Today is the day! Twelve crafty bloggers join forces to tackle a box full of supplies and see what we can come up with. That’s what Trade and Made is all about!
A few weeks ago, I was invited to join this fun craft challenge. We each received the same box of supplies and were charged with creating something with “nothing.” The box was filled with tons of supplies, yet none of them had a specific purpose. That’s what made this so fun. You could really take this in any direction. I selected a few items from my stash: wood beads, embroidery floss and a few jewelry findings included in a jewelry kit. Tassels are majorly popular right now, and these here tassels cost a whopping $2.00 to assemble. Here’s how it came together…
{1} You’ll want to widen the hole in the wood bead by using a drill. This will create enough space in the bead to thread the embroidery floss through and cover the entire bead with floss.
{2} Thread the embroidery floss onto a needle then go through the middle hole and around the bead until the entire bead is covered with thread and no wood is visible from the outside.
{3} To create the tassel portion of the charm, simply wrap embroidery floss around your hand…or in this case, I used the wood plaque included in our Trade & Made supply kit.
{4} To finish the tassel, pull it off the wood plaque (or you hand…or whatever else you used!) and tie off the top with floss and cut the bottom.
{5} Last, you’ll simply attach the tassel and wood bead. To do this, use the excess floss that you used to tie together the tassel and thread it up and through the center of the wood bead. At the top of the wood bead, use this excess thread to tie on the clasps.
Are you chomping at the bit to see what other crafty possibilities can come from this box of goodies? Head over to the Trade and Made site to see who else is playing along and what they came up with!
Oh my goodness! I love it!!
love this!! i feel like every project i’m going to look at i’m just going to be like… why didn’t i think of that?! so pretty, awesome job:)
How do you always post just the thing I need to see? Thanks for posting – I need some tassels like this!
What a great idea!! I was just thinking the other day that I needed a longer zipper pull on a makeup pouch…this is the perfect solution! Thanks for participating in the challenge, amber!
Love these! One can never have too many tassels around 😉
These tassel charms are AWESOME! I love that you used the wooden bead with them, gives ’em such a cool look!
LOVE what you did with these tassels — such a simple and easy to follow DIY but so, so useful for the everyday, will definitely be recreating these!
I LOVE these! I am so making some for gifts and one for a necklace. LOVE!
i made some a few months back and they are cute as necklaces. i made smaller matching ones and made earrings.
So cute! So did you use just one skein of floss for each tassel?
LOVE IT! What a cute touch to add to projects! And craft stores near me have tons of colors to choose from. Thanks for the instructions!
I love this craft challenge concept! And your tassels are fantastic.
Love how this turned out. There is always room for another tassel (or two) in my life. 🙂
How cute are those tassels, and the colors are good enough to eat. What a great use of the materials!
How cute is that? Oh, I’ve got to try it. Love!
I love tassels! These are so sweet! Thanks for the tutorial!
Girlfriend! These tassels are absolutely adorable. I’m too intimidated to make them myself! Yours are gorgeous! 🙂
Lovely tassels!!
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In House Beautiful this month I saw clothespins that were decorated with stripes. I’d love to see your take on that! I bet they would be great.
Would anyone be able to do a youtube tutorial, I am not sure how to attach them