DIY Lace Collar Necklace (Oliver Bonas knock-off)

DIY Lace Collar Necklace by Thisblogisnotforyou.comHeeeelllo! Hope you all had happy Easter holidays! Mine were awesome and I think I cannot eat any more chocolate for the next few years (I might change my mind by the end of the week). Before travelling to Germany for the holidays, I went konditorn [German for ‘going out to eat confectionary like old ladies do’] with a friend (modelling the necklace above) and when we went shopping afterwards, she dragged me into an Oliver Bonas store. Man, I wanted to buy everything in there, but luckily I was out of money.

We looked at this Cute Collar Necklace and I mentioned that this could be a cool DIY project.DIY Lace Collar Necklace by Thisblogisnotforyou.com I loved this necklace so much, so I looked it up online and printed it off the same night.DIY Lace Collar Necklace by Thisblogisnotforyou.comUsing the printed copy as a template I transferred the shapes (roughly) onto shrink plastic with a pencil (for reference, the picture was printed on A4 paper, the unshrinked plastic is approx. 20cm high).DIY Lace Collar Necklace by Thisblogisnotforyou.comAfter shrinking the collar pieces are now approx. 11cm. Using pliers I attached the necklace. I joined the collar pieces with a small silver ring.DIY Lace Collar Necklace by Thisblogisnotforyou.comDIY Lace Collar Necklace by Thisblogisnotforyou.comI love this necklace so much, but it was a whole lot of work. Cutting out the collar pieces was the hardest part and my fingers hurt so much, but it was totally worth it (and I saved 34 €).DIY Lace Collar Necklace by Thisblogisnotforyou.com

9 thoughts on “DIY Lace Collar Necklace (Oliver Bonas knock-off)

    1. I was so happy when I pulled it out of the oven. it looked better than I had imagined and the fact that I saved 30 pounds makes it even better! x

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