Oh, yay! Oh, yay! Oh, yay! I love the thing I made today! I made a necklace I know I'm actually going to wear. The big charms are made from Shrinky Dinks. The images are from books I had as a kid, but they're of characters that were already 80's-fabulous and famous: some random, big-haired Barbie, a few Muppet Babies (Piggy, Kermit, and Fozzie), and a couple Fraggles (Red and Mokey). The other charms are vintage Lisa Frank. About a month ago, I got 3 boxes of craft supplies that were mine from before I went to college. (My mom had boxed it all up to make room in their family room closet for stuff people actually use.) I went through the stuff this morning and it was awesome! Rubber stamps, card stock, fabric crayons, and tons of beads, just for starters. That's where I found the Lisa Frank charms. One of the ones I chose was the painting rainbow panda. Love it! Technically, he's from the 90's, but I think he looks quite at home with Princess Piggy.

Here are all the charms:



My favorite thing about this necklace is that the charms all clump together, so it looks different depending on how it lies. Examples:

Labels: sewing/crafting.

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