D.I.Y. Project: Fringe Block Necklace [From an Old Clear Book]

Sometimes I feel like I suffer from OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) LOL! But not up to Mr. Monk's level, I just want things perfectly clean and organized. So to ease my discomfort of seeing things untidy, I clean up my cabinets once in a while. One thing I seldom do while organizing stuff is to open up my old messenger bags, which I did yesterday. As I was clearing up a bag full of unneeded papers, I found this ancient clear book I was using for marketing years ago. When I was about to place it nicely into my things-to-throw box, an idea suddenly popped out of my head again... Which leads me to detouring it to my work desk and start doing this easy but kick-ass D.I.Y. necklace!

D.I.Y. Project: Fringe Block Necklace [From an Old Clear Book]

Materials:

An old clear book (mine's got a K&N car sticker which can also mean initials of my name... coincidence!) Chain with lock, Jump Rings, Scissors, Puncher, Ruler. OPTIONAL: Pliers

Here's how to do it: (3 EASY STEPS)

1.) Cut out 24 pieces of 2cm by 8cm strips from the cover of the clear book. You can cut out more strips if you want to. (The clear book I used was grey with black as its back surface color)

2.) Poke a hole on the top end of each strip.

3.) Starting 6.5 inches from the chain's end, connect the strips to the chain using jump rings,  attaching one strip per hole of the chain. Once you're done with all of the strips, leave another 6.5 inches of the chain and remove the excess chain length. I just used my bare hands to do this step but you may use pliers if you find it hard.

Congratulations! You've just created one beautiful, durable (water-proof!) statement necklace made from a crappy old clear book:

Time to wear this and pose ala Doña:

Outfit: Our D.I.Y. Fringe Block Necklace, Nude Pink Top, Black Leggings, Studded Belt Bracelet, Grey Pointed Lace-up Flats

         

Can you imagine I only spent 26 pesos (USD 62cents) to do this necklace? 6 pesos for the chain and 20 pesos for the hundreds of pieces of jump rings (which I only used 24 pieces of 'em!)... Sometimes, it pays to be an oc-oc! (an obsessive-complusive person) LOL!