I calculated the cost of my materials and this necklace cost around 50p / $1 to make, so this is very very very cheap bling.
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You can do this by hand, or go for the easy option, and use an image editing or word processing program to write out your name. I didn't have any fonts that looked exactly the way I wanted them to, so I joined up the words by moving the letters closer together.
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Print this out. Remember that you want to print / draw it a lot bigger than the final charm, because you will be shrinking it down soon.
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Place small dots of sticky tack around the letters.
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Place a sheet of clear shrink plastic on top, pressing it down at the sticky tack on to the letters, so that it's secured tightly.
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Carefully cut around the letters, through the paper and shrink plastic with a pair of scissors. Use a Stanley knife to cut out tricky detailed areas and in between the letters.
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Punch two holes out of the top corners at either side of the name.
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Remove the paper backing and sticky tack from the name.
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Shrink down in an oven.
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Cover the backs of the crystals in clear glue, I used nail varnish, and carefully place around the letters using tweezers.
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Cover the whole necklace so that it sparkles.
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Slip jump rings through the two holes you made earlier and attach your name pendant to a chain. Voila, you're ready to sparkle!
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Posted By:Cat Morley »
January 20, 2008 21:37
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porcelinaZERO
20 Jan 21:51
I <3 the Necklace!!!!
What font did you use???
'Gemyz
20 Jan 22:32
OMG i love it!! :D
LaLaHappy
20 Jan 23:32
I love this! You never fail to amaze me. :)
Astronaut Carol.
20 Jan 23:59
Omg, this is sooo good! :)
Melanie (The Coma Girl Designs)
21 Jan 00:01
luv, Luv, LUV it! xoxo
Mia
21 Jan 00:03
Awesome! Great idea!!
Cat Morley
21 Jan 00:08
The font was Bookman Old Style Italic, but I joined up the letters.
kate e.
21 Jan 00:56
i was just looking at the nameplate necklaces and how much they were.. i love this idea so much more!!!
Shivi
21 Jan 01:01
That is so awesome Cat and so easy to make- when I first saw the picture i thought "There's no way i can make that" but really it's so simple!!!! I just need to get some shrink plastic- haven't seen anywhere that sells it.
You rock girl!
Shivi
21 Jan 01:03
I forgot to mention- my real name is Siobhan(Irish) and there is no way you can find a necklace like that in the shops with my name so now I can finally have one plus it has bling!!
Darling Niki
21 Jan 02:32
Oh super cute!!
aya R.
21 Jan 04:50
Really cool idea - and I like the result to!
Caro
21 Jan 06:36
very cool idea, I am totally doing it.
northernstar
21 Jan 12:56
This is sooo cool Cat!
dee maria s.
21 Jan 23:50
that's kind of amazing. shops should have them instead of humiliating nametags.
Erika A.
22 Jan 01:17
Wow, this is awesome.
If only I had shrink plastic.
/:
PJ F.
22 Jan 13:00
WOW! That is SO cool!!! Everyone needs a shiney bling Bling!!
Did the tacky stuff you used to keep the shrink plastic on- was it hard to get off of the shink plastic?
I'm going shopping today for bling stones!!
Great project!
Karoleen L.
22 Jan 15:43
That is a really cute idea! What exactly is shrink plastic? Is it like Overhead plastic or is it thicker? I'm not sure we have it in Sweden.
Cat Morley
22 Jan 15:43
No, it came off really easily. Just do the classic blu-tack tactic (like the pun?) - take a ball of it and then roll it on the bit you want to remove, that will get it off nice and easily.
Carli
22 Jan 20:34
Oooh amazing! There is no where that sell things with my name, at least not spelt right so this is cool. Great idea! :)
jaki lauren j.
23 Jan 02:41
How did you move the letters together?
Cat Morley
23 Jan 12:33
Just using an image editing program, I think it was FireWorks. I literally selected each letter and moved them closer together.
Kelly H.
25 Jan 08:46
hey, that's awesome! bt, um, where do you get shrink plastic from...i've never seen it before....?
Cat Morley
25 Jan 11:07
Try your local art & craft store, if you have no luck, buy it online!
katie
26 Jan 09:39
I love this necklace though if I ever make it I might use something other then my name. I think it might look a little weird with anything over 5 letter, but hey I might be wrong.
Shivi
27 Jan 05:09
K@ti- for our names just make the letters smaller and then it will look fine.
Lorraine
27 Jan 16:20
Awesome, I just ordered swarvoski's..so now have a new project. Thanks for the great ~how to~
Nix Sidhe
27 Jan 16:39
That's some sweet bling!
RenJac1301
29 Jan 19:13
I want one lol
Wouter
01 Feb 14:49
I am going to make a dollar sign :P Where can you buy the shrink plastic? Is that possible in almost every office-stuff-shop?
Joni
03 Feb 14:18
I luv it Cat, very creative... xx
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
16 Feb 10:25
I wish I had a cool name-Cat think of a nickname for me
Grace★♥
Michi
24 Feb 19:23
This is so cute.
I'm starting one tomarrow.
Elizabeth x.
27 Feb 02:19
i most make that
PJ F.
26 Mar 17:31
I really like this idea. I'll be making my niece one too!
Great idea, Cat!
Nanzaa LOW
07 Apr 13:53
cool
Goth Ninja
19 Apr 02:36
Awesome idea! I can never find my name in stores.
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
19 Apr 21:00
Urgh!! This is soo pretty but I cant find any shrink plastic... My life is over! I have been blocked from ebay so I cant buy any online - I NEED THIS NECKLACE
Crafterbation
17 May 22:34
what a great idea! i've always been jealous of people with common name who can get these, but with a name like Rae i've never been able to buy any off the self personalized stuff.
KattyRa
25 May 11:26
If I don't have shrirk plastic what kind of material I can use to make my letters on?
Ryden
28 Jun 22:51
This is so awesome! Once again, you take the cake Cat!
ankepanke
21 Aug 23:18
Awesome idea! I'm soooo gonna do this! :D
Marii
28 Sep 23:07
Great work :D
CuteCreative
29 Nov 17:21
cool!! but what's shrink plastic ^^
♫♥Craftagious Catface♥♫
18 Dec 02:14
haha this is so cool
My names Cat too, so i can copy this exactly
<3
Cassie K.
21 Dec 21:07
The is an awesome idea, I'd like to make one for my goddaughter, but what degree do you put the oven on and how long do you put it in for, and for the glue, can we use superglue
Twilight lover
17 Apr 18:42
Now I just need a good nickname. My real name is to long.
Greta B.
21 Jun 11:52
what size font did you use? im wondering as i want to make one of these but, have no idea what size letters to print off! x
Greta B.
21 Jun 11:52
what size font did you use? im wondering as i want to make one of these but, have no idea what size letters to print off! x
Kira L.
01 Jul 17:36
Way Cool. Love IT!
mommaviv
07 Jul 04:55
For those of us with unique first names this may be the only way we get personalized accessories. Plus who doesn't love sparkly things?
oReO~cOoKieE
15 Jul 20:54
Cant you use an old cd on instead of the shrinking thingy?
TiNKS_SiSTER_iS_HERE
06 Sep 21:00
This is sooo pretty. :D
sparrow is fancy
07 Sep 15:25
sparkle, baby, shine! ;D