Costume Jewelry Homemade - Bottle Cap Necklaces

Here is the lastest tween fad - Homemade bottle cap necklaces, bottle cap charms. These custom made jewelry make ordinary bottlecaps into elegant charms.

How to Make Bottle Cap Jewelry - Costume Jewelry

How to Make Bottle Cap Necklaces and Charms: Firs, think about what you want to say with your jewelry. Create a message with your favorite signs like peace signs and little, simple quotes. Draw starts, hearts, or other symbolic shapes on the jewelry. You you could make custom-designed bottle caps with people's names along with favorite colors. The possibilities border on endless. Deciding what sort of jewelry you want to primarily create will make the process much easier.

Design your bottle cap jewelry - Design on paper the designs that you want on your bottle caps. Draw it with pencil, and make sure you are drawing it as small as the bottle cap face allows. Keep your designs simple.

Practice on old bottle caps. These should be the ones that are in the worst shape that you do not aim to sell. Experiment to see what works for you and try the designs you think you will most be using. This will make it apparent which designs work well, and it will make sure that you cross out the impossible before you try to custom design for someone.

Creative Tip: Look through old magazines. Columbia House used to advertise artists by placing small images of a CD cover by the dozens on pull out ads. You can find some of these, and cut the images out. They are the perfect size for bottle caps. You can make a rock and roll bottle cap by gluing these images to bottle caps, one at a time. Keep in mind that you cannot sell this sort of bottle cap for jewelry as it may infringe on copyright laws, but you may enjoy this personally or as a gift. It's fun to give a piece of jewelry of someone's favorite band. It is a personal gift, and it is made by you personally with much thought in mind. Few gifts will probably mean more to someone than that! Be sure to spray paint it first in the favorite color of the receiver before gluing the image to the bottle cap. Place a hard backing on the cap, and place it on a matching chain.

Themes for your bottle cap jewelry: Make birthday themed bottle caps. Make a series based on astrological signs, on birthstone and on birth flowers. These will be very popular as they have an instant market. Someone is always looking for a special birthday present. Place a hard backing on the cap, and place it on a matching chain. For an added twist, you could make matching earrings, or a matching chain bracelet.

Nex, design a really elegant bottle cap. This can be the color of an emerald or a ruby. It can say something beautifully simplistic. Attach this cap to a jewelry pin or safety pin. Now you have a pendant that you wear proudly or sell.

Set up an online shop to sell your designs, or you can try taking your designs to your local flea market or farmer's market. The latter is probably the best choice for a beginner because it allows instant feedback, immediate placement of your product before the public and the chance to network locally. Your bottle cap jewelry may just find it way in local convenience stores and boutiques for others to purchase.

Costume Jewelry Homemade - Bottle Cap Necklaces

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Jewelry - Homemade Costume Jewelry Tween Fad

How to Make Bottle Cap Jewelry - Costume Jewelry