Newlywed Life & a DIY Word Necklace

Precious, aren't we?

As a follow up to Lauren's post last week, yes I love the Christmas gift she made for me! It was really the only thing I actually got to open Christmas morning since Jared gave me my gifts early and we did late gifts for everyone else in our family.  It's absolutely adorable and I use it every day!  (I was going to take a photo of it, but I'm super duper lazy and I always forget when I'm home!)

Married life has been fantastic so far!  Getting to spend every day with your best friend really can't be beat.  I do find it funny that we can agree on some things (like how original spaghettios are the only good ones, and if we ever have twins they'll be named Luke and Leia hands down) and not on others (chocolate or vanilla shakes, and which kind of pizza we prefer).  But overall, this first month has been great and I'm told it only gets better.  Those of you who may be "old timers" will probably just chuckle at my giddy gushing, but I can't help it! ^_^

So now I've got another craft for you!  We're all so crafty shmafty around here.  These necklaces I made were my gift for my bridesmaids to wear at the wedding.  I almost bought them for $17 a piece from an Etsy shop until I realized there was another shop that sold all the supplies to make them!  Here's what you need:

• Necklace chains
• Pendant trays
• Glass stones
• Mod podge
• An old dictionary or encyclopedia (or any other book you're willing to cut pages from)

*You could also use pictures instead of words from books!!!

They're SUPER simple to make.  I found a word to describe each of my bridesmaids in an old dictionary and cut out a little circle around the word using the glass stone as a template for size.  Oddly enough, not all of the words I originally had in mind were in the dictionary! Who knew!

Once you've got all your words cut out, use a small foam brush to put Mod Podge on the inside of your pendant tray and put the paper circle on top.  I let mine dry for a couple minutes before adding another layer of Mod Podge and the glass stone.  BOOM! Done!

 All in all, it cost me less than $20 to make all six of my necklaces, although I bought enough for ten just in case I messed one up.  They were so easy and turned out so cute!  And now I even have extra supplies to make more if I ever wanted to. :) 

So there you have it!  I've finally posted again...I started to feel like a bum after Lauren's last two posts!  Slowly getting better....very, very slowly. :)  Thanks for reading, all you lovely people!