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DIY Crystal Pendant Necklace

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There’s nothing quite as marvelous and essential as costume jewelry – especially when it borders on ‘over the top’ with exorbitant amounts of sparkle and shine. As I always like to say: more is more is more. So how can one possibly turn down the opportunity to customize their very own show-stopping, Verdura-inspired crystal pendant necklace!? Not I. Bling it on.

You’ll need:

Start by squeezing a dollop of glue onto a wooden spoon. Use a little wooden dowel or toothpick and apply a generous amount of glue to the back of the largest rhinestone. I like to apply adhesives using this efficient and messy-less method instead of applying glue directly from the bottle.

Glue the larger rhinestones onto the felt, working from the center out. I personally like to keep the pattern symmetrical.

Continue adding smaller crystals and rhinestones to the pattern. The tweezers may come in handy for the smaller pieces and harder to reach areas.

Once the shape is complete, add the brooch or button to the center with more glue.

Allow to dry for a couple of hours. Use a sharp pair of scissors to cut around the pendant, leaving about two millimeters of space around the perimeter.

Find a place to leave extra space at the top, on either side, to attach the chain. Using a hole punch, pierce two small holes into the corners of the felt.

Open the jump rings with the piers, attach the felt and then close it around the end of the chain. Repeat on the opposite side. If the pendant is too heavy and the felt holes are pulling too much, adding grommets is a quick fix.

And . . . you’re finished with your crystal pendant necklace.

Bling bling!

(all images by HonestlyWTF)

74 Comments

  16. Wore Out    September 18, 2012

    This is such a fabulous and it lends the perfect level of sparkle to your denim shirt. I will be trying this DIY soon!

  30. Rachel    September 18, 2012

    This necklace is gorgeous! Statement necklaces are my favorite accessory. I’m definitely going to try this! Thanks for the inspiration.

  32. Grieg    September 18, 2012

    i love your work!
    i think that you are very talented and creative, i didn’t think that it is this easy to make a beautiful neck less,
    just love it!

  35. Natasha    September 19, 2012

    OMG! I LOVE IT! I always see your DIYs and just love them on the page, but this one I gotta try! Could you pleeeeease tell me where you get the rhinestones from? I checked at my craft store and they only had the kiddy rainbow ones for scrapbooking.

  39. Tanya    September 19, 2012

    How gorgeous, cant believe its stuck together with icecream sticks haha, its beautiful, well done xx

  42. Stephanie S.    September 20, 2012

    Unbelievable necklace. Just fantatic. Words can not decripe it. Thanks for sharing.

  46. Natasha    September 21, 2012

    That is beautiful. Now I realise felt is the secret to keeping the diamantes together on a neat but discreet base ;) I will try this out soon.

  48. rotem    September 22, 2012

    so beautiful♥ !! maybe the next diy you can show as how to do a chain collar as Zara’s example ?:)

  49. rotem    September 22, 2012

    so beautiful !! maybe the next diy you can show as how to do a chain collar as Zara’s example ?:)

  55. Denysia    September 30, 2012

    OMG! This necklace is amazing! I’m going to go out and make my own this weekend! Thank you for the great idea!

  56. MoofieMei    October 1, 2012

    Great idea! I was wondering though, is it possible to just directly pin the brooch or button from the beginning and then glue the stones according to the design of the center piece? That way it’ll be much lighter and we can save the stones for other projects!

  62. Fants    November 11, 2012

    Wowww.. this is by far the most beautiful DIY necklace i have seen on the internet…u did a fantastic job!

  65. Julie    November 20, 2012

    Where did you get those jewels? It is marvelous!!!!!
    I really want to try one for myself and friends..

  69. Marie Parker    March 11, 2013

    I sooo love the uber bling effect of this necklace. I actually remember Beyonce wore this in one of her red carpet moments! I love how this DIY article showed the steps on how to arrange the gorgeous glass stones! I especially love learning things which I can later sell. :) I am also enrolled in a series of jewelry making classes here in South San Francisco, Dragonfly Designs (http://www.jewelrybydfly.com). They taught me how to do copper etching, enameling, stamping and dapping, bead stringing, wire work, resin pendants, finger knitting and hair jewelry!

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