My passion is making pendants and charms for necklaces, bracelets, key rings, zipper pulls . . . anything! I am sharing some of my favorite links for pendants. Included are some of the easier ones that children would enjoy making, to those requiring some advanced skill. Just click on the name of the pendant or charm to get to the link with the tutorial.
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Molded Ceramic Pendant Impress clay into a silicone mold
Altered Washer Charming use of "beach" motifs
DIY Paper Jewelry Decorative paper and Dimensional Magic Mod Podge
DIY Paperclip Pendants Use a paperclip to make a bail to attach to virtually anything
Funky CD Pendants Microwave a CD to crack it for a pendant
Crystal Pendant Decoupage decorative paper to a crystal teardrop pendant
Vial Pendant Fill a vial with your favorite ephemera
Fabric Tile Pendant Adhere fabric to glass tile
Cool Button Pendant Colored buttons sewn on plastic canvas
Fractured Glass Marble Heat a marble to fracture it and attach wire bail
Rustic Spoon Pendant Use an old spoon as the backing
Bird Nest Pendant Use wire to form a bird's nest and use beads as the eggs
Drilled Stone Drill a stone and add an eye pin or bail
Silver Bell Pendant Use a dinner knife handle for the bell
Nature's Path Pendant Great detail instructions for making polymer clay pendant and mold
Paper Bead Pendant Roll papers and string together for this charmer
Rubber Stamped Dominoes Beautiful pendants made on dominoes
Textured Heart Pendant Made with polymer clay--great tutorial
Papillon UTEE Pendant Stamp shrink plastic, color, shrink and layer--so cool
Sea Glass Pendants Apply rub-ons, solder and resin to sea glass
Etched Copper Great detail on how to etch copper for a pendant
Soldered Photo Charm Use two pieces of glass to encase a photo by soldering
Copper Pipe Pendants Cut copper pipe and fill with resin
Clay Press Mold Pendants Make your own press molds to make pendants
Copper Enameled Pendant Excellent tutorial for copper enameling
Clear Resin Embedded with Printed Silhouettes Embed with printed acetate!
Wire Wrapped Sea Glass Pendants Do not need to drill hole in glass
Backless Bezel with Resin Another great tutorial for pouring resin into backless bezels
Gear Heart Pendant Made with polymer clay and gears!
Stiffened Fabric Pendant Use fabric stiffener for this lovely pendant
Knife Handle Bell Pendant Lots of beautiful examples
Chalkboard Pendant Personalize your message - great gift and cute for children
Resin Butterfly This is resin spread over a feather butterfly--beautiful
Faux Dichroic Glass Use croco paint, alcohol inks and clear UTEE
DIY Hometown Map Cut out a map of your hometown
Tape Transfer Jewelry Cool tutorial for making pendants with clear packing tape
Glass Pebble Pendants Unique way of making pendants with Jewelry Clay
Wire Wrapped Heart Very good instructions for wire wrapping
Microbead Pendants Made with resin flowers and microbeads
Fringe Beaded Pendant
(This post for DIY Tutorials for Creating Pendants and Charms has been updated to delete post references that no longer exist. )