Got a ring that doesn’t fit anymore? Turn it into a fun pendant!

I popped this ring on the other day… and it got stuck on my finger! After panicking a little I managed to get it off and decided it needed a new life as a pendant rather than a ring. Here’s how to transform your too small ring into a cool necklace pendant…

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You’ll need the following tools and materials:

1: A ring that doesn’t fit you anymore. I used this steel ring.

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2: Pliers. I used my cutting pliers, round nose pliers and flat nose pliers.

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3: Some tiger tail wire, long enough to make a necklace.

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4: Four crimp beads.

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5: Two small jump rings.

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6: A lobster clasp.

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7: Beads. I used this mix of pastel glass seed beads. I also used six larger beads to fit over the folded tiger tail wire.

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Follow these steps to make your ring pendant necklace:

1: Add two of the crimp beads and a jump ring to one end of the tiger tail wire.

2: Loop the end of the wire around the jump ring and back through the crimp beads, pull the wire tight.

3: Squash the crimp beads using the flat nose pliers.

4: Bead the wire in any pattern you wish. I beaded mine randomly with no particular pattern.

5: Once you have your necklace at the length you want it, add the remaining crimp beads and jump ring.

6: Loop the end of the wire around the second jump ring and back through the crimp beads and the last few glass beads, pull it tight.

7: Squash the crimps using the flat nose pliers and then trim the excess tiger tail wire using the cutting pliers.

8: Add the ring to the strand.

9: Attach a lobster clasp to one of the end jump rings to finish it off.

Now your ring pendant necklace is finished and ready to wear!

Here’s another idea, pop your rings onto a chain. Here’s one I made with two brass rings on a silver-tone chain.

Here are some other ways to use rings in your jewellery:

• How to turn a ring into the central feature of a choker necklace
• Here’s how to turn a costume ring into a different kind of pendant

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