Giftable Wearable Art

Today's project are quick and easy pieces of wearable art using items from the Base & Bling Jewelry line. The winter/Christmas-themed charms from the Base & Bling collection are CTMH Cyberweek Sale items that are 25% off until Friday, December 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm EST or while supplies last.

When you purchase any of the six styles pictured below, they are 25% off and you receive 3 each of 1 design with jump rings.

Base & Bling Snowflake Charm—Faux Gold (Z3111)

Base & Bling Jingle Bell—Faux Gold (Z3112)

Base & Bling Red Bead Charm—Faux Gold (Z3138)

Base & Bling Snowflake Charm—Faux Silver (Z3135)

Base & Bling Jingle Bell—Faux Silver (Z3136)

Base & Bling Red Bead Charm—Faux Silver (Z3139)

Base & Bling wearable art is easy to create. I first shared this video in February 2014, but the tips and techniques are just as useful today.



A wonderful thing about the Base & Bling line is the loop to hang the pendants and the jump rings to attach the coordinating charms are large enough that you do not need any tools to create them (unless you do not want your charms to move along the chain). It also means that you can easily change the appearance of your wearable art by adding more charms or swapping pendants. Just slide them over the end opposite the lobster claw clasp. In addition, as I tried to show in this photo, there is a 2" extender on the chains for those that want a longer drape.

Here are two of the pendants I created using the Jolly Holiday Style Sheet:

I did not open the jump rings and attach them to a link on the chain because I wanted to be able to change the piece depending on my top and other jewelry I am wearing. If you want your charms to "stay put" and not cluster together, you many want to use jewelry pliers to attach the charms to the chain.

I used the following CTMH products to create the pendants shown above:

• Base & Bling Jolly Holiday Style Sheet (Z3175)
• Base & Bling Chain—Faux Silver (Z3160)
• Base & Bling Circle Pendant—Faux Silver (Z3153)
• Base & Bling Circle Glass Covers (Z1966)
• Red Bead—Faux Silver (Z3139)
• Snowflake Charm—Faux Silver (Z3135)
• Jingle Bell—Faux Silver (Z3136)
• Base & Bling Chain—Faux Gold (Z3159)
• Base & Bling Square Pendant—Faux Gold (Z3152)
• Base & Bling Square Glass Covers (Z1967)
• Jingle Bell—Faux Gold (Z3112)
• Snowflake Charm—Faux Gold (Z3111)
• Red Bead—Faux Gold (Z3138)
• Liquid Glass (Z679)
• Other products I used: baby wipes

While the above list of supplies seems long, when you purchase the style sheet, you have 24 rectangle/oval and 32 square/circle options. When you purchase any shape of pendants, circle, square, oval or rectangle, you receive 3 pendants. The same is true for the coordinating glass covers and the charms, so when creating gifts you can stretch these items and purchase extra chains.

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