by Sheila Meador.
(North Carolina)
When I walked in the door of my daughter’s home, Princess #2 ran up and proudly showed me her favorite art work from school.
The next day I was still thinking of her patchwork colored dog, and I asked my daughter to send me a snapshot of it.
I made our princess and me (aka Mimi) matching glass-tile necklaces, but I made bead chain for one and strung the other on ball chain. I wanted her to have a choice.
These were printed by color laser printer and adhered to the 1″ tiles with adhesive lacquer.
I backed the photo with cheerful small print scrapbook paper. A dab of E6000 glued the bail to the back. Mimi will wear hers proudly, too!
Sheila Meador
What a cool way to preserve and use a child’s artwork, Sheila! And the multi-colored patchwork dog is a good choice for this project – it has great colors for creating the matching bead chain. Also I especially like your idea of making two, so you each have one – I’m sure she loves having a matching necklace with you. Did your granddaughter choose the bead chain or the ball chain?
Yes, she chose the colorful bead chain for her own. By the way, her mom (my daughter) saw the finished necklace and wanted one, so I gave her mine. I’ll make yet another one of the patchwork dog for me!
This is just a brilliant idea, with wonderful results! Thank you for sharing.
What a great way to keep a treasured picture from a grand child!! Great work.
This is wonderfully sweet and brilliant! But where did you get the clear tiles? Are they glass or Lucite or …?