Tim Holtz Style Charm Necklace

Woo hoo!!! It's finished!

I stared this necklace a couple weeks ago and have just been waiting for a few more goodies to finish it off :) I'm not sure if you've ever seen one or not but they are sometimes called "Fetish" necklaces or charm necklaces to the extreme. The first one I ever saw was one made by Tim Holtz. You can see an example here - Absolutely Everything ...right hand side. Basically, they are necklaces made with found objects, items you've made yourself, etc. I loved the idea and knew I could make one of my own, I just needed to start accumulating the goodies to make one.

Well, in addition to some Hannah Grey goodies and my pile of "stuff" I had been collecting I decided it was time! I FINALLY had enough goodies to make one of my very own :)

AND here it is....my very own fetish necklace!!

Supplies:

Queen's Dresser Drawers Skinny Mini's (all the tiny images)

Bingo Numbers (67 - year I was born; B 11 - "B" for Ben & Bob)

Dress Form - Alcohol Inked w/Stream & Denim

Watch Hands

Watch Parts

Mini Dice

Crown Charm

Glass Vial (filled with sand from the ocean!!)

Wire (from a flea market)

old dominoes & game pieces (odd lot off of e-bay)

Crackle Accents

Glossy Accents

Sepia Accents

Mini Frames - 7 Gypsies, Making Memories, Maya Road, etc.

Word Weights (charms) - Blue Moon Beads

Beads - Jo Ann Crafts

Vintage Keys -(flea market) (4-representing each member of my family)

Various other charms from Fancifuls, 7 Gypsies, K&Co, etc.

Word Washers - Making Memories

German Glass Glitter - Copper

Ribbon - Jo Ann Crafts

I wound the wire around the handle of my stipple brush to make the necklace base. For some of the charms I wrapped wire round & round to make interesting knots to hang them from...others I used jump rings.

All of the images (both in frames & on the dominoes) were covered in one of the Accents to protect them from wear and tear.

The dominoes, game pieces & dress form were all drilled using a Dremel type rotary tool. If you don't have one I suggest you go buy yourself one right now!! They are just the berries for things like this. I know lots of people go buy the most expensive thing they can find but I have a cheap no-name model that my MIL bought me for Christmas and it works great! I have drilled through the wood game pieces, plastic, laminate chips (home improvement store things), even some metal poker chips (that I got for 1.00 for a whole box!!!). It works just fine! Anyway, they are the best - and it saves having to ask your dh to borrow his tools - tee hee hee!!!

I have a charm bracelet something along these lines planned as well...still gathering charms for it but as soon as it's finished I'll share that with you as well :)

I have a few cards & ATC's I want to share with you tomorrow that I've been working on for Hannah Grey.....

Till then...happy stamping friends!