Lose one earring? Don’t throw out it’s mate! Use it to make this Easy DIY Charm Necklace from Earrings! Great gift idea too!
This is a quick DIY using a pair of earrings, necklace chain, a charm and beads.
Supplies for DIY Charm Necklace:
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– Leaf earrings
– 4 mm jump rings
– 2 head pins
– Colored Beads: one light blue oval faceted glass bead one round faceted gray glass bead
– Small silver spacer bead
– Zodiac Charm
– Jewelry making tool kit.
– With the wire cutters cut the necklace chain into the desired length. I cut mine to 24 inches.
– With Jewelry Pliers, open the hook on both of the earrings to remove the silver colored leaf. (Close this hook back up and now you have a pretty set of gold colored earrings!)
– With a 4 mm jump ring add the silver colored leaf to the necklace chain.
– Create a crystal bead dangle: Take a head pin and add a crystal bead to it. Cut the head pin so that there is 1/2 inch sticking out from the crystal. With pliers form a loop at the end of the head pin so that it can dangle from the necklace chain. Add a jump ring to the loop you just made.
– Create the second bead dangle: Take a head pin and add a blue bead to it. Then add the silver spacer bead. Cut the head pin so that there is 1/2 inch sticking out from the silver spacer bead. Form a loop at the end of the head pin so that it can dangle from the necklace. Add a jump ring to the loop you just made.
– Add a jump ring to the charm. Attach the charm to the necklace by hanging it by the jump ring.
– Add the bead dangles to the necklace.
That’s it! You are done!
Isn’t it adorable? I love it!
Hope you’ve enjoyed this tutorial and are inspired to make your own DIY charm necklace!
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Heather Luckhurst is the publisher and owner of the Design and Lifestyle website 
I love it, Heather! This is exactly the kind of jewelry that I am always making myself or buying. Multiple charms add so much more to the impact of the necklace when you wear it.
Thanks for sharing another great tutorial and some beautiful photos! Is the yellow and grey print fabric a tablecloth?
Well, now… that’s brilliant! Keep ’em comin’ girl!!!
Great idea! Perfect way to reuse earings when you’ve lost one!
Clever, clever! I guess I know where my next funky necklace is coming from C:
What a brilliant idea!
What an awesome idea! Thanks for the great tutorial! 🙂
This is totally cute, thanks so much for sharing! I love those earrings that you found at wally world too:)
Gorgeous!
Well isn’t that clever! I am going to have to try this. Thanks!
super cute! i would love for you to add this to my weekend link party. check it out here:
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Love it! Thanks for sharing this with us @ the Sunday Round Up.
Hope you have a wonderful week,
Rose
So adorable! I love refashioning things like this 🙂
I would love it if you would link up at Watch Out, Martha!’s link up party: Martha Mondays (every Monday through Wednesday)! Hope to see you there!
http://www.watchoutmartha.net/
Pretty 🙂
I just love this, it turned out so pretty! You are so creative & talented, have a great week & thanks for sharing at Sunday round up 🙂
-Kayla
So pretty! I love the leaf look a lot lately. I ll have to give this a try 🙂
Thanks for sharing at our Sunday Round Up! Can’t wait to see what you have for us next weekend. Have a GREAT week!
xoxo
Heather
Very pretty! This is a great way to repurpose broken jewelry.
I am very impressed by this. Great job! Thanks for linking to Things I’ve Done Thursday!
Also- I posted a special announcement on my blog today that I hope you’ll check out, and I’m giving away a cute clutch over at Happy Hour Projects!
Oh I love a pretty charm necklace and this one is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing it. I saw you at THe Winthrop Chronicles.
I have never done any jewelry working before but this looks doable. Thanks for sharing at Things I’ve Done Thursday this week.
Super cool tutorial! I have so many pairs (only one) of earrings that i need to do something with. (the other earring is not coming home) I am loving this:) I would lvoe to invite you to link this (or any other of your awesome posts) at Freedom Fridays. So hoping to see your there.
PS SO totally following you on Linky:)
Very cute…I am always looking for new ideas for necklaces. Thanks for sharing.
Hey!! You’ve been featured at The DIY Dreamer 🙂
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Good ! i love your sharing ,i will try to do it !
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Great idea! I have a bunch of misc. earrings and charms that would be perfect for this!
Great!! Sounds like your necklace will be beautiful!
Heather this is genius! I lost one of my favorite earrings while at a wedding this weekend…soo glad I saved it 🙂 I featured you on Totally Green Crafts today…thanks bunches for sharing this clever tutorial!
Amy*
very cool idea – I have many “single” earrings that would be great for this…I to have this same virgo charm from my childhood bracelet…haven’t looked at those in awhile – this brings back lots of memories…I’m going to have to get that out and see what I can make
Cheryl @ The Creative Me and My McG
Such a pretty necklace and such a great idea, Heather. I usually just wear two different earrings when I lose one and like it ~ I’m strange like that!
So feminine and pretty!
This is a great use for earrings when you loose one of them. Thanks for sharing this great tutorial!