Freeform Scribble Pendants

Scribble scribble!  Look at these sleek little necklaces.

They're made from these inexpensive stretchy-coil bracelets.

I think it's a cool transformation - abstract and fun.
 

Plus, if you use your scribble as a pendant hanger instead of a pendant, the possibilities multiply by approximately infinity!

And the best part: you can make one in five minutes or less.  Wanna try?  Read on for the simple DIY.



First, locate a stretchy-coil metal bracelet. I found some here, here, here.  Also needed: round nose pliers, a wire cutter, and about ten inches of craft wire.

Make a wrapped loop on one end of the craft wire.  Like so:

 

Next, cut the coil bracelet apart with wire snippers.  Try to find the spot where the coil is soldered together.  (Sometimes it's hard to tell - in that case, cut anywhere!)

 

Thread the craft wire through the stretchy coil, and finish with another wrapped loop.

Now create a scribble.  Any old scribble will do.  (This is pretty forgiving - you can bend and rebend several times until you get something you like.)

That's yer pendant!  Add a neckwire, chain or cord to create a delightfully squiggly necklace.

An alternative is to use a ready-made necklace chain.  Link one end of it to the scribble with a jump ring.  Then the clasp can simply be attached to the scribble's other loop:

To use your scribble as a bail, just slip a pretty pendant over the coil.

(BTW, the pear pendant is an antique brooch from my collection - I added a loop to the back so I could hang it on my scribble.)

 

Tip: if you want to try this without waiting to acquire the stretchy coil, you can actually create this design with any kind of tubing.  I made the following scribble with rubber window screen spline:

I know, I know - it's a bit, um, large.  But interesting, eh?  I hung a big, BIG piece of branch coral from the center; I kinda love the bold result. 

Just think of all the fun ways you could style it.

That's it!  If you get the urge to scribble up a super quick necklace, I hope you'll give this a try.

Next time, a pair of staggeringly simple matching earrings:

And yep - it's another five minute project.  How could you not love that?