Washer Wear

My latest "vintage" washer pendant

A few months ago, I saw a picture of a "washer" pendant.  It was pretty and the best part, is making one appeared relatively easy,  few materials required, which, in this instance was exactly what I was looking for, and  little time involved......well, for the most part.

So, I set out by sending my husband, ummm, he had to go anyway, to the hardware store and buy flat, silver washers.  Mike came back with a bag full of the biggest washers they had, and a few hex nuts just in case.  Modge podge handy, some paper and lots of odds and ends from broken jewelry, I started on my pendant.

Mike's bag of washers

Cameo white washer pendant

The technique is simple:

       Pick out your washer(any size will do, depends on how big you want the pendant), and lay it on a piece of scrapbooking paper, or magazine, newspaper print, any type of paper, and trace an outline of the washer onto it.  After tracing, cut the shape out,  including the "donut" hole.  Modge podge the flat side of the washer and put printed side up on top, glue in place and let it sit till it's dry, usually a few hours.  Next, the sky's the limit, you can paint, glue, add stickers, broken jewelry.  If you add something that makes the pendant 3-D, what I do is, I cover the pendant,( after gluing the paper on and it has dried) with something like Glossy Accents, which is a 3-D , clear gloss medium.  Cover the washer with this, then carefully place your "bits" onto it, set aside and let dry completely, usually one day to be sure, after, you have a wonderful pendant, with a glass-like shine and depth to it and ready to be hung on a ribbon or chord or chain, and there you have it.  A wonderful washer pendant.
On a side note, you can Modge Podge some clear, lustre finish over the top if you don't add any extra embellishments over the paper.