Intricate and Easy Necklaces from Making Designer Mixed-Media jewelry

I love making "special occasion jewelry". It is particularly easy to do when you work with found objects, pictures and unusual elements. This book is packed full of great ideas and inspiration for just such projects.

Making Designer Mixed-Media and Memory Jewelry
Fun and Experimental Techniques and Materials for the Home Studio

By

Tammy Powley

Using beads and other materials to make unique jewelry

Boutiques and department stores are filled with jewelry featuring charms, photos, fibers, shells, recycled materials, and other exciting embellishments. This book teaches home crafters new tricks and techniques to expand the styles of fashion jewelry they create with beads and other materials. Compiled by Tammy Powley, the book includes the work of many exciting jewelry artists who are breaking new ground using mixed media materials and techniques in their work, along with step-by-step instructions.

Tammy Powley is a writer and jewelry maker. She writes about arts and crafts in books and articles for print and digital media, and is the host of About.com's jewelry-making site. Tammy sells her work primarily through galleries and commissions.

I was inspired by this cool necklace designed by Lori Larson:

Click on the images to read how to make this intricate bottle cap necklace.

And now for the easy version perfect for Halloween:

I scored this great bottle cap at BevMo, but you can probably go to just about any mainstream or boutique outlet and find yourself a fun bottle cap to work with.

I simply  drilled a tiny hole in the side and hooked an "s" link into it. Then I linked it onto a necklace of two sizes of black bead links. How simple is that?

I also save the label which I plan to use for another crafting project as yet unknown, but I certainly wasn't tossing it!

And if while you're out shopping for cool bottle caps and run across a bottle that strikes your creative fancy see a project here that will put it to good use after it's empty!

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