Not Your Average Scrabble Jewelry...

Sure, we've all seen necklaces made from Scrabble tiles.   Sometimes initials with the letter tiles, sometimes art decoupaged onto the backs of them.  But today I have something different to show.  These:

Made from these:

Interesting, no?  If you can get crafty your little hands on some old wooden Scrabble trays and would like to DIY, here's what I did...

Slice.

Drill two holes.

If you are feeling it, sand the rough edges.

(As you will see presently, I skipped this step for the tutorial closeups - ahem, blush.  To me, sanding is like ironing clothes.  It's tewtally optional.)

If you want a fancy doodled version, draw stuff with a sharpie:

Now to assemble!  I did it two ways.  The two-headpin method:

The single-piece-of-craft-wire method:

With either method, once you have the two pieces butted together in a rectangle, trim the wire ends short and fold down sideways.

Use roundnose pliers to turn little loops:

And voila - you will have a basic pendant that looks like one of these:

That's pretty much it!  Find something from which to hang them - chain, cord, or neckwire - and the embellishments and configurations are yours for the styling!

Thsat ti - hpoe yuo hda ufn!  I adh lost fo fnu!

Alter, Lalitagors!