Last week Carly at Chic Steals posted her late summer Objects of Desire. I loved this Open Triangle Necklace from ASOS. Normally I wouldn’t DIY a necklace that could be purchased for less than $20, but I already had all of the materials and it only took a few minutes.
Remember the nail polish ‘enamel’ necklace? This is the same idea except that I cut the chevron shape out of sheet metal using tin snips. Before painting on the nail polish I punch a hole in each end with a screw punch.
I gave it a couple coats of nail polish and let it dry before using jump rings to attach a brass chain. Since it was so easy I made two- the other necklace has slightly smaller chevron and is painted cream.
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Oh. My. Goodness! I love that!
Thanks!
love this!! and love that you are including pictures of yourself on your blog.
xx grace
Thanks Grace… slowly but surely
I like yours better than the ASOS one. Well done!
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Thanks Raheli – high compliment!
I love this! I may even get inspired enough to try and make it. Just found your blog and I am so excited to bookmark it. Thank you!
Thanks Kristine- I hope you do give it a try!
This is too cool!! love it
xx
maya
Thanks Maya!
What a good Idea !
Thanks! You could make all different shapes and all different colors.
Hi Alicia
I love this idea! Where do you think i can find the metal sheets?
Please help
Ana
Hey Ana – Ask the guys at your local hardware store. I got mine from Home Depot.
where do you get your chains from???
Hi Doris! I mainly buy my chain from three places: Michael’s (which has an ever better selection lately), Hobby Lobby or Fire Mountain Gems (online). I’ve had that chain for a while but I’m pretty sure it came from FMG originally.
I am kind of late to the party, but wanted to say that I’m really glad you included a picture of you with it on. I was much more impressed with the necklace actually on a person! I went from thinking “eh, not too exciting,” to “wow, that looks really great, on!”
Love it!! How did you make the holes for the jumps rings and did you make them before or after you painted it?
I agree, looks much better than the original!
I used a screw punch to make the holes before I painted the metal.
That is such a super cool idea! I will have to hunt around the house for few spare chains
Thank Aneta!
Definitely going to have to try this. So cool!
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Where do you buy cheap Sheet Metal from?
Any large hardware store (Lowe’s, Home Depot, etc) should have some available.
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