Summer of Colors : Week 2

Hi friends,

Kristin of Twinkle Twinkle has gave us the second week's color/flavor prompt; Mint Chocolate Chips Ice-cream. So tempted to buy every flavor of ice-cream every week, but will that be too fattening?. Hmmm... 

The inspiration;

Yum!

The finished project; Mint Chocolate Chip necklace!. 

I  visited Deanne Williamson's blog one day and she made a very beautiful wooden beads necklace. She is so clever!. You could find a very simple how-to-make tutorial on her blog too. I decided to give it a try and it was tricky at first making the knots, but it was all good fun!. Pretty quick project, took less than an hour knot all the beads together.

The raw materials are wooden beads, some metal beads (not in the picture) and four different colors of DMCs treads. You have to make very big, bold knots (3 -4 loops) to keep the beads in place. I painted the round wooden beads with aqua acrylic paint and dripped with purple artist ink. Spritzed with water to dilute the ink and let dry. 

I tied four metal beads (from an old bracelet) to loop-end the necklace. I didn't use any clasp for closure (just tied another knot). The necklace is long enough to go around my head. 

I couldn't believe how easy this was. Easier than making charm bracelets. Try it, someday :). Have a good Monday!.

Hugs,
Shahrul