Ever since I saw this necklace in the J.Crew catalog, I've coveted it. Here's an easier and cheaper alternative.
What you'll need:
2 strands of pearl necklaces (or fake ones if you're like me)
1 strand of ribbon (or you can use a gold chain necklace)
Update: A reader, Julie, sent me an email and mentioned another great idea - she took her pearly, dangley, charm bracelet and attached her gold chain necklace to both ends to wear as a necklace. Now I need to find a pearly, dangly, charm bracelet and a gold chain necklace..
62 comments:
whoa so simple and pretty--i love it!
What a great idea!! I'm going to have to try this! (And once again the blog-o-sphere helps to expand my style :))
Small Time Style
i LOVE it!!!! what a fabulous idea!! i will be making this and that darned cute flower necklace too! thrift stores always have fake pearl necklaces- yay!! :) thanks for sharing!!
WOW! This is something that I can actually make and that I will wear! Thanks for sharing!
derfinitely no need to pay too much for the jcrew one .. thanks for the DIY.
Hey Elaine, your guest post is up today and people are loving it! Thanks again for participating : )
Thanks for the great tutorial :)
Great idea! Thanks!
Cute and way more cost effective than the J. Crew version.
ah I love it! Great idea.
Great idea! I'll be trying this one :)
L x
Half Dressed
You are genius Elaine! Easy and cheap! I hearted it! I'll try it someday :)
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woah i am so going to try this!
That is a great idea! I love huge chunky necklaces.
Totally easy--and it looks STUNNING! Thanks for the great tutorial.
Melanie@UnravelledThreads
you're a genius!
Fantastic idea!
I love it!
That is amazing. So simple but looks so beautiful.
So easy! I may need to do this :)
Great idea and thrifty too! Thanks Elaine!
So great!!!! I'm going to do it!
The Girl in the Paper Dress
great idea!!! i was obsessed with that j.crew one too! haha but i didn't even begin to consider buying it. i wish.
but this is totally doable! thank you, thank you
Totally cute!! xo- karrie
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You are so awesome!! I was totally looking for some way to revamp something in my closet for my cousin's wedding this weekend and this seems like it has to be it!!!
What a fantastic little tutorial!
Cute little tutorial! Now I know what to do with my too-long faux pearl necklace!
awesome.
me to! i'm going to do it!
thx for share :)
Awesome DIY.
So resourceful! I love this idea. Plus you can easily switch the ribbon to mix it up. I'm going to have to search for a few strands of faux pearls to recreate this! :)
cute!!
lovely D.i.Y idea
Ah, sooo simple! And just think people are actually paying 8x as much for j.crew to do this!
Chic on the Cheap
Such a great look and I can't believe I couldn't have thought of that without help!
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What a great idea! And so easy, I'll be able to do it myself! Thank you for sharing :)
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How did I not think of that?! Such a great idea.
that's so cute, what a great idea! you're so talented :)
you are the DIY princess:)
p.s. i love your family portraits on the left sidebar!
That is so cool you made your own pearls :D
Xoxo
Sarah
So cute and so easy! Definitely gonna do this!!
This is very creative! Well done!
Anthea,
Embracing Style
Such a simple idea but what a fab result! Don't think I'd have thought of it in a million years.
Love this!! I can't wait to try it myself. Thanks!
Looks & Books
great tutorial, i might have to try this for sure!
Wow, i never thought that it was that easy!!! Now let me do my multi-strand pearl necklace...got to buy a thrift necklace hopefully over the weekend.
thanks for sharing Elaine, you are totally the best. Creative and simply different!
take care love
always
Sweet
PensandLens
I covert your J.Crew emulation skills. The necklace looks fantastic. :)
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ooh it's even easier than i would have guessed! lovely xx
its really simply ;)
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omg! elegant results, simple DIY :)
Hahaha! Sweet! XD
holy tolito! i've done that exact same thing with my pearls! ha ha magic! and you're right they look really good with a gold chain. you might also want to try it with colored pearls and a colored ribbon. i tryed it with teal pearls and green ribbon and it look surprisingly good.
ouu great tips girl ! thanks for sharing. how have u been? ive been so out of touch with the blogosphere, ive missed it !
xx lue
ooo love this!! what a great idea! definitely trying this out:) thanks for the inspiration, elaine!
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i love this necklace! its so cute. and so easy to make
This is such an easy DIY! I'm definitely going to do this when I get back home and I'll link back to you when I do. :D
What a great DIY idea!
i love this! cant wait to try! ur such an inspiration...
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SweetDreamzxBeautifulNightmares
Nice tutorial! I tried this out today and it looked great.
Just what I needed! I gave it a little twist on my recently resurrected blog:
Possess and Obsess
Thank you for posting this!
Great tutorial! I wanna try making it too!
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this is the coolest thing ever! thanks for sharing :)
I found this very helpful today! (Along with you scarf belt tying!)
-Steph
http://chocolatelaced.blogspot.com/
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