Thanks but No Thanks, Anthropologie
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 7:00AM I love Anthropologie. In at least this area of my life, I am a lemming. I do NOT, however, love Anthropologie's prices, especially where jewelry is concerned.
Cases in point...
The Hanging Bellflower Necklace at $138...
The Silver Foxglove necklace for $128...
And a relative bargain... The Allamanda necklace for $42:
I decided to see if I could craft a fabric necklace of my very own, and see how affordably I could make it. I drove to Wal-mart, picked up some satin, tulle, and felt, along with coordinating buttons and glass beads, and I am happy to report that $13 and two hours later, I was left with this:
A close-up of the rosettes:
I was surprised that my craft project turned out so well! I really wasn't sure if the necklace would turn out great or a big, fat FAIL. I would post instructions, but... this project was totally easy peasy dumbo-proof. I just sewed fabric where it looked pretty. All you do is gather fabric and then sew a cute button in the center of each flower. I do recommend Googling how to seal satin, because that skill came in pretty handy.
Have you ever made your own jewelry? How'd it go?
Crafts
Reader Comments (6)
LOVE IT!!! Those necklaces are definitely overpriced. Why buy one when you can make one for cheap that is SO MUCH CUTER!
I've replicated a J.Crew necklace before. It turned out pretty well, but was really time consuming.
Beautiful job! It turned out really well! I don't trust my DIY skills further than I can spit, but maybe if it's as easy as you say it is, I might give it a try :) Thanks for sharing.
Holy moly, it is WONDERFUL!!! Tutorial? I want to make one!!!!!
I love it! I made a $70 J. Crew flower belt for about $4 and I wear it all the time! I am going to post about it soon, too :)
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Your necklace turned out beautiful. I'm not too crafty when it comes to making necklaces. I've failed in the past so I just buy necklaces. Lately I noticed anthropologie's quality has gone down so I buy most of my necklaces from J. Crew. or Etsy.