion in reality . That we called here in our place a ("Burloloy")

[zzdia]

I love this! Reminds me of Lord of the Rings... I might try my hand at making one for some of my LotR fan friends. Thanks so much for this tute.