One of the very first things I pinned eons and eons ago when I first joined Pinterest was this thimble garden necklace. And I thought, “Hey, I’m crafty. I can totally make that.” So I did … and you know you want to, too. So let’s {create this} thimble garden necklace!!
Laura at The Wind and The Sail has a great tutorial, so I’ll be brief and give you a quick overview. I didn’t have a drill and I added felt leaves to a few flowers, but other than that, I pretty much followed her instructions. L-O-V-E this necklace and can’t wait to wear it!
Okay, so the run down: For the hole in my thimble, I actually used my beast of a Crop-O-Dile. It worked; a little scary, but it worked. Then, I used jewelry wire cutters to trim some of the pin flowers shorter. I cut out itty bitty felt leaves for three flowers and used a smidge of craft glue to keep them in place. When they’re dry, secure the pin flowers inside the thimble with a teeny tiny square of floral foam and hot glue. Add some moss to cover the foam and fill the thimble. Hook a jump ring to the hole in the thimble and hang on a thin ball chain.
Pretty. Colorful. Simple. Whimsical. A thimble full of all together awesome! Now this is my kind of jewelry making!!
This project or recipe was shared at the blogs on my Link page!
Very cute!
oh my how cute is that??? eeek!
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Oh how cute! Like I told Janel… Everything is cuter in Miniature form!!!
I like this – it’ll be an especially cute gift! I discovered you on Two Yellow Birds and I’m now following. I would appreciate if you could follow back. Tx
Oh this is soo cute! I love it! I had never seen this before, so thank you so much for sharing!
That is so cute!!! Very creative! I love the new look of your blog! Thanks so much for entering this into the Project Pinterest Challenge! Best of Luck to you!
Jill
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Love it – too cute!
I think your tiny leaves take it to the next level – super cute!!
Sooooo stickin cute! omg!
Aww, so cute! I have some pins that have little tops shaped like flowers and birds… I’m SOO going to make one of these!!
Tania
That is so, so cute!! I love it – very creative. I would love it if you linked this up to my Take it on Tuesday blog hop! I’m going to look around you blog a little more…
I am not into sewing but I love it! How cute!
I would like to invite you to linky party I am having now. Hope you could stop by and link up your creative ideas
xo
Myric
Hi Keri
Oh my! This is fabulous! You take great pictures of your work, too! Very fun!
We would LOVE for you to stop over and link up this awesome idea in our Crafty Saturday Showcase. The Showcase runs Saturday through Thursday. Then our Designers will pick their top linked up picks and feature them on Friday! Stop over and join in the fun! We have a linky for crafty bloggers and ETSY/Business Bloggers!
Have a great weekend,
Susie
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Cute!! I think I would use some of my flower and leaf beads to make the posies. Good project to try my crop-a-dile on.