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
Desiree thanks so much for your inspiring work. A friend and I don’t have a great deal of money this year to spend on Christmass and yor ideas have provided wonderful gifts at a great price.
We appreicaite your ideas and sharing so much. Talented girl with a generous heart
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Merrill
You are so sweet! Thank you for visiting and have fun creating…♥
Desiree where do you buy your washers and what brand so we can get the same result. Im not getting your results so i ordered new stamps from HF. Also do you only hit it hard one time? Thx much.
I LOVE the idea, and I’m planning to make these and give them to my friends. But the steel stamp sets that are sold in my price range are to far away. Can their be any substitutes for the steel stamps?
Wow this is a really good idea! Now I want to get a steel stamping set as well. These turned out nice. Some to give to people at work even. Love it.
Desiree:
I’m a teacher and this week we drew names for a Secret Santa exchange at school. Two teachers at lunch, whom I love very much, said they didn’t participate because previous years, the person who had their names did not participate properly. You agree to do a small $1 or less gift a day and then a reveal at the end of the week. They were so disappointed intheir previous experience. I was looking around today for inexpensive ideas so I could take it upon myself to be a Secret Santa and NOT reveal! This will be perfect and now I’m inspired that this is the right thing to do! I believe, by the way!
Oh Cheryl, you made my day! Thank you so much for stopping by and believing 😉
Desiree,
I’m having trouble getting my stamps to imprint into my washers. Do washers come in different strengths, hardnesses, etc?
Absolutely wonderful! Such a meaningful, special gift. Thank you for sharing these!
Where did you get the different size washers? and where can you get the metal stamps?
When you purchase the chain in the lighting section, how do you put the clasp on it after you cut them?
Shea, the chain is over at the “making jewelry” section.
I love this idea! I”m on a real crafting kick.
Hi there! I LOVE these necklaces and so appreciate your tutorial! I see you used 1/8 in letters but what size are the 2 washers? Thank you so much!
~Autumn