The Sock Monkey Necklace

Its Thursday again! Where did the week go?
I have another fun "how-to" post for you today.
Well. Fun for me.
This post will either put me in the fun necklace hall of fame or a few of you are going to call to check if I am still okay.
Clearly I am living in my own little world.
And as we say. They know me here.
Are you seeing sock monkey's everywhere?
I am. I don't recall having them as a child. I am amazed I never made one.
But I was on this site earlier thinking that maybe I should order a pattern.
Sock monkeys are such a great example of hand sewing and recycling.
How could I resist?
Until I remembered my sock monkey fabric.
And yes, I know.
I have way too much fabric.
But this is a perfect example of me buying it thinking I might need it some day.

Isn't it the greatest fabric? There are so many different sock monkeys I couldn't decide which one I liked the best. And then I noticed. Each square was virtually the same size I needed to make a 1 1/2 inch button. Hmmmm.

I cut a template out of card stock and used it to hand cut my fabric circles.

Then I decided I might try and make a necklace. I have these "welded eyes" that have been waiting to be called into duty....so I pulled them out for my sample.

My first button turned out beautifully. But I wasn't sure how I was going to attach it to a necklace. I thought about sewing the buttons to ribbon or velvet. I also tried to use wire and jump rings...but they didn't look right. In the end, I pulled apart this inexpensive gold chain. The smaller loops were just the right size to join two buttons.

Look at how cute they are joined!!!

And isn't the final necklace a scream?

I LOVE IT!!

I wish inventing things like this was my job!

(Do jobs like that exist?)