Well, I’ve finally made some pendants using the glass tiles I got from the US earlier in the year. I couldn’t find the tiles anywhere in Britain but eventually found them on e-bay US, inc P & P, I paid about £18.00 for 100 tiles which I think is a bargain!.
I’ve seen these pendants on lots of blogs, they looked so simple to make, I just had to have a go, but please forgive me if this first batch is pants because this is my first attempt and it is very much trial and error at the moment.
The first step is to apply a small amount of Anita’s 3D clear gloss finish to the back of the tile (the side with a slightly rough texture) and apply the patterned side of an inch square face down. If it comes over the edge, it doesn’t matter as you can trim round it and file any rough bits with an emery board.
Let the tile dry and then apply a good coating of the gloss finish to the back of the tile. You can also apply the bail with a drop of the finish too.
Now the bit I hate ……. waiting for everything to dry!
Naturally, me being me ….. I felt the need to fiddle fart a bit more with them ….. so I’ve added peel offs, vinyl stickers and transparent backed adhesive stickers, plus a few flat backed gems and pearls.
I’m not sure how durable these extra embellishments will be, so I need to wear each of pendant for a week or so and see if the added bits stay stuck.
The bails I have used are quite small and will fit a chain – but I am looking at getting some that will fit a leather thong
The papers I have used have just been a background, a lot of the pendants I have seen on Google use very small pictures – watch this space ……. I have a lot of experimenting to do.
I wonder if you can stamp on them?
