Time Flies Book Locket Necklace

Use our 2012 calendar to make this multi-book necklace, or customize the design with your own themed books. Our frame locket templates are right here and we've included a blank one just for you. For this project, we printed our template on a sheet of paper from the French Paper Company's Mod Tone Collection.

Ingredients

- 62 inches of #3 ball chain, cut into 4-15.5 inch sections (we used 31 inches of Emerald, 31 inches of Teal)
- 2 antique brass Machine Ends
- 1 Fancy Lock and Key Toggle
- 1 inch antique brass Nice Oval Cable Chain
- 1 antique brass Pocket Watch Body
- 1 large Phone Booth Locket
- 1 Window Frame Locket
- 1 Small Phone Booth Locket
- 1 pewter hot air balloon charm
- 6 assorted felt balls, 1 cm
- 6 antique silver Pretty Points Bead Caps
- 6 extra thick antique brass head pins, 1 inch
- 11 antique brass square jump rings, ½ inch
- 1 antique brass jump ring, 5 mm
- wing charm (from our birdie assortment)
- 1 2012 Calendar Template sheet, printed on desired paper
- 527 glue

Tools

- Chain nose pliers
- Round nose pliers
- Scissors
- Ruler

1. Trim book pages according to the directions on the template. Fold books to fit inside all three lockets. Use a scrap of the paper to trim a circle that fits inside the back of the Pocket Watch Body. Use a small drop of the 527 glue to adhere the paper to the back of the pocket watch body. Place a small drop in the center of the paper and press the wing stamping into the glue. Set this aside to dry for 3-5 hours before putting the Pocket Watch Body together.

2. Place a small drop of glue inside one of the machine ends. Fit the end of each chain section into the machine end so that the chain is pressed all the way down inside the machine end. Repeat with other end of the chain sections and the remaining machine end. Set aside and allow to dry for 3-5 hours.

3. Using your round nose pliers gently curl the ends of Pretty Points Bead Caps inward as shown in the photo. Thread a head pin through a felt ball. Fit the curled bead cap onto the head pin and use your round nose pliers to loop the wire on the head pin. Repeat with remaining bead caps and felt balls. Set aside.

4. Using your chain nose pliers divide the oval cable chain into 1-5 link section and 1-3 link section. Use the 5 link section to attach the key portion of the toggle to a machine end. Use the 3 link section to attach the lock portion of the toggle to the remaining machine end.

5. Using your chain nose pliers open a square jump ring and fit it through the loop on the top of one of the felt balls and around the ball chain lengths. Close securely. Repeat, attaching all charms to the necklace using the square jump rings. Note that the small Phone Booth Locket is attached to a square jump ring using a 5 mm jump ring.

Click here for the printable pdf of this Necklace!

Click here for the printable 2012 Calendar Frame Locket Template!