How to Make a Pendant Necklace

Pendants draw attention to your decolletage.

You can be creative in wearing a pendant necklace. Mix and match potential chains and pendants in this easy method that makes it easy for you to play around with charms, pins and even brooches you've always liked but have never found a use for.

Things You'll Need

• Chain, cord or ribbon
• Charm, small brooch or pin
• Fastener if you use ribbon

Instructions

1. Choose how you would like to hang the pendant around your neck. Do you want to use a chain, a ribbon or a leather cord, for instance?

2. Find a charm, small brooch or pin that you wish to use as a pendant. If you are using a chain with a charm as pendant, you can easily mix and match various ones in ways you think would look attractive for the occasion. A chain is a ready-made necklace, after all.

3. Take into account the weight and size proportion of your chosen pendant to the chain, ribbon or cord you will be hanging around your neck. A charm can be strung on anything that fits into its loophole. Brooches and pins are best fastened to ribbons, although cords and chains may work with them in certain circumstances. If the chain or cord fits snugly into a brooch's pin space, and the brooch stays in place and does not weigh heavily, this could work.

4. Measure how long you wish to wear a ribbon or cord. Do you want choker-length or longer? If using a charm pendant with a ribbon, slide the ribbon into the loophole until you reach the middle. If using a small brooch or pin, fasten either of these to the center of the ribbon.

5. Pick how you wish to securely hold the ribbon in place. A favorable option is to sew either a snap or a hook-and-loop fastener on the ends of the ribbon to give you secure closure. A cord can simply be tightly knotted for you to wear it; if it is long enough, you can simply slip it on and off without retying the ends until the time when they start to come loose again.

Tips & Warnings

• Black velvet or satin is an elegant ribbon choice, although you can also use different colors to match what clothes you are wearing.

• Make sure a pin or small brooch looks like a pendant by ensuring when you wear it on a chain, ribbon or cord that it is upright, instead of almost face down due to its own weight.