Guest {{tutorial}} Button statement necklace

Today we welcome MICHELLE from

She is going to show us how to make this adorable BUTTON STATEMENT NECKLACE that would make a great gift giving idea this holiday season...OR maybe you'll just have to keep it for yourself ;) 

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Hello everyone! I'm Michele from The Scrap Shoppe.

First off, let me give you a brief background of myself. I've been married to my wonderful husband for 7 years, and we have an absolutely adorable 2 year old son (I'm not a bit biased about his cuteness!). I work full time as a biochemist at a large private university, but I'm a crafter at heart. I love to scrapbook, play with paper and fabric, garden, dabble in graphic design, and just let my creativity out whenever possible! I grew up with a mother that always had an "I can make that!" attitude. I find that I'm a bit of a mirror image of her in that sense today!

I use my blog to to share craft projects that catch my eye, interesting craft techniques, show off my scrapbook-themed t-shirts (T-Shirt Tuesday!), and give you some fun freebies that you can download and use in your own crafting. I also share a creation of my own each week.

SO...this is what we are going to make today:

A button bib necklace!

This is a project I've had in the back of my mind for a long time. I'm so happy to have finally gotten a chance to put it together!

My main 2 supplies for this project were the shell buttons (1 pack) and some crochet thread.

Aren't the shell buttons beautiful?

And did I mention that I got them for half off? Even better!

Gorgeous, right?

Okay, okay... I'm done with the gratuitous button pictures. For now!

I love the texture of the of the crochet thread over plain sewing thread.

First things first, I grabbed a scrap piece of white felt and did a dry run arranging my buttons how I would want them on the necklace. I stacked some of the buttons for more dimension.

After deciding where I wanted the buttons to go, I started threading the crochet thread through them, adhering the thread to the back of the buttons with Fabri-Tac.

I started resetting up my necklace as I laced the thread through the buttons.

Eventually I had them all laid out and promptly adhered them to the felt with more Fabri-Tac.

Next up was trimming the felt so it wouldn't show on the front of my necklace.

I left two pieces of long felt in each corner so I will have something to work with when I attach the chain to the necklace.

I trimmed the excess felt so that it was skinny enough to slide a jump ring on it. Then I simply folded the felt back on itself and glued it down.

Attach the chain of your choice and...

Tada! Completed necklace!

I have to say I really love this necklace! It turned out even better than I had pictured it in my head.

The white crochet thread keeps it casual, which is what I was going for. You could easily add other colors of thread if you had a specific outfit in mind for this piece of jewelry. If you wanted to glam it up a bit, you could use similar colored thread or no thread at all.

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Thanks for guest posting today Michelle!!

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