DIY Stamped Necklaces Tutorial. These washer necklaces are perfect for gifts and easy to customized!
I have the blessing to be part of a great organization inside of the church I belong to; called Young Women.
The theme for the girls {age 12 to 17} this year is “believe”. I’ve been thinking a lot during the last six months about such a simple word and what it means to me. However it was during this weekend that I found myself thinking more deeply about it while working on these little necklaces that I was making for our girls.
So please forgive me if you came visiting looking for a craft or just a cool tutorial because I am afraid that today you are also going to be getting a piece of my heart.
Materials
These are the tools I used to make the necklaces:
1/8″ Steel Stamping Set – Find it HERE
Your choice size washers.
Hammer {the poor thing has seen better days}
Sharpie and a cleaning rag.
Sharpie and a cleaning rag.
Chain and Embellishments – I found both of mine at WalMart.
The first thing I did was stamp the washers. For this I used the 1/8″ steel stamps and a hammer. I learned that it works better if you do it on a solid surface like concrete. Just hammer the stamps pretty hard three o four times to engrave the letters on the washer. Watch OUT for your fingers!
After I had stamped the washers they looked like this.
Next step was give them some character. All I used to do this was a Sharpie.
And after I just cleaned the excess with a damp cloth.
This is how they looked at this point.
Last thing was to assemble the necklace. Love them!
I have learned during my life that unfortunately there is not a tutorial for believing.
There are not specific tools, materials or steps that make us believe.
However there is a magic in doing so, when we believe in ourselves, in others, in a better world in a Father above.
When we believe in love, friendship and tender mercies, when we believe in people, in human kindness, in doing good, when we believe in the better part, something happens:
As these stamps engraved the letters in these washers hope, joy, faith and true happiness gets engraved in our hearts.
When we believe the impossible cease to exist and the world around us becomes a better one, not because it has change but because we have.
I want my girls to know that I BELIEVE!
Here are some other gift ideas that I love!
25 Handmade Gifts Under $5 – Click HERE
Click HERE for tutorial!
Handmade Gift Tutorials for Men – Click HERE
These ideas are perfect for birthdays and Father’s Day!
Thank you so much for stopping by!
XO
Desirée
Thank you for sharing this artsy craft and especially for your thoughts afterwards….have a blessed Thanksgiving….deb
Debbie, thank you so much and Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
Beautiful idea! Doing it for the ladies on my Christmas list. Just wondering where you got your chains? Thanks!
By the way…sorry for the little “You Stink” icon. That is my son’s youtube/Google icon…he makes silly videos. Didn’t know I was logged in under his account:)
Hahahahaaaa! Awesome! So funny 🙂
I love it!! Awesome messege!! God bless you.
This is brilliant!
Thank you for sharing this tut.
Love this post thank you for sharing! Angie
Every year, I look for something creative and inspirational to share…I did “keep reading” and your words gave me tears. I will be sure to pay it forward 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Jean! Your comment means a lot to me…♥
Love your necklaces. Thanx for sharing.
I’m from Australia & not sure where I can buy those metal stamps.
If I google them, what should I call them “Metal alphabet stamps”?
Any website addresses that sell these online would be most appreciated from yourself & your followers.
Cheers
Hi Eraina, google “steel stamping set” and you’ll see a bunch of places that sell them. Good luck and tank yo so much for the visit!
Harborfreight.com That is where i purchased mine.
what size is your stamping set?? Thank you for sharing 🙂
Lilly I used 1/8″
God has blessed you with a gift for sharing, thanks for making it a blessing to us all.
Great necklaces! I especially love your thoughts while making them.
Thank you for sharing.
Aww, thank you Nancy!