This new chunky necklace is so inexpensive to make! The beads look much more expensive then they really are.
The chunky resin beads are at John Bead in mixed grab bags. There are several colours to choose from and for this project I took beads from the brown and natural packages.
These beads look like balls of yarn and I decided I would try working with only two colours: German Silver and Iris Blue Gilders Paste.
I am so surprised at how easy it is to apply colour to a plastic bead. These beads are rough, so the Gilders Paste has a lot to grab on to. If the bead was really smooth I would just take a little sandpaper to it. The natural coloured beads turned out great.
The brown ones did too…and they are now a great matching spacer bead for this project. You would think these beads were already on one strand. I no longer need to look for matching or complimentary beads for my projects…I’ll just colour them myself!
My chunky blue and silver necklace. I strung the beads with some hemp thread. This will look great with denim!
