These can given as necklaces, or just as easily be used as bookmarks. Make sure you buy several extra washers because there will be a certain amount of trial and error.
Main Lesson learned was to use a HEAVY HAMMER. Do no use a cheap light weight hammer or you will have to pound 20 time for one letter, which leads to the stamp slipping.
Materials:
- Various sizes of washer- Iused 1/2" Washers, Stainless Steel
and 3/4-Inch Steel Washers
- Letter & Number Steel Stampers
- very heavy hammer
- fine tip sharpie
- leather or string for necklaces
- various beads for a pop of color
- Jewelry Bags
1. Stamp letters onto washer
Make sure you use a very heavy hammer. I tried a cheaper hammer and ended up hitting about 20 times and still not make a clear letter. With the heavy hammer only 5 to 8 good hits would make the letter clear. The more hits you make, the more chances you have of making a mistake with the stamper slipping or dropping the stamper...or worse hitting your finger!
Personalization ideas:
- my niece's name
- my sister's married name and year of they were married on smaller washer
- meaningful phrase. For two of my young nieces I put the phrase from The Help that the main characters tells the little girl over and over: "U R Kind, Smart & Important"
2. Use Sharpie on to add contrast to lettering
After using the sharpie, if you mess up a bit, you can wipe it off quickly with wet wipe to get off of surface but leaving the sharpie in creases of stamped letter)
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3. Attach to make ornament, necklace, or bookmark
To Make Necklace: In each bag I also included a second length of leather or second necklace ribbon so they could change the color of necklace depending on outfit. I personally think this looks best as just a bit longer than choker length , but I included different and longer lengths so recipients could decide how long they wanted the necklace.
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