With some leather scraps and pretty much the most average item ever — paperclips — I made this bold, colorful necklace, inspired by a necklace I saw on Anthropologie’s website by artist Lauren Manoogian. With just a few supplies (most of which you’ll have on hand), you can easily create a great, inexpensive statement piece that can add that extra touch to any outfit. If you don’t have some of the supplies, check your jewelry drawer for items you don’t wear anymore that you can repurpose for this project. I used leather scraps for this project, but you can use other fabric that you have on hand.

Designer-Inspired Paperclip Necklace Tutorial

by Kirsten at Studs-and-pearls.com

Supplies Needed:

• Jumbo paperclips, $1
• Fabric scraps (I used leather), on hand
• Jump rings, on hand or $1
• Pendant/charm (optional), on hand or $1
• Chain (optional), on hand or $1
• Hot glue gun, on hand
• Scissors and jewelry pliers, on hand

Total: $1 and up

1) Cut small rectangles from your fabric, and wrap around each paperclip. Secure with hot glue.

2) Make a bunch! Connect with jump rings.

3) If you want, use some chain to further extend the necklace, or simply wrap and connect more paper clips.

4) Add a pendant, if you’d like.

5) Done!

• Inspiration Necklace
• Lauren Manoogian
  

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Paper clips have to be one of the seven wonders of DIY world. MacGuyver never went anywhere without one! These fabulous chandeliers are made from paper clips – amazing, aren’t they? I found out about the paper clip chandelier thanks to a Craftster dollar store crafting swap I’m currently participating in. Craftster user skullseamstress created the lamp entirely from dollar store materials, using a tutorial she purchased from Re:Design Technologies on Etsy. Skullseamstress posted a nice flickr set of her paper clip chandelier including making it and packing it to ship to her swap partner. [click here for the paperclip chandelier gallery]

As for the tutorial for making this fabulous chandelier, check out the Re:Design Technologies Etsy shop. You can get all the instructions for four different chandelier designs for less than $15 (as of my typing this – but they’re having a sale a the moment), or choose one design for $6.50. You can also check out the Re:Design blog.

Here are skullmistress’s supplies for the chandelier.

Project Estimate:

• 3 Picture hanging kits, $3
• 6 boxes of paper clips, $6

Total: $9 (plus the cost of the instructions, if needed)

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