Favorite Band Scrabble Tile Jewelry

Smashing Pumpkin Scrabble Tile Jewelry

Is this your project? Can you share instructions or a pattern with the Craftsy community?

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Category: Jewelry

Type of item: Accessory

For: Unisex

Style: Whimsical, Rock / Punk, Funky, Casual

Materials

old scrabble tile, computer image, resin glaze, silver pendant, epoxy glue, rat tail cord, jewelry findings

What was your inspiration?

Scrabble Tile Pendant Charms are very popular and instructions for making them can easily be found on the internet. I made this necklace set as a Christmas gift for my daughter, who is a devoted Smashing Pumpkins fan. I chose images from the internet (album covers of your recipents favorite band make great pendant charms) and reduced the images to .75" x .82" in size (the perfect size for scrabble tiles). After printing them, I glued them to the blank side of the scrabble tiles and added a generous layer of poly resin and allowed to dry before gluing the silver pendant loop on the back. I made a necklace out of rat tail cord (about 20" long). The scrabble tile charms in the set are easily interchangable to creat different looks! It was a fun project and, if I know my daughter, she will LOVE it! (Shhh! Don't tell her, it's a surprise.)

What are you most proud of?

I am excited about how they turned out and I think its presentation in the box highlights the charm set well.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Check the internet for step-by-step instructiions. These charms are quite easy to make, but allow about 2 days for the resin to set up before wrapping or packaging.