Today I’m showcasing my favorite DIY decor tutorial that I’ve done all year. It’s a broken jewelry letter craft that I made for Charming Charlie (an accessory store).
This was really the coolest opportunity as I’m a huge fan of Charming Charlie. For me, they are the go-to-place for inexpensive accessories. Since I have all boys, the only person I have to dress up is myself! {{sad but true}} Since the Charming Charlie store organizes their accessories by color – it’s the easiest place for me to buy my accessories.
Watch my video for all the details on how to use broken jewelry to embellish this wood letter.
As featured on CharmingCharlie.com – This DIY decor project gives you an opportunity to use your outdated jewelry, non-functional jewelry, sentimental jewelry, jewelry you received as a gift (but would not wear), and other jewelry odds and ends.
Craft ~ Broken Jewelry Letter
For the complete tutorial on how to make this gorgeous blinged out monogram you can watch my video or head on over to the Charming Charlie blog with all the specifics.
You’ll need a letter of any size, a lot of jewelry, tin snips, and a hot glue gun. It took me 5 hours to make the first one (silver) but only 2 hours to make the second one (gold). Once you get all the jewelry cut up and figure out the design, it’s incredibly easy and zero crafting skills are required. {{wink}} Simply cut up the jewelry with the tin snips and hot glue onto the letter. That’s it!
You can hang it directly onto any wall or frame it like I did with the silver one. You can also go as elaborate or as simple as you’d like and use any size letter. This would make a gorgeous homemade gift idea. Keep it in mind for birthday presents this next year.
I would love to have the letter “S” which I would hang in my scrapbook room. I could have really used this idea several years ago when my husband’s aunt passed away. His mother gave all the girls in the family a package of costume jewelry that year for Christmas. The pieces would have made great displays!
They look great! What an idea! I would love the letter T. As for my last name begins with it. I would put it in my foyer, so everyone can see as they enter my home. Thank you!!
Such a great idea! I can’t wait to watch the video. …oh, and I’ll take a “T” please!
I would love to give the letter A to my daughter for her new apartment! She just left the nest! :o( She would love it! It reminds me of the letter “M” that hung in Mary Tyler Moore’s apartment….only prettier! So cool!!
When I watched the video I thought it would be so special to make a letter using your mother or grandmother’s old jewelry. It would be a forever keepsake!!!
That letter is AWESOME! What a great way to incorporate jewelery that you may no longer wear into an art piece – fabulous!!!