Making necklaces from beach finds

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Let’s start the year by learning a new craft! The lovely people of Ryobi send me some tools from the one+ range as a Christmas present, how nice! One of the tools was a soldering iron, a tool I had never used before in my makes so I couldn’t wait to try it out.

Have a look at the video below how I tried my new tools to turn beach finds into jewellery.

What do you think? Like my beach finds turned to jewellery? I especially like the sea glass ones, even though the polishing didn’t really work out…

Any ideas what I did wrong? Used the wrong compound? The rotary tool is an amazing machine though, it has so many uses. It can drill, cut, polish, sand, engrave and much more. I used it a while ago in this engraved rolling pin tutorial so you can make patterned cookies, have a look.

If you have followed me for a while you know I love my Ryobi One+ tools, they are just so easy to use as all of them use the same battery. My drill, sander, glue gun, mitre saw, jigsaw, you name it it works on the same battery. Perfect for my no power workshop, or lets just call it off grid, sound nicer :)

The solder iron was super easy to use and the pebble hangers were made within an hour. I used

• The Ryobi One+ solder iron

• my beach finds

• solder, you can use one with a resin core or a normal solder

• flux with a cotton bud to apply it with

• sticky back copper tape

• clothes pegs

• pliers

• necklace chain, clasps and jump rings

• a heatproof surface, I used an old tile

Which one of the necklaces is your favourite? I def will keep my eyes peeled to the sand on my next beach walks, I would love to make a few more hangers with some washed up pottery bits.