Dragonfly Ribbon Necklace

Thinking outside the box creatively and trying something new needn’t feel like you’re moving a mountain. I was a bit reluctant to give ribbon a try, but now I’m glad I did.

This necklace is a breeze to make, and once you’re done, you might be inspired to try ribbons of other colors or even multiple color ribbons in one project. Imagine!

But first, let’s start simple. Round up 6 beautiful beads (I’ve used ceramic beads here), a dragonfly pendant, two jump rings, two cord tips (the kind with two metal flaps), a small spool of green ribbon, a clasp, scissors and chain nose pliers.

On your design board, arrange the beads the way you’ll want them to look on your necklace. Now start stringing your beads.

The spool of ribbon comes with an attached wire needle so you can string the beads pretty easily.

Once your necklace is as long as you want it to be, snip the ribbon at both ends and add a cord tip to each end.

You’ll sort of squish the ribbon together to get it inside the cord tip, and then you’ll fold in one flap of the cord tip, then the other. Be sure it’s nice and snug, and cut off any excess ribbon you don’t need. Attach a jump ring to both cord tips and attach those jump rings to your clasp ends and you’re finished! See? Now, aren’t you glad you tried something new?

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