Safety Pin Pendant

MATERIALS

• safety pins
• beads
• button
• string, twine, beading thread or dental floss
• jumper ring

INSTRUCTIONS

• I've created this native looking pendant with 20 small, gold colored safety pins.
• Beads are strung on the open pin, the pin is then closed and then arranged in a pleasing pattern.
• Then the eyes of the pins are strung on a piece of strong twine, beading thread or dental floss.
• The 2 ends of the string are tied securely together.
• Now a second piece of string is threaded through the outside end of the safety pins with beads in between each pin. The number of beads depends on the size of the beads. The idea is to have the pendant lie flat.
• The ends of the string are again tied securely together.
• Now it looks like a pendant, but there is a hole in the middle. If you like it like this attach a jumper ring through one pinhead so that a necklace can be threaded through.
• I didn't like it with the hole and looked for a matching button which I then sewed in the center. (I've tried to glue it in place, but it fell out).
• To make a really nice back, I've woven thread through the back of the pendant, over and under the wire of the safety pins. This way it will not snag on clothing.