My Version of Anthropologie Inspired Necklace

She's my first run at the necklace and am in the process of doing more. My husby is also working on his photog skills, he reads enough People and US weekly to know what a good pic is! (just a little side note, I did the tutorial using a different material...so black above- turquoise below. It's not you, it's me.)

Anyway, excuse my photog skills as well. Not so easy to stay focused on the project AND take pics! So first ya need some material that you like, love, or just want to get rid of for practicing.

I tried to follow the tutorial from Little Miss Momma as best as possible, I however got very impatient and didn't cut my circles very accurately and ended up with uneven flowers/pom poms for the necklaces. My response to my husby's accurate eye, "No flower is perfect or the same shape"!!  (This is where the different color material comes in ladies, I couldn't stand that he was right)

Materials Needed:
Felt, approximately 1 sq foot
Cotton fabric in the color of your choice
Fabric scissors
Necklace chain, pearls, whatever you have and don't use anymore would be great!
Hot glue gun


First cut 5 small 1.5" felt circles
I'll admit, patience I lack but accuracy I desire. So i  along with this tutorial, I cut my felt circles correctly and accurately! I grabbed my vitamins and traced the lid which was 1.5", cut those out and life seemed a little sweeter afterwards!

After smelling the sweet fragrance of success, use the felt circles as a template for your fabric circles. Cut fabric circles, cut A LOT of fabric circles.

Next, scrunch up your fabric circle, add a dot of glue to the bottom of it and attach her to the felt circle.
Repeat, repeat, then repeat again until your felt circle is nice a pretty. I used approximately 12 fabric circles per felt circle! No, I didn't have any intentions of actually being that precise! My lovely, very smart,and eager to learn friend asked me as I was making the first pom pom how many pieces of fabric per felt circle. ???? So here's to you and the rest of the accuracy bureau....Twelve little bitties per felt circle. It could be more or less depending on the day, weather, how fast you want to get the project done!

SCRUNCHY! (Please only do this to things like crafts and not your socks!!)

After you have made five gorgeous little pom poms, you will need to dig out the rest of your felt that we started with. Arrange your little beauties on the felt however your heart desires. 

Glue them down, EXCEPT FOR THE TOP TWO! 

Glue ends of chain about an inch down onto the top two pom poms.
Then just glue those girls onto the felt with the others. Cut around to where you don't see any of the felt backing and TA-DA!!! Ya got yourself a pretty pom pom necklace!!

Embellish however your heart fancies, or don't do anything else to it! They look glamorous regardless. Make one in every color. Use chains, beads, pearls! Have your friends over, and their friends, or just your closest, sweetest, most favorite friend, and make lots! No matter where you're going or what you're doing, be it date night with Mr. One and Only or date night with Mr. Clean, this hot number's going to make ya shake your pom poms!!! (And by pom poms, I mean the pom poms above of course)

Hope I did this little how-to justice!!!
Good night fancy ladies xoxo

I'll Miss You Girl

Yes, it is January 3rd and I'm wiping tears away as I put up the last of my Christmas decor. What a fast holiday it was. I enjoyed every last bite of it though, ask my rear.
I have so many projects on the horizon! I can't wait to share, my only resolution was to be a better blogger and to share more because really~sharing is caring!!
No seriously, my resolution was to be a better teacher so that I may also teach how to make anything and everything that pops into my random head that all my friends seem to love. Which hopefully they really love it and I'm not friends with a bunch of Oscar winners!
So I'm going to try and rock this party and be better at this new world. Tomorrow, a project!

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