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And yet another Anthropologie inspiration. The tutorial I used is from Kojo Designs and is for a white beachcomber style necklace. Well since I just finished two white necklaces (see Make an Anthropologie Inspired Nautical Necklace and Make a J Crew Inspired Threaded Necklace with Chain and Pearls) I decided to make mine black, and a little shorter/smaller, you’ll see it below.

So to get started you’ll need an old t-shirt (the tutorial used white and I used black) and some wooden beads. Follow the Kojo Designs tutorial for the white version and here are some adjustments for my black, less chunky version.

DIY Black Beachcomber Style Necklace

I only used 11 wooden beads (3 large, 3 medium, and 5 small). When I cut the bottom of my shirt into strips I only had 5 strips to make tubes. Then when you cut the side seam to make strips instead of tubes I then cut them in half again. This created 10 short tubes instead of 5 long tubes.

At step 3, I threaded 1 large bead per tube. Then I threaded the 3 medium beads on one tube and the 5 small beads on another. This used all 11 wooden beads, but only 5 tubes.

Continue following the tutorial and adjust the beads accordingly.

TIP: If you are making a shorter version when you tie the braid to the tubes with beads make sure it will fit over your head when completed.

Let us know if you make one and what color t-shirt you used in the comments.

After successfully recreating my own J Crew Inspired Threaded Necklace with Chain and Pearls, I was determined to make another before baby "W" woke up. I chose to look around Tatertots and Jello for another DIY jewelry project and found this Nautical Necklace inspired by Anthropologie (on the left). It's a guest post from Nina at Momma Go Round.

I followed the tutorial with some minor changes. I used some pretty light blue/green glass beads I had instead of clear, two different sized pretty white ribbons instead of fabric, and made it a little shorter. I think it turned out very Anthropologie-ess and really love the colors. I even had some leftover ribbon so I attached a starfish I had lying around and made another necklace! I am so excited to have two brand new necklaces.