I feel a bit like a cheater after posting this photo yesterday on Instagram, indicating that I had been doing a little DIY’ing while baby napped. The truth is I did in fact make the necklace; I just didn’t make it entirely from scratch. You want to know the secret? I had help from Tori Spelling. I know right?!?
Turns out that Tori’s line of easy to assemble jewelry pieces, which allow you to design easy to make customized jewelry, is in fact very pretty and very easy to use. When Styled by Tori Spelling partnered with us for The Craft Cabinet swag bags, they sent me a bag of pretties to work with and design a few pieces of my own. I finally had a chance the other day to sort through the bag and this is what I put together. Here’s how simple it was.
The collection is designed to be put together with no tools and sort of works like a puzzle. You get a necklace back, a necklace front, and your connector and the three meet together to form the perfect, easy little necklace.You literally put the necklace together in one step, by simply attaching one end to the other by way of the connector, which is the piece you see in the top center of the picture above.The only modification I did in fact make was I ended up cutting the necklace back in half (with jewelry wire nippers) so that the necklace fit more at my collarbone as opposed to falling at my bust line. I believe she makes shorter necklace backs to customize accordingly, I just happened to only have a longer back on hand. It was a quick and minor adjustment though. While the beads are sold individually to make a single strand necklace, I quite like how the two look together, and give it a much more chunkier, bolder look, don’t you agree?
So there you have it folks, now you know my dirty little secret. I feel a little bit like Sandra Lee and her box mix “homemade” cakes, but really, not all DIY projects must be labor intensive and stressful. One of the gals that attended Craft Cabinet made a couple of necklaces using Tori’s line to create really cute and simple statement jewelry. She loved how easy it was to create something so pretty, so quickly, without a lot of effort on her part. And in case you’re wondering, this is not a sponsored post. The rep from the company just thought I’d like a few pieces of my own to play with, and I’m so glad she did. This was the perfect little jewelry project for my tired momma brain.
If you’d like to make a necklace like this of your own, you can see the full line here. I used the coral and pearl chains, with a necklace back and connector. You can click on the links to find the exact pieces I used. Quite a stunning piece for about $30 (or less if you only use one strand of beads), don’t you think?
Please let me know if you have any questions about working with this line. It’s really quite simple. If you don’t want to order online, I know Michael’s has a pretty large selection of the pieces in store. Thanks for reading and please let me know if you try it!
The fact that you used Sandra Lee and semi-homemade in this post is awesome! I have never heard of assemble-yourself jewelry, but look forward to finding it near me. Thanks, Andrea!
I’ve seen other posts featuring Tori’s jewelry pieces but wants too impressed. However, I LOVE this necklace and how easy it is to make. You just made me a believer
Oo, pretty! And probably perfect for me. I hate having the same necklaces over and over, so I could just buy a bunch of parts and keep reassembling my jewellery. It’s like big-girl Lego ;D
How awesome. I’m going to check my local Michael’s for it, when I get a chance!
oh, I love this! I have to check this line of hers!
Saw this and loved it!
Very cool! I used to make jewelry all the time, but now with kiddos just can’t have the beads laying around for fear they will choke. Looks like maybe I can go back to “making” jewelry.
Haha, Sandra Lee makes me kinda laugh, but my sister just adores her! True, not every DIY has to be labor intensive, so thanks for reviewing these jewelry pieces with us! I saw them in the store and they are a little pricey for my taste, but the designs are great. I’m more of a ‘suffer for my DIY cheapness’ kind of gal, but I bet my sister would love these lol!
holy cow this is amazingly creative…love the way it turned out and LOVE your red lipstick!
Im all about color so way to go with this DIY!
xoxo
Aarean
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Seriously, when you say “making” that doesn’t mean using two necklaces someone else made and throwing them together on a jump ring. This is just silly.
actually, Andrea specifically said she didn’t make this from scratch; she gave full disclosure that Tori’s line is made to be assembled from already-crafted parts. So it’s not silly at all, it’s done the way it was supposed to be
That pop is perfect with your shirt! Love what you chose
I love it. I did the same with those two necklaces, but I didn’t shorted it, so it didn’t lay quite right. Going to try again shorter.
Found your blog at WIWW! Love it!!!