DIY Crystal Pendant Necklace

Hello everyone!

As you probably have all noticed, crystal pendant necklaces are a big trend at the moment, and I too have been caught by their unusual beauty. 

These necklaces can be bought everywhere, but why not pick your favourite crystal and make your very own piece!

I was browsing eBay for crystals when I came across this beautiful Agate Geode Slice pre-mounted on a silver pendant. The bid was ending in about 30 seconds and it had been bid on only once! So I thought "it must be mine" heheheh. I placed my bid and after a couple of days I received the stone for the tiny price of about £3 including delivery.

It is a gorgeous stone, it has white, very dark blue, very light blue, and a delicate hint of purple and pink in it. Held against the light it becomes even more stunning with the light coming through!

After standing in front of a mirror to decide how long I wanted my necklace to be, I gathered all my tools on my teacups DIY tray: a meter, long nose pliers, cutting pliers, chain, lobster clasp, and three different sizes of jump rings (all silver plated).

I measured my chain at 27 inches, and proceeded to cut a link. 

Then I opened my jump rings and added one on each end of the chain of the smallest ones, followed by one on each side of the medium ones, and only on one side the large one, while on the opposite side I added the lobster clasp. 

Finally I slid the pendant through et voila! I have a beautiful new necklace.

The necklace is long enough to make my head go through without opening the chain, but I thought the finished necklace would look a lot more professional with the jump rings and the clasp! Obviously you could just add one small jump ring to connect the two ends together instead.

Isn't this stone stunning!

Let me know what you think, do you like these kind of necklaces? 

Would you like to see more DIY jewellery posts?

Alex

DIY knuckle ring

Hello everyone,

Who doesn't love knuckle rings? They have been one of the biggest recent trends, and I must say I probably was the only girl who didn't own any.. until this afternoon, when I decided to make one myself.

It is very easy and quick to do, and you only need a few things to make one.

Easy face and lip scrub

Hello everyone, 

I have a very easy recipe for a homemade gentle scrub, it is so delicate you can use it every morning on your face and lips. Yes, lips look and feel better if you use a scrub, especially during the winter. Don't forget to use a good lip balm and moisturiser afterwords.

We can find lots of different face scrubs in all shops, but this homemade scrub is very easy and cheap to make, with ingredients you already have at home (or if you don't, they're all easy to find and very cheap, and you can use them for other things too). 

All you need is of course an empty container, I have used an old mousse foundation glass jar. Any container will be OK, make sure you give it a good wash before you start :)

Once you have your clean jar, you need:
honey
bicarbonate of soda
gentle neutral soap.

Honey is good for your skin as it leaves it soft, the soap helps with cleansing, and the bicarbonate of soda is the actual granules for the scrub. You could use sugar instead, but bicarbonate of soda has a gentle withening power, so if you have any acne scars or dark spots, this helps fading them.

For the size of my container I have mixed together 1 teaspoon of honey, 1 teaspoon of soap and about 4 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda. Give it a good mix and check the consistency, it needs to be a paste but not too thick. If you try it on the back of your hand , you need to feel the granules of the bicarbonate of soda, so you need to adjust the proportions if you think there isn't enough or if there is too much. Just add a little bit of each ingredient at a time.

This mix keeps a long time with no problems, as it's just soap, honey and bicarbonate of soda. But I'm sure you'll be going through a jar quite fast as it's ideal to be used every morning! I keep mine in the shower :)

The ingredients do separate as the honey is quite heavy, but that's not a problem, give it a stir with your finger or a cotton bud when you want to use the scrub and it will be all good.

Let me know if you try it and what you think :)