Family Cluster Necklace

Happy Mother's Day! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. For us, the sun was shining and the birds were out... a true spring day. It was gorgeous and so great to spend the day with my Mom.
Both my mother and my mother-in-law are amazing mothers and I wanted to give them a present that would recognize that they are wonderful mothers. This necklace is a family necklace with the initials of their children.

First I went to Michael's to search of the perfect pieces for my Mother's Day necklaces. I needed to find a flat piece that I could stamp letters on. This proved to be much more difficult that I had imagined! Eventually, I found this, and my little 1/16" letters fit nicely on it. Look here for the magnets I made with these small letters.

I then added a pearl and a blue stone to make a little cluster.

This fit so nicely and an silver chain.

I love how the necklace turned out. It is modern and simple, yet has so much meaning. I loved making it so much that I made some earrings out of the left over material.

I am sure that I will be making more jewelry!

Happy Crafting,

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Magnets With a Message

Happy Wednesday! The week is halfway over! I'm am happy because I have completed two days of class and I now have two days of placement at a daycare. I didn't know how hard it was going to be to go back to school, but I'm very tired already. Hopefully I'll be able to get back into the swing of things by the end of the week. Today I have an easy, 5 minute craft for you. I found these cute magnets at the dollar store yesterday. They screamed at me because they had so much possibility.

I had so many ideas at once. I wasn't sure paint was going to stick, so that was out. But I thought they could use a message. I got out my letters (which I'm using for another craft on Monday) and hammer and set to work. These letters are 1/16".

First I measured the distance I wanted between my letters. 

Then I very carefully pounded each letter onto the magnet. My first try was not very straight, but they were pretty evenly spaced.

The last step was to take a Sharpie and rub it into the letters. This makes them stand out a little more.

I think that they turned out to look very cute. I do wish I had bigger letters because it is hard to read. that will be a craft for another day.


Happy Crafting,

PS: Here's where we link up.