I learned this from a jewelry designer friend – I have a favorite pin that’s shaped like a kimono, and I like to wear it, but it’s kind of large and heavy and it slips around and always seems crooked. My friend showed me how to cut a short length of drinking straw and slip it onto the rod part of the pin. Close the pin clasp around the straw. Then you can slip a thin leather cord or a very thin chain through the straw and turn it into a pendant! Check it out – it’s very simple and very cool.
- A slippery silver pin
- Unwrap a drinking straw
- Cut a piece a bit shorter than the pin
- Thread cord through straw
- Voila!! A pendant that hangs straignt and looks striking!
Very cool idea. Will definitely have to try that.
It really works – thanks, Juretta –