
A few months back, I was walking through an Anthropologie store and I saw the most incredible necklace on display. The muted tones, the girly details, the unique shape-- I was swooning harder than a lonely teenage wallflower at a middle school dance.

I have no idea who made this necklace, I couldn't find it anywhere online. It was in the cabinet where Anthropologie puts the more expensive and one-of-a-kind jewelry.

I started by cutting out the necklace pattern I wanted and then I stitched all of my taupe leather scraps into that shape. I *hate* wasting even a little bit of leather, so I was pretty happy that I was able to stitch a bunch of leather remnants together to make this.

The reason I initially decided to make this necklace was because of a few of the rocks I picked up on the beach in
Montauk. As I was looking at the little bounty of beach rocks, I saw that one of them looked like the main stone in the Anthropologie necklace. #fate (Also, I only picked up that rock because I thought it totally looked like a dinosaur egg.)

To get the stones attached to the necklace, I used a bit of
7800 Adhesive.

Then I began stitching all the little details around the necklace. I stitched some rhinestone chains to the necklace when Adele, Sean, and I had a picnic in Central Park. There is nothing better than a nice afternoon with your sewing kit in the park. Le sigh. ;)

While I got a lot of the details for the necklace from the
trimmings shop in midtown and Michael's, I also used some
crystals and a
heat setting tool from iLovetoCreate. It is super fun to apply the crystals with this tool, I really loved the sparkly dimension that they added to the necklace. :)

For the clasp and the top beads, I strung together some pearls from this
Jewelry Class in a Box and pink glass beads. Then I added the toggle clasp with a jump ring.

I love the way rhinestone chain looks stitched around things.

The beach stone.

The finished necklace.

I wore this necklace for the first time last weekend when we were showing my little sister around the city. These photos were taken right next to the New York Public Library, overlooking Bryant Park. :)

The perfect necklace for a spring day in the city. :)
See more of the necklaces I've been making lately!
DIY Sparkly Statement Necklace |
Mint Sunburst Necklace |
Malachite Statement Necklace |
Agate Statement Necklace |
Montauk Rock Necklace