Perfect Little Jewelry Pieces

Wooden jewelry is uncommon, but that doesn't mean it isn't just what you need to complete your wardrobe. These Perfect Little Jewelry Pieces will teach you how to stain wood so that it's pretty enough to wear. Making wooden jewelry is an exciting project that challenges you to exercise your creative muscles. You can do pretty much anything with this fun craft. Choose from your favorite flowers, shapes, and finally recycle those crafty odds and ends.

Instructions:

1. Using Kelly Green and Fuschia, dye some simple wood shapes and some cute laser cut birds.

   

   
    
2. After you dye the wood shapes and let them dry on a layer of paper towels, stamp the teardrop shapes using black pigment ink.
    
3. Bits and pieces such as jewelry findings, flat backed crystals and rhinestone chain were used to complete this necklace and earring set.
    
4. Attach the rhinestone chain to the edges of the large teardrop wood shape with a strong adhesive like Beacon's Glass Metal and More.
   
   
    
5. Add the birds to the center of this wood shape along with a tiny wood cut piece and stamp with the letter "i."
    
6. A knotting tool from Beadalon proved to come in handy for carefully piercing holes for the insertion of jump rings.
    
7. Once you have your shapes embellished with all your bling and dyed wood, attach them to a chain using chain nose pliers and jump rings.
    
8. You can also use super tiny crystals to embellish the birds and outline the smaller wood teardrop shapes.