Fingerprint Pendant Necklace Tutorial from Silo Hill Farm

Hello fans and followers of Our Pinteresting Family!  I'm Danni from Silo Hill Farm blog and I was so excited when Megan asked me to do a guest post for her.  I have no idea how she managed to keep doing projects and posting them right up until her due date, but I'm happy to help her out now! Of course, I wanted to do something baby-ish related, problem is, my babies are grown and gone...but..I'm lucky enough to have a beautiful grandson so I used his little fingerprint to make this layered pendant necklace.

 I searched back on Megans fabulous blog to see just when I started following Our Pinteresting Family.  Turns out, my first comment to Megan was on this post for a fabulous Necklace Organizer that caught my eye.  Coincidence?  I think not!

Our Pinteresting Family

Don't you love it?  What a perfect way to keep necklaces from getting all tangled up, especially if they have a lot of things dangling from them. 
Although I have a lot of jewelry making supplies, I do not make a lot of jewelry.  I did make a promise to myself that I would try to utilize those tools and supplies more this winter and this is my first attempt.  I have to say that my friend Natalie at NorthShore Days, makes the most fabulous jewelry and does some very good tutorials.  It was this layered necklace that inspired me....

Achieving the Layered Pendant Look

It's a great tutorial and being the novice that I am, I needed it!  
About 3 years ago, I was holding my grandson's hand while we were walking through the woods and the idea for a pendant with his little fingerprint on it popped into my head.  Now because I'm a girl who gets right on it, when we got back into the house, I got out some Fimo clay and made a little ball, flattened it out, pressed his little fingerprint into it, poked a hole in the top, baked it in the oven to harden it and then stuck it in my jewelry box....for THREE years!  Yeah..that's gettin right on it!  So, when I pulled it out last week to make this project, it looked like this...

So precious and tiny. *sigh*.  Also, a little grey and plain.  I got out some primer and spray painted it.

I chose a platinum acrylic paint to give it some color.  Two light coats because I didn't want the paint to fill in the little fingerprint impression so you couldn't see it. 

Then I ran into a problem.  It was really hard to see that little print in the shiny paint.  Hmmm.  Plan B.  I added just a just a little bit of black acrylic to the platinum and used a Q-tip to rub it into the impression ever so lightly.  

Worked perfectly.  Whew!  I gave it a quick shot of clear acrylic spray paint, so I wouldn't knick it up during assembly.

I dug into my jewelry beads, supplies and findings that I've been collecting for a couple of years and chose some things that had special meaning to me.

I played around with this stuff for 2 days trying to get it just right.  For me, the little key was the problem.  I finally figured out how to balance it horizontally by hanging a bead down the left side of it.

After that, the rest was pretty easy!  I chose that blue bead because it reminds me of Jacob's beautiful blue eyes.

Of course, he holds the key to my heart.  There's an awesomeness to little boys with their mixture of mischief, orneriness and sweetness and I'm excited for Megan to have TWO of them!  They grow up so fast and now that Jacob is 6 (and knows everything), I kind of like wearing this necklace and reaching up to feel that little fingerprint from that beautiful day in the woods 3 years ago!

My only other attempt at making jewelry was this bracelet for Valentines Day.

Heart Me Up! Valentines Day Necklace

Thank you for letting me guest post today Megan.  I know you are enjoying those babies and I hope you are getting a little rest!

Shadow Box Bracelet Storage

I had enough with my bracelets being stowed away or in a tangled mess somewhere else. I made up my mind to make an organizer for them, and a place where I could display them. That way I will also remember to actually wear them or maybe Wynn would remember to wear one.

I took a shadow box that I found on clearance at Michaels and removed the glass piece in the front. Then I wrapped the backing in a fabric piece I had gotten in a fat quarter package. I attached the fabric with Mod Podge.

Then I just laid it flat on top of my dresser with my bracelets inside. I was thinking about making some dividers for it, but I like the fact that the bracelets are just simply placed inside of it. It is on top of a pretty large dresser, so it does not take up too much room. Plus I like to see my pretty fashion jewelry.

Necklace Organizer for Blogger Party

Tonight I'm headed to a Baltimore Blogger Party hosted by the lovely couples from One Project Closer.  I'm very excited to meet some new bloggers and see some that I have already had the pleasure of meeting before.  We were asked to bring either something we've made or even a craft fail for a white elephant exchange. I really love the necklace holder we made a few months ago. I asked Rob to help me whip up another one to take to the party.

Rob took a piece of leftover wood and routed the edges. He then painted it in a bright white, and then used the same antiquing glaze we just used on our Sunday School table to give it an aged look. I picked up four cabinet knobs from Lowe's and he attached them using screws.  
It was a quick and easy project. It can be any size you'd like and have as many knobs as you need as well.  The cost of this project was around $13.


Megan

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Necklace Organizer with Anthropologie Hardware by Rob & Megan

I was in need of some serious necklace organization. With my sister becoming a Stella & Dot stylist last year my jewelry collection has increased.  I was eyeing up some hardware that was on sale at Anthropologie and was inspired by this pin....

Necklace Organizer

Our garage contains plenty of extra pieces of wood. So I grabbed a length I thought would work.

Rob predrilled the holes for the knobs for me because he rocks.  He also routed the edges because he said he did want to have it with plain edges. He's turning into an interior decorator. 

I grabbed the Valspar Woodlawn colonial gray paint that we had left over from the dresser and china cabinet projects. 

We put the knobs through and then Rob cut off the excess so it would lay flat against the wall.

Then it was hung on the wall and tested out right away.  I love it.

Thanks for checking out the latest project.  Now my Stella & Dot necklaces have a proper place.

Wood & Paint - leftover from previous project
Anthropologie Knobs - $17.00

Total Cost - $17.00

Rob and Megan