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A bit of a redo: the Marni necklace my way

By bigglassesgirl | August 22, 2007

As mentioned before, have been longing to diy at least one of the Marni necklaces from the F/W collection. Today decided I would try my hand at this one:

…but with a few alterations so as to make it super budget-friendly (read as: I’m a student so being cheap is second nature 99% of the time), and with a twist or two to make it my own. As a result, switched out the stones and used something entirely different. You won’t believe me when I tell you what, but have faith. Call it taking inspiration from different places and trying to be creative.

So I used hair clips as my embellishment. From the dollar store, no less. What? I really liked how they looked; that they were 3 for a $1 didn’t hurt either. Hurrah!

First step after I purchased the hair clips was to take out the screws as I only needed the top part.

For the backdrop of my necklace, decided I would use a piece of leather. Cut it to a small rectangle and played with how I wanted to lay out the sprialed pieces.

Once I had decided which style I liked best, I started to sew the pieces onto the leather. On the side where the screw was, the thread is hidden, and on the other side I looped it to create a simple design. I alternated pieces so that the visible looping isn’t only on one side.

The actual sewing took a while because the leather was thick and even with a larger needle it was tough to get through.

Instead of a chain, used a very thin rope of leather. Knotted it to the top piece and put a necklace clasp at the ends.

And now my dears, when all is said and done, here is how my necklace looks. Clearly strayed from the original design, but I think there’s a bit of the original essence still there.