DIY Idea: Stitching Together a Pendant Necklace + Giveaway

You know I will come up with any excuse for a new diy project, right?

So when I was asked to participate in the Pendant Project (an idea cooked up by AesaLina Compton of Love Lovely), I jumped on it. I’ve been wanting to give these little stitchery wooden pendants a try anyway. So this seemed like the perfect excuse.

More info about the Pendant Project…Each week in the month of February, one blogger is chosen to create their own pendant, using AesaLina’s handy wooden pendants and what ever other materials they can dream up.

I am the first of four muses to reveal a finished piece and to keep it interesting, I am showing you exactly how I made it…PLUS I am giving away my finished piece along with a blank pendant for you to make another necklace on your own.

Materials: stitchery wooden pendant from Love Lovely, gold Sharpie paint pen, embroidery floss, needle, leather cord, and scissors

How To (instructions): I’ve laid the whole thing out in photos below…

I am not an embroidery person, so I decided from the start I would approach my design in more of a haphazard way. Starting with paint…

1. Paint both sides of your pendant, unless you prefer the look of the wood on its own, which is actually pretty nice. I used a Sharpie paint pen for mine. It is quick and easy, and (bonus!) is dry to the touch in seconds.

2. Choose your colors and start stitching. I selected three colors to limit my palette, but I didn’t want to box in my design, so I made no plan for it at all. I just dove right in.

3. After one color fet completed, I tied it off and moved on to the next. I knew I wanted to keep the design abstract and random, but I also wanted to bring some order to the overall design. So I started adding horizontal and vertical lines into the design, which you can see popping up here.

4. Then I moved into my third and final color, before adding a few finishing touches with the fuchsia thread I started with. Once the design was complete, I tied off the loose ends in the back, cut off the excess string, and added a leather cord.

Such an easy project! And definitely addictive… I want to do more of these, for sure. Thank you to AesaLina Compton of Love Lovely for inviting to be a part of the Pendant Project!

And now for the giveaway!

If you want a chance to win the necklace I made along with a blank pendant and additional supplies to make one of your own, enter this giveaway today.

All you have to do is leave a comment below and tell me the color or colors you would use for your own pendant if you win. That’s it! Simple, dimple. This giveaway will close Wednesday, February 15th at 11:59pm EST. International entries welcome. **Bonus entries for tweets and facebook shares (just use the buttons below)!

The winner will be announced on the blog Thursday, February 16th.

This is a GREAT and CHEAP idea! Love it! Well, it may be very good with cold colors too, maybe tons of brown, purple, its really nice to use when winter comes (here in Brazil starts in june/july). I just don’t know if we have here this type of wooden pendant, so it’ll be very very good if I win this giveaway. =)

Thank’s for sharing this idea.

CArolinne Rosa

This is a great idea. I love blues and greens. I would probably do a twill pattern.

donna

Great idea. Thanks. If I would win, I would choose redish colors, because I love them: pink, red, and orange.

eva

I love yellow blue and oranges. Like bright spring flowers!

Davonne

Cute pendant! I would like to use some of the new metallic flosses — any color. Would look cool with gold or silver paint. Thank you for the giveaway! 🙂

Beth Kurtbedin

I think I would use a slate grey all over, with a ruby red heart in the center and sparkle it up with a few beads on the heart. I’d also paint the wood silver.

Melinda Garcia

That’s Totally hOT: stitched pendant necklace tutorial by @papernstitch – http://t.co/b218mmCU

CRESCENDOh (@crescendoh)

Ooooo! I love gold, orange and red or blue. Thanks for the giveaway!

Liz

Fun giveaway! I would use pink and maybe a neutral.

Lisa A

Cute idea c:
I’d like turquoise, pink, and orange.

Karen

That is one very random piece of jewellery!! My colours would be teal, purple and blue YAY thanks for a great giveaway.

Xo Steph

Steph

Thanks for the giveaway! I’m thinking using some pastel pink and dark green. c:

Maggie

DIY Idea: Stitching Together a Pendant Necklace + Giveaway http://t.co/QGUupzrW I’m thinking using some pastel pink and dark green. c:

Mia (@tristessedexion)

I love this! I like the color combination you chose, so if I won I’d want to be surprised (:

Preeya

How cute.

Elizabeth Deuson

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kitty (@kitty00)

pink and purple!!!!

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Cristina MartÃnez

Chocolate and aqua

Lori Vale

Love! I would use maybe a gold, blue and green or a red orange and gold.

Bekah A

Creative! Artistic! Would probably use brown, cream & peach. I wear browns alot!

LuAnn

OOO- I love this!! I would clear-coat the wood, then use white & silver to highlight it!

Laurinda

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Maya Floria Yasmin (@myfloya)

i love stitching. wonderful necklacke <3

maya

I would use red, black and metallice gold….or be fun and use glow-in-the-dark thread, mixed with pastels so a secret image comes out at night!

Tricia

Lovely!
I would probably use aqua and mustard yellow or pastel pink and gray 🙂

Pratya

I think I would use blues and greens

TanyaJS

Awesome idea! I love the colors you chose, but especially the gold. So maybe some gold and white and then it would go with about anything in my closet!

Allison

This is a wonderful project! Thanks for sharing.

Pakou

I would keep the natural wood colour base and embroider it with pink, orange and lime green tones!

Adriana

I’d use shades of turquoise & teal, my favorites – I even painted my living room in those colors!

Judith

So pretty! I haven’t seen these before but will go looking for them now.

Pip

I’d love to try making one of these with dark brown and pink thread!! Great idea!!

Amy

This is cool! I’d love to use red, green and blue. Thanks for the chance to win!

Muireann

Love this. Definitely ordering a few to make gifts!

Corrin

Thanks for this post,
It’s given me so much inspiration for gift ideas.
Just wish I’d seen it before Christmas.

Bella

I would use fucshia, lavender and lime green!! <333

Amanda Hawelu

I would use bittersweet & blizzard blue as it is matching to my wedding reception dress.I so want thisssss.I am having a funky theme.I think It will look awesome with my dress! I hope I winnnnnn

Love it! I think black with hits of metallics would be nice – bronze, gold and silver!

Yvonne

This is great! I think I would use brown and green. Or gray and yellow.

Marianne

I love how original this is! I think I would make mine in fun spring-pastel colours – like coral and seafoam.

Jessica T.

What a sweet idea! I’d love to make one in royal purple, emerald green, and sapphire blue. And I think I’ll buy one to do in crimson, a deep orange, and a golden yellow. I’ve got a lot of beads and wires I can use too… Maybe doing the embroidery with various colors of beading wire. hmmmm…

Rowan

lovely! =) Thanks for sharing!

onelmon

Gorgeous! I’d use teal blue and mustard yellow. My fave colours! Great DIY project. x

Lisa Murdoch

i’d do something simple and neutral, but with just a hint of color – my choices would be grey, white and an orange-hued salmon.

kay w.

Purple is my absolute favorite color. It makes me happy. I would make my pendant using different hues.

Christina

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Christina Hawkins (@Craftyfinds)

rainbow colors –of course!

Aurora Fox

i adore the colors you used in the tutorial actually, they go really well together and are bright! which is pretty much my requirements haha

Lauren

I have a few ideas in mind: one in black and white, another one with bright red tones and maybe a multicolor one

Sasa

oh my, how lovely! i’d love to use coral and mint 🙂 or yellow and grey. x

Julia

If I would win, I would like to give it to a special someone.
Thank you for sharing this. I hope very much that may be I could win.
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Brijet Urbina Albio
I would like the colors anything you want to work with, as long as it is pure from your heart.
Thank you again, please deliver it at Philippines.
Any colors, I would accept it.
Excuse me, I would like to ask if how many colors of yarn are given?
Please e-mail me. 🙂

Brijet Albio

pop of color is where it’s at. coral and a shade of neutral. love it!

annie

I would do all different greens, for spring! It would give me an excuse to use my 20 different greens of embroidery floss!

Heather

Love it!
I would use an olive green and/or greys.

Sophie Miller

I would make it out of the trendy aqua blue and cherry red.

Julie

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Julie Lang (@thesocialseam)

My favorite color is green, so I would use different shades of green. And leave the pendant as its wood finishing, or maybe stain it a little darker brown, to give it a nice earthy feel.

Kayla

I piink somuch

yekti

I would paint the disk/pendant grey, and embroider with olive green, grey and purple! This looks like a seriously fun project.

H.alda

so great!! Love this little project 🙂
I would totally use, turquoise, white & red…and there WILL be an owl on it!

Nicole Underwood

ooo I LOVE these… I think it would be cool to do a pink or orange ombre pendant. yours is so lovely though.

Meredith Taylor

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meredith_taylor (@meredith_taylor)

Ooh, I love the deer sample on the product page! I would likely use a rich dark purple and bright green, but a brownish might be a nice accent. Or light blue! I may have to tesselate some animals in there. Lovely.

Tia

To satisfy my grey/yellow/chevron addiction, probably a grey and yellow chevron. 🙂

Christy

I love this Pendant Necklace! If I won, I would choose neutral colors like cream, gray, beige/brown or taupe so that I could wear it with almost anything!

Ashley Evans

Awsome idea!! I love the pink, blue, and yellow one best!!

Avery

I love this! I would use white and purples, but I do love these colours!

rebecca

I love this! I would use bright Summer colors! Red, yellow, and maybe a bright green! But I do love the colors you used too 🙂

Katelyn

Great giveaway – last day to enter! http://t.co/FRvzpVE1

Katelyn Wheaton (@Ninth_Bird)

I’d use black, lime green, orange and pink!

Tara Wilson

I was thinking of adding beads, stone chip beads through the holes, using crystals or clear beads. Or I would use beach glass chips, drill them, and use them as beads. I like the idea of light reflecting through the beads (maybe put a mirror or reflective surface behind the pendant) adding a more three dimensional look to the piece. I would also paint the wood with a gloss black to add to the reflective quality.

Barbara M

I would do a cloud design, so sky blue and white 🙂

Victoria M

Im a flowers girl, so lots of pinks, blues and greens with sparkly bling!!!

Carolyn

I would outline it in gold and use lavender and yellow thread!

Kate C

I would love to use a lavender and a pale yellow, and outline it in a dark blue!

Kate C

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Jess Greene (@seekyourcourse)

Oh mannnnn! I want to make these into earnings too! http://t.co/4WVaJrnj

(@CRAFTEDport_la) (@CRAFTEDport_la)

What amazing idea, I love that pendant! I wonder whether these little wooden supplies are still sold, because I checked the site, but it happened to be under maintenance…?! But I love what you made of it! 🙂
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Erika