Soccer Ball Necklaces

I thought I would do a quick post on a little project I did this week for my 4 year old girl soccer team, the Jaybirds! I made some other soccer projects if you're interested: coach's bag for me, bag for my daughter, shirt sleeve holders, soccer supporter t-shirt, and soccer duffel bag for my son.

I wanted to make something for the girls, something that wouldn't take too long (since there are 6 girls on the team) and wouldn't cost too much. So I thought I would make them soccer ball necklaces made of sculpty clay and ribbon.

I first rolled up balls of aluminum foil then covered them with the sculpty clay. Next I poked a hole with a toothpick. After baking the balls I painted them white, penciled out the design, then used a sharpie marker to color in the shapes. 

I clear spray painted all the balls to make them a little more durable (chip proof) and shiny.

I think they turned out really cute! And it only took me a couple hours... not too bad considering the detail involved in the pattern.

Hope you all are staying dry this weekend!

Mother Bird Nest Necklace

I have been seeing these Bird Nest Necklaces around lately and thought they were really neat! So I was pleasantly surprised when on pinterest one afternoon I found a tutorial on Sarah Ortega's website to make my own.

Off I went to hobby lobby for supplies- chain, 24 gauge silver wire (I also got bronze because it will look more like brown twigs but decided to make my first nest with the silver since it matched the chain) and your choice of beads.
Follow this tutorial here: DIY Nest Necklace

I put 3 eggs in my nest since I have 3 birds. I started off putting the eggs in the color of their birth stones but with 2 blue and one pink (March and October) it looked like I had 2 boys and a girl (I have 2 girls and a boy) so I just picked some colors I liked that complimented each other. I think I will make some more of these charms for Christmas gifts this year!

(Back of the charm.)