The Key to Your Art

By Justina Blakeney
Published: September 23rd, 2008 | 11:35am

If you're anything like me, your jewelry box consists of single earrings, broken necklaces, and beads from bracelets past. With a new season in full swing, it’s time to resurrect those stray pieces into a sexy necklace that'll cost you a just a couple of dollars and about 20 minutes to make.

What you'll need:

One piece of lace (about 12 inches long)
One keyhole (you can purchase these at your local hardware store for $2.39 for 2 of them)
Broken jewelry (you'll need chain of some kind) shells, and/or trinkets
Jump rings

1. Tie the lace to the top hole in the keyhole, so that the lace is even on either side.
2. Place four jump rings onto the bottom hole of the keyhole.
3. From the jump rings, attach pieces of chain, of varying lengths.
4. Attach jump rings onto the ends of each chain.
5. From bottom jump rings, attach the shells, trinkets, single earrings, etc.
6. Tie the lace onto the back of your neck, and voila!

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