A spoonful of flowers necklace Tutorial

Its been quite some time since I made a tutorial. With my teaching and writing assignments tripling…I have been going a little crazy…but finally I have found some time to post this tutorial that I made long ago and completely forgot about…(Yah thats me !! 😉

The Spoonful of flowers necklace

This is a basic upcycling project which you can make with very few things.
Materials:
– A spoon (I used a basic old stainless steel spoon)
– Paper – depending on the spoon size
– 6″ white lace – width 1/4 t o1/2″
– A couple of rhine stones or half pearls
– Mod Podge Matte
– Diamond Glaze
– silver ball chain
– Pliers
Procedure: 

1) Pick up an old spoon and with pliers, go forward and backward around 3/4″ from the joint. The spoon will break by itself. Now take a sturdy pliers (I recommend using a cheap bulky nose plier) to bend the extra to the back and create a small loop. If your spoon is very brittle, then it might crack here. Then I suggest annealing it. Just hold the spoon with the plier and show it in naked flame for about 5 minutes. This will soften the metal. Put it in water and then try bending it.

2) Trace the outline of the spoon on the chosen paper. I took a little extra because of the doom in my spoon.Seal the paper with mod podge and stick it to the spoon. Ease out any creases or bubbles. It should be a clean fit

3) If you want to add any rhinestones or half pearls do it at this stage for you wouldnt want to stick them on the glaze . Let it dry for sometime

4) Add the diamond glaze and keep it in a dust free environment to dry.

5) The next step is to add the bow. This is optional but I wanted to hide the loop part where the paper ends and this seemed like the perfect solution. I used a 1/2″ wide ribbon and tied it into a bow. I glued it to the spoon at the front and back (behind the knots) as I was making the bow. This is what keeps the bow from coming off. I stitched the bow at the front, because my knot was looking too bulky and I didnt like the look. You can do it either way.

6) Finish it by gluing a rhinestone to the bow and dangle the pendant from a ball chain.Its done!! wear it around and have lotsa fun 🙂 🙂

I was inspired by some necklaces made by a Bangladeshi designer I met in Abhushan and by the the Rustic spoon pendant made by Dorian to make a spoon based necklace. However, the process and detailing are my own.

I hope you found it interesting
Cheers

  1. azra kasim avatar

    this is simply great

  2. azra kasim avatar

    Thank you so much for this tutorial, I will certainly try it. great to make use of the old stuff at home.
    Azra
    India

  3. Radhika avatar

    Wow lovely creation…

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