I had Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin stuck in my head as I was making this DIY. It didn’t turn out exactly like the picture last week in the proposal (yes, it’s quite different) so I think grooving to Aretha had an influence on me. Here it is!

 
Before                                                                                 After

Close Up

Materials

• Various chains, in different colours, styles and widths (or whatever, you can always use old broken necklaces, or chains you find at Thrift stores) Mine are all from Golden Beads, from $1 – $1.50/metre.
• Connectors – little silver rings. I used them to connect my chains to the purse. $2 for a pack of 100
• Pliers $2.50, Golden Beads If you want to disconnect and connect chains you NEED these lest your lovely nails get broken (and they will).
• A boring purse

Instructions

1. Plan it out. What I wanted to do was connect the chains in a ‘U” pattern in the front and connect some chains to the back, connecting to the purse handle.
2. I just went at the purse with the pliers and chains. I propped up my bag to get a sense of how the chains would hang. I did this for the bigger chains.
3. For the smaller chains, I set everything up on the floor because it was too difficult to attach more to the purse with chains already on.
4. I measured it out and made the mistake of putting all of my small chains on one ring. This turned out to have bad repercussions as the chains were too heavy for my flimsy connector ring. They broke!
5. Next I re-added the small chains in two parts.
6. Voila!

Gallery

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Final Thoughts

I hope you’re not too disappointed with my interpretation. It is really different but I think this suits my purse. Tell me your thoughts! What do you like? What would you have done differently!

Thanks to everyone who voted last week!

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