Kumihimo Necklace

Kumihimo is a Japanese braiding technique that creates beautiful cords made by interlacing strands of ribbon or yarn. You can make super cool friendship bracelets using this technique. It was really fun and relatively easy to do. You can get very addictive too.

To get started, you need a Kumihimo disk; I paid about $15 for mine. You can use yarn, silk ribbons or silk embroidery floss available in stores like Michael’s or Joann’s. The possibilities are endless! 

The disk is a must. It is lightweight and made of foam; mine is round and has 32 notches. You can even add beads to your pattern and make some amazing things. So many possibilities! Look for videos on YouTube. They are very helpful.

My 11 year old daughter got hooked to Kumihimo.! As advertised, it is truly quite addictive…..and in our case, keeps our daughter engaged and away from the TV. She did all these in one week.

This necklace is made of fine silk ribbons. 

This necklace is make by silk thread (I brought from the Silk City Kancheepuram India)

The red yellow and blue is made out of cotton thread.

Indian outfit – ‘Chooridar’

I had lot of fun sewing this chooridar.

Purple Lace Ear Ring

Lace is such a romantic and feminine thing to use in jewelry. So if you have never considered the idea, here are some awesome tutorials to inspire.

Cut out your lace trim in the shape you want.

The lace I have used is very thin so I socked the cut lace in the Elmer glue both sides and let it dry well. Then iron it good.

I used a thick sewing needle to put a small hole at the top of the lace trim.

Use an ear ring hook of your choice of color.

Put your ear ring through the hole and fix the hook.

Put it on and enjoy!

Green set

I created this necklace, bracelet and ear ring set to match one of my tops.

The green bead is the translucent green aventurine that has a metallic iridescence. It is a metamorphic rock, with the glistening effect coming from tiny inclusions of shiny mica minerals.

I used rhinestone bridge spacer, silver-finished brass to bring sparkling color and beauty to my set.

I used triple rope sterling silver chain. All other hooks are sterling silver also.

I have used some light green acrylic beads at the ends to have some contrast.