It's a pin. It's a necklace.

It's both! The brown fluffy flower is a pin made from the Laliberi kit I showed you in an earlier post. I added a feather (from the Ben Franklin Crafts kid craft section) that came in a bag of similar long, elegant, natural-looking feathers. There were many feathers and colors to choose from at the store so you can easily coordinate them to your project. I used Fabri-Tac glue and sewing to form the flower (even though the instructions said to use a hot glue gun). Anyway, I attached a pin back to the feathered flower and plan to wear it that way sometimes. However, I've been feeling the fall season (even though we don't really have autumn color changes in Hawaii) and thought that I needed to design some fall accessories. It was a simple two-hour project involving a strand of faux pearls, a 24" length of Vintaj chain, and an 8" strand of glass, seed, and brass beads from BFC. With jump rings, I attached the chain to a two-strand clasp and attached the 8" strand (restrung on beading wire) to the middle of the chain using crimp beads and crimp covers. The pearls were also restrung on beading wire (slightly shorter than the chain) and attached to the clasp with crimps and crimp covers. The necklace can be worn alone or fancied up with the feathered flower pin. You don't need to change your whole wardrobe for the fall season. Simply adding some autumn inspired accessories will go a long way to stretch your clothing budget. Check out our Bead Shoppe in Ben Franklin Crafts for more great ideas and I hope you'll stop here again......soon!