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necklace from paperclips and chenille wire
i love chenille wire, its so soft and bright coloured ! I love the kitschy look of it.
It always make me smile;-D
Usely only kids using this for their crafts.
Lately i using it too.:-D Too in my art projects, but why not less seriously, so i thought why not a necklace.
Its was very fun to make it and soooooo easy.
I hope you like it too.

I have add more steps , its less, but it makes it more understandable. i hope, so don't be afraid of all those steps.LOL

Of course you can use the flowers for other things on a wrapped present, or a brooche or .... suprise me.LOL

Posted by Jet H. from Haarlem, North Holland, The Netherlands • Published See Jet H.'s 107 projects »
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  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 1
    Step 1

    gather your materials togehter.
    Later i used a hot glue gun with sticks.
    so ... set him too by your materials.!

    You can use insteade of the paperclips, elektric wire.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 2
    Step 2

    the chenillle wire flowers how to:

    pick your fave colour for the basic of the flower.
    fold it like a 4 or 5 points star.
    Cut the end of.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 3
    Step 3

    twist the ends of the wire in each other.
    Like you have a flower point. Look at the picture.:-D

    shape the flower a little more .
    You're done with the basic.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 4
    Step 4

    Now the in between part.
    choose an other colour and turn it in a nice circle.
    Like the picture, and cut it off.
    Okay , you're ready for the next part;-D

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 5
    Step 5

    unfold the paperclips.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 6
    Step 6

    and turn this to in a circle, till the end.
    Now you have maked all the parts for one flower.
    Make like this 4 more.;=D

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 7
    Step 7

    assemble the flowers:

    take the big chenille flower put a chenille circle on it and after that the paperclip, thread those parts with the wire of the plants .
    Like you can see on the pict.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 8
    Step 8

    make a big knot in the wire , like the pict.
    You m ust make more loops in the knot, then i did the first time. a three double knot just in one.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 9
    Step 9

    After that, cut of the wire of leaving a big piece after the knot. Thread the parts backwards together.
    Glue the part with the hot gun together.
    It isn't nesessary but you will have a more durable necklace if you do so;-D

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 10
    Step 10

    Like this picture, pull the wire.
    Click on the picture for a better view.
    do the same with all the other flower parts.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 11
    Step 11

    the chains between the flowers.
    Cut of 4 parts of chenille wire of 18cm / 7 inches.
    Like the pict.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 12
    Step 12

    cut of 2 part of cheniell of 5 inches / 14 cm.

    Put this a side for later.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 13
    Step 13

    Making the links:
    1.unfold the paperclips

    2. make on one site a circle inwards. sie the picture.

    3. do the same on the other side and you're done.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 14
    Step 14

    Make for links for each site of the nekclage.
    Unwrap two paperclips of an other colour for making the closure.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 15
    Step 15

    Making the closuring:

    1'. unfolding of the paperclip.

    2. fold the paperclip in two.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 16
    Step 16

    Make a circle to the outside, but take care that you have a big part unwraped. (like the pict)

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 17
    Step 17

    Make an outside circle on the other side, and you're done.
    You finished your first part of the closuring.:-D

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 18
    Step 18

    Do the seccond part on the same way, but take care that the left over part is smaller, this will be the hook.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 19
    Step 19

    Fold the middel part down. like the picture and you have finished the hook part too.;-D

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 20
    Step 20

    Be sure it works good, The hook must get easy in the eye before you assembling it on the necklace.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 21
    Step 21

    the inbetween links:
    Okay now you must cut of from the wire pieces of 14 cm/5 inches.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 22
    Step 22

    take the paperclip link and thread it on the wire like the picture shows you.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 23
    Step 23

    thread the other paperclip link on it too.
    Fold one small part down the inside, (the speace must be like a paperclip wire)

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 24
    Step 24

    Fold the long piece in the middle of the in between space of the link.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 25
    Step 25

    twist the wire round tilll the end and you have finished your first inbetween link.;-D

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 26
    Step 26

    Do the same with the other part .

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 27
    Step 27

    so you become a two chains like the picture shows you.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 28
    Step 28

    the closure in between link.:

    cut of the same length of the wire.
    Thread one circle of the hook and one of the paperlink on the green wire.
    Fold the small part of the wire down inside the long piece of the wire.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 29
    Step 29

    thread the other hook circle on the wire,

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 30
    Step 30

    and fold this to the middle of the in between part.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 31
    Step 31

    wrap this around the link tilll the end.
    Now you have finished one part of the closuring.
    Do the same with the other part of the closuring.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 32
    Step 32

    The in betweens links of the flowers:

    Pick up the longest part of the chenille.
    fold them like a circle and make a wraping with the ends.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 33
    Step 33

    Pick up the flower part and thread the chain on the wire of the flower, and fix it with the wire two or three times.
    Do the same on the other side .

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 34
    Step 34

    fold the chenille chain close togther, and wrap the plant wire around the chenille. Both sides of the green plant wire. like the picture.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 35
    Step 35

    when you do it tight the wrapping its becomming prietty. the fibers of the chenille becoming more fluffy.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 36
    Step 36

    Do all the same with the other in between links .

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 37
    Step 37

    Pick up the smaller chenille wires.
    fold a chain , a small one, wrap the ends around.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 38
    Step 38

    Connect the chenille chain like the big ones to the ends of the last flowers, connect a inbetween link like the ones you maked between the paperclips..
    an at last wrap the green wire on the chenille wire chain like you did by the other big ones.
    Like the picture show you.

  • How to make a wire necklace. Chenille Wire Necklace - Step 39
    Step 39

    When you have connecting both sides , you're done.
    You have finished the necklace. Yeahhh!!!

    I hope you like this just like me;-D
    I like the pretty look, and you can always use this flowers for somthing else, for on a present wrap, or on a bag or as a brooche or in your hair.
    but i like this the most.

    Have fun with the making of and feel free to ask me your questions.;-D

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PJ
PJ · Avondale, Arizona, US · 96 projects
this is a lot of work, and very nice.I love it..smile.
Its so pretty and as usual lot's of color..smile
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Asgards_Princess
Asgards_Princess · Leicester, England, GB · 33 projects
thats so pretty Happy
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Sheila Squirrel
Sheila Squirrel
I love the bright colours Jet. Thanks for a really good tutorial. I have bags of paperclips as I work in our office post room so I have plenty of materials. Lol Happy
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ale_corason
ale_corason · Mexico City, Federal District, MX · 49 projects
How pretty, I love it!
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