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Barb Wire Wrapped Heart Necklace

Protect your feelings with a barb wire wrapped heart necklace.
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I made this for my Valentine's Day Swap partner Alicia. I hope she likes it.

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Cut two long strands of silver jewellery wire and twist together.
Make two of these.
Twist together at one end.
Place some pliers in between the two tales and then twist, to create a loop.
Continue this along the length of the wire.
Cut short lengths of wire and wrap around the twisted areas in between the loops. Point either end of the wire up, so that they look like barbs.
Cover a baking tray in tin foil, lay down a heart shaped candy / cookie cutter and fill with pony beads, so that they spread out nice and evenly. Remove one of the beads and replace with a metal eyelet.
Melt down the beads in an oven, this should take around 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and quickly stick the barb wire on top of the beads so that it sinks in to the plastic a little. Allow to cool.
Press the heart out from the cutter and remove any plastic that may have seeped inside of the eyelet (I used an eyelet punch to knock the plastic out).
Thread some cord through the eyelet and your necklace is ready to wear.

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Candace H.

Feb 7, 2008 6:10pm

Cat:
This is amazing! I am sure Alicia will LOVE it! I have been trying to figure out some more things to make for Valentines day. Thanks for sharing this great idea. (I love anything with barb wire)

Jaded R.

Feb 7, 2008 6:11pm

Cool! I have so many pony beads I don't know what to do with them... but know I do! Thx

astral_sakurachan23

Feb 7, 2008 6:59pm

This is soooooooooooooooo cool!!!! *________* Just one question....did you melted down beads at any specific temp?

Michelle Ames

Feb 7, 2008 7:00pm

This is soooo awesome! Thanks!

cinderelly

Feb 7, 2008 7:11pm

i love this...it is kind of how i feel about valentines day!

Cat Morley

Feb 7, 2008 9:34pm

No problem everyone. I just set my cooker to the highest possible heat and used that to melt it down, it does have to be very hot for the beads to melt - my microwave oven just isn't up to the job.

Erika A.

Feb 7, 2008 9:38pm

Woah Cat, this is fantastic. I absolutely love this, and just in time for V Day!

RAQUEL W.

Feb 8, 2008 5:30am

this gives me an idea on what to do with all the pony beads i have lying around! thanks!

Geneva I.

Feb 8, 2008 5:43am

Wow, think of all the potential variations on this theme! I should be on the look out for cool shaped metal cookie cutters...

mlc1803 m.

Feb 9, 2008 5:56pm

hey cat thanks for the idea!me encanta!! now i know what todo with all my pony beads :D

Darling Niki

Feb 9, 2008 6:05pm

Gorgeous!! I <3 it!!

tarrah.

Feb 10, 2008 7:02am

hey cat i i dont have any pony beads so i was just wondering any type of beads are okay right?

Cat Morley

Feb 11, 2008 3:29am

Any cheap plastic beads should melt well, even if they're opaque, just make sure they're plastic.

queenfairypants

Feb 12, 2008 7:54pm

aaaw I should have done the val's day swap!!! haha cat this is so clever!

queenfairypants

Feb 12, 2008 7:56pm

cat never ever do this in a microwave! tin foil, metal cutter, metal eye let KA BLEEEWWWY!?

Cat Morley

Feb 12, 2008 8:13pm

Noooooo definitely not in a microwave, did you do that?

hahaha no but you mentioned how your microwave was not up for it so I got a bit worried! I once put a cornetto in the microwave for a few seconds to melt it a bit and didn't think the wrapper would do much harm but its like metalic paper, the blue flashes were scary! I'm scared of microwaves anyway lol

Cat Morley

Feb 12, 2008 8:53pm

Ahhh no, it's a combo microwave / oven / grill, but the oven bit on that wouldn't go hot enough. I should have made that clearer.

PJ F.

Feb 12, 2008 11:50pm

That is so cool! I have melted the jewel colored pony beads but it didn't turn out like I wanted to. I have a heart mold and I will try using the jewel colored beads in red and see what happens!
Great Tut!

pheartsb!

Feb 14, 2008 3:11am

i love this!!!!!

ʎǝɔɐɹƃ

Feb 14, 2008 2:05pm

This is cleverrr Cat
Happy Valentines Day xx

amy j.

Feb 14, 2008 7:26pm

What a great idea! I tried this last night and it worked like a charm. I used those tri-point beads that are sold right next to the pony beads at the craft store and they worked perfect! I had the oven at 450 degrees. I spread out the beads evenly and cooked for about eight minutes. Then, I opened the oven a put a few more beads inside each heart, adn cooked for another six minutes. My hearts were nice and thick this way.

Thanks for posting such a great idea!

Courtney.

Feb 15, 2008 10:52am

Can i say DEFINATLY SPREAD THEM OUT!! Because last night i made it and it stuck REALLY bad to the Cookie cutter, there was no way to get it off so i had to throw it away.. and it was new as well :'( ALSO MAKE SURE THE MOULD ISNT PLASTIC TOO lol. Im really stupid! :(