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How to turn a broken necklace into a waist chain!
This is a fun upcycling DIY! This DIY makes use of long broken necklaces and shows you how to transform them into cute waist chains! Unfortunately not all your broken necklaces are long enough to turn into body chains, but if you’ve got some long chains or bead strands that aren’t working as necklaces anymore, here’s a way to upcycle them and wear them in a new way! Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need these tools and materials to make your waist chain:
1: A long broken necklace. I used this beaded strand from a broken necklace. If you don’t have a strand like this, you could use a long chain or connect multiple broken necklaces together to get the length you like.
2: Some pliers. I used my round nose and flat nose pliers for this design.
3: A couple of jump rings.
4: A large lobster clasp.
Follow these steps to transform your broken necklace into a waist chain:
1: Add a jump ring to one end of the chain. Slightly open the ring using your pliers and slide it onto the loop at the end of the broken necklace.
2: Add the lobster clasp to the open jump ring that you just placed on the end of the strand.
3: Close the jump ring using your pliers to secure the clasp to the strand.
4: Add the other jump ring to the other end of the strand, close it with your pliers to secure it in place.
Now your upcycled waist chain is ready to wear! You can also wear this piece as a long length necklace or a wrap necklace. But I bet you’d prefer to wear it as a sexy cute waist chain?!
You can find some more body chain tutorials here.
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Here’s how to add beaded sections to your boho body chain!
Nothing screams warm weather like a bohemian body chain! This waist chain design is embellished with gemstones for a luxe bohemian look. As an added bonus, it can also be worn as a necklace during the colder months. Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need the following tools and materials to make your beaded body chain:
1: A piece of chain that fits closely around your waist (It will get longer when you add the beads).
2: Pliers. I used my flat nose and round nose pliers.
3: Some eye pins. I used 8.
4: Two jump rings.
5: A lobster clasp.
6: Some beads. I used these pink gemstone chip beads.
Follow these steps to make your cute boho waist chain:
1: Add beads to a pin. I added four to each pin.
2: Bend the pin to form an angle with the beaded section.
3: Wrap the end of the pin around the round nose pliers to form a loop that secures the beads onto the pin.
4: Repeat steps 1 – 3 for the rest of the pins.
5: Line up the beaded pins along the chain so you can place them in a roughly even pattern.
6: Split the chain for the first beaded pin.
7: Attach one side of the pin to the first piece of chain, secure the pieces together by closing the loop on the beaded pin.
8: Attach the other side of the pin to the other piece of chain. Now you have a chain with one charm attached.
9: Repeat steps 6 to 8 for the rest of the beaded pins until they are all attached.
10: Add a jump ring to one end of the chain and slide on the clasp before closing it.
11: Add the other jump ring to the other end of the chain to finish it off.
Now your beaded waist chain is finished and ready to wear! What gemstones will you use on your cute body chain design?
Find some more waist and body chain tutorials here
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Here’s how to make a fruity waist chain!
This waist chain can be adjustable and is embellished with fun polymer clay fruit beads to make you feel like a tropical human fruit salad! This tutorial shows you a way to put beads on a chain for a fun effect! Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need the following tools and materials to make your fruit salad waist chain:
1: Pliers. I used my round nose and flat nose pliers.
2: Chunky chain long enough to fit your waist. Make it a little longer to make your belt adjustable.
3: Two large lobster clasps.
4: Two large jump rings.
5: Some head pins.
6: Beads. I used polymer clay beads in the shape of different fruits and some yellow glass beads.
Follow these steps to make your fruity waist chain:
1: Attach a clasp to either end of your chain using each of the jump rings. Open the jump ring and slide it through the end of the chain and the clasp. Close the ring to secure the clasp to the chain.
2: Set the chain aside.
3: Add beads to a head pin. I used a few glass beads and a fruit bead on mine.
4: Bend the top of the pin to form a right angle.
5: Create a loop at the top of the pin using the round nose pliers. This will secure the beads on the pin.
6: Open the loop slightly and attach it to one of the chain loops. Close the loop to secure the charm to the chain.
7: Make another charm that features only glass beads and place it on the chain next to the first charm.
8: Continue making fruit and bead charms and attach them to the chain in your chosen pattern until you have a fully beaded chain.
Now your waist chain is finished and ready to wear! You can also wear this design as a necklace.
Here are some other waist chain designs you can make:
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How to make a fun sequinned waist chain! It can also be a sparkly necklace.
This waist chain is so much fun! Attach a rainbow of sequins to your waist length chain for a fun and festive accessory you can add to all your fave outfits! Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need the following tools and materials:
1: Pliers. I used my flat nose and round nose pliers for this DIY.
2: A piece of chain long enough to fit around your waist. I used some copper tone rolo chain.
3: A bunch of small jump rings.
4: A bunch of sequins with holes at the top.
5: Two larger jump rings.
6: A lobster clasp.
Here are the steps for making your sequin waist chain:
1: Add one of the larger jump rings to one end of the chain and attach the lobster clasp. Close the ring to secure the clasp in place.
2: Add the other larger jump ring to the other end of the chain.
3: Take a sequin and slide it onto one of the smaller jump rings.
4: Attach the sequin to the chain by sliding the open jump ring onto one of the chain links. Close the jump ring to secure it in place.
5: Continue adding sequins in your chosen pattern as you did in step 4 until the whole chain is sequinned up.
Now your rainbow sequin waist chain is ready to wear! So fun!
Here are some other sequin jewellery tutorials:
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Need a sparkly accessory to cheer up the 2020 silly season? Make this waist chain in time for Christmas this year!
2020 has been wild and hard for lots of people. Some sparkly accessories might not fix anything, but they might help cheer you up a little bit! Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.
Here are all the things you need to make this waist chain:
1: Some rhinestone chain long enough to fit comfortably around your waist.
2: Pliers. I used my cutting pliers to cut my chain to length. I also used my flat nose and round nose pliers.
3: A couple of jump rings.
4: Two crimp ends.
5: A large lobster clasp.
Follow these steps to DIY your own fun sparkly waist chain:
1: Add one of the crimp ends to one end of your chain, holding it in place around the chain.
2: Squash one side of the crimp around the rhinestone chain using the flat nose pliers. Be careful with this step to ensure that the chain doesn’t pop out of the crimp.
3: Squash the other side of the crimp to secure it onto the strand.
4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 using the other crimp on the other side of the rhinestone strand.
5: Add a jump ring to one end of the strand and attach the lobster clasp. Secure the clasp in place by closing the jump ring.
6: Add the remaining jump ring to the other side of the waist chain to finish it off. Now your rhinestone waist chain is finished and ready to wear! I hope it brings some necessary sparkle into your life!
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Here’s how to make a bohemian waist chain with cute charms!
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere might be held mainly at home, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t dress for the occasion. Make this charm embellished waist chain to add some summer fun to your wardrobe! This tutorial contains affiliate links.
You’ll need these tools and materials to make this waist chain with charm embellishments.
The Materials
1: Pliers. I used my round nose pliers (centre), flat nose pliers (right) and cutting pliers (left).
2: A piece of chain that fits comfortably around your waist. I used copper tone chain.
3: Jump rings. I used two.
4: Some head pins. I ended up using a couple more because I added some charms I had made previously (see the second picture below).
5: Beads. I used a mixture of glass beads and a metal butterfly-shaped bead.
6: A lobster clasp. This is a bad picture but I used one that matched the tone of my chain.
The Steps
Follow these steps to make your charm embellished waist chain:
1: Add the jump rings to either end of the chain and attach the lobster clasp. Secure the clasp by closing the jump ring using pliers.
2: Find the middle of the chain and set it aside for a minute.
3: Add each of the beads to the head pins.
4: Bend the head pins to form right angles.
5: Trim the pins so that there is only approximately 1cm left. Use your cutting pliers.
6: Loop the top of the pins using the round nose pliers. This will secure the beads on the pins.
7: Attach the beads to the chain by looping the top of each charm through the chain links. I added my first charm to the centre and then worked outwards.
Now the waist chain is finished and ready to wear in the sun! Don’t forget your sunscreen though, this cool piece of jewelry could leave a weird tan line 😉
Here are some other waist chain tutorials:
This tutorial contains affiliate links.
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Here are some romantic handmade jewelry ideas for Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s day can be kind of cheesy and generic, but these handmade jewelry ideas will bring some sentimental value to your Valentine’s day gift for your lover! Here is a list of tutorials that you could follow to make some amazing and thoughtful Valentine’s day gifts.
Love heart earrings and a matching necklace
This one is kind of obvious, but what is more lovely for Valentine’s day than a set of love heart themed jewelry? Here are two tutorials that show you how you can made a pair of beaded love heart earrings and a matching pendant necklace. Here are the links:
Turn an old sentimental piece of costume jewelry into something new
This tutorial shows you how to transform an old costume ring into a pendant necklace. This idea is perfect for the sentimental lover who will appreciate being able to wear a piece of jewelry from their past in a new way. Here is the link.
For something a little sexy, why not make this bra chain harness?
This is perfect for adding a little spice to your V-Day celebrations. This harness is shiny and sexy! Find the link here.
If you are short on time, here is a super easy bracelet DIY
Make this bracelet for a quick but special handmade piece. This bracelet is super easy to make but looks great. Put it together when you have a few minutes and are in need of a handmade gift for your loved one. Here’s the link.
Make this peach anklet for the cheeky fun lover in your life!
The peach emoji has become synonymous with the butt. Celebrate your lover’s great bum with this peach charm anklet! Find the link here.
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Do you love body chains? Here’s how to DIY a cool bra body chain!
This body chain is a bit sexy and cool. It uses chains to make the shape of a bikini bra and it looks hot as hell! And if one body chain isn’t enough here are a couple more tutorials you can DIY and add to your collection. Find them here and here.
You will need these tools and materials to DIY your gold bra body chain:
1: Pliers. You’ll need the round nose and flat nose pliers.
2: One long piece of gold chain that fits loosely around your ribcage. This will be the longest piece of chain.
3: One necklace length piece of gold chain that fits around your neck and down to the tops of the bra triangles.
4: Two pieces of gold chain the same length, measure your chest or against a bikini to get the right length to form the triangles of the bra.
5: Six small gold jump rings.
6: Four larger gold jump rings.
7: Two gold lobster clasps.
Now follow these steps to make your gold body chain bra:
1: Add one of the larger jump rings to one end of the longest piece of chain.
2: Add the first lobster clasp to this open jump ring. Close the jump ring to secure the clasp to the chain.
3: Add the other jump ring to the other side of the longest chain. Close it using your pliers to secure it in place.
4: Take one of the bra chains and place it slightly off centre of the longest chain. Attach it using one of the small jump rings. I selected the position by trying it on and measuring it against my body, however, checking against a triangle bikini top that fits you well.
5: Attach the second bra chain to the longest chain following the same process.
6: Measure out how wide you want the triangles to be by trying the bra chain on or comparing to a bikini and attach the other ends of the bra chains using the small jump rings.
7: Pull the bra chains into triangle shapes to find the middles.
8: Attach the necklace length chain to the middles of these triangles using the remaining small jump rings.
9: Separate the necklace length chain in half, now attached to the bra chains using your pliers.
10: Attach the second lobster clasp to one side of the separated chain using one of the larger jump rings.
11: Attach the last jump ring to the other side of the chain to finish the bra body chain off.
Now you can wear it!
How sexy and cool is this body chain design? I love it!
This tutorial contains affiliate links.
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This adjustable chain belt can also be worn as a necklace.
An adjustable chain belt is a cool way to add some interest to your old outfits. This one is super easy to make and it could double as a lariat if you like!
You will need the following tools and materials to make this adjustable chain belt:
1:Pliers. You’ll need your cutting pliers, flat nose pliers and round nose pliers to make this chain belt.
2: A long piece of chunky chain. Long enough to fit around your waist with a little bit extra.
4: A large jump ring.
5: A head pin.
6: Beads of your choice. I used this metal cylinder bead and a pink glass e-bead.
Follow these steps to make your adjustable chain belt:
1: Add the beads to the head pin.
2: Bend the pin to form a right angle.
3: Trim the head pin so that only 1cm protrudes from the bead.
4: Curl the trimmed pin to form a loop. Once you have done this you can set the charm aside.
5: Add a lobster clasp to one side of the chain.
6: Add the charm to the other end of the chain using the jump ring.
Now your chain belt is done and ready to wear! Or throw it on as a statement necklace instead!
How will you wear your adjustable chain belt? What charm will you attach to yours?
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Here’s how to make a beaded body chain for summer!
This body chain looks incredible. Using glass beads and some delicate gold chain it is sure to make a statement with your next summer outfit!
You will need the following tools and materials to make your beaded body chain:
1: Pliers. You will need your flat nose pliers, round nose pliers and cutting pliers to make this body chain.
2: Eight glass beads. I used these blue beads.
3: Eight eye pins.
4: Five jump rings.
5: Two lobster clasps.
6: A necklace length piece of chain.
7: Another piece of chain long enough to fit around your waist (plus another 10cm).
Follow these steps to make your beaded body chain:
1: Add the beads to each of the eye pins.
2: Bend each of the pins to form a right angle.
3: Create a loop at the end of each pin to secure the beads in place.
4: Attach all the beads together to form a beaded chain.
5: Attach the beaded chain to the middle of the shorter piece of chain.
6: Add a jump ring to one side of the short chain.
7: Attach one of the lobster clasps to the open jump ring and close the ring to secure the clasp in place.
8: Add another jump ring to the other side of the necklace chain.
9: Add one end of the long chain to the bottom of the beaded section.
10: Create a loop with the long chain, attach approximately 10cm from the end of the beaded section using one of the jump rings.
11: Split the long loop in the middle (this will be the back of the body chain).
12: Add a jump ring and clasp to one side of the long loop.
13: Add the last remaining jump ring to the other side of the body loop to finish it off.
Now it’s finished and ready to wear! How fun?!
