DIY: Earrings into Necklace

I have a problem with losing jewlery.  I held on to these earrings hoping I would find their partners, and seven years later I realized that probably wasn't going to happen!  Today's DIY is a great way to recycle those lone rangers that accumulate in your jewelry box into a new accessory.

What you need:

-chain/single strand chain necklace (I used the removable chain from one of my clutches, if you don't have a chain you can easily get one from the craft store)

-pair of pliers

-random earrings/pendants

-20 minutes

STEP 1:

    Lay chain flat

STEP 2:

  Use the pliers' wire cutter to take off about 1/2 centimeter of wire from the hook of one earring. 

STEP 3:

Hook the earring onto the lowest link on the chain.

STEP 4:

       Use the pliers to curl the end of the earring hook inward. The hook will now look like a figure-8. The end should be touching the rest of the hook with no gap.

STEP 5:

    Repeat steps 3&4 with the other earrings, spreading them 2-3 links apart.  The spacing is going to be different depending how big the links of your chain are, so experiment a little!

Slightly blurry, but you can see it start to come together

 At this point I put the chain on and looked in a mirror as I added more earrings.  There's no specific pattern you need to follow--I think the necklace looks best when you just put the earrings on at random.  You can even add on stud earrings and pendants to mix it up.

STEP 6:

Add on as many or as few earrings as you want, and you're done!

Now just don't lose your necklace!