Tassel bead necklaces

I bought these crackle beads in Key West last week and wasn't sure what I was going to make with them.

I decided to make Christmas presents in the form of tassel necklaces.

I bought the completed 18" necklaces from Michael's craft store today, made the jump ring and formed the bead chain and firsr attached the bead to the necklace chain.

I then cut chain in 5 pieces: 9 links, 11 links, 13 links, 11 links and lastly one more at 9 links then added them to another jump ring attached to the end of the bead chain.

I'm so into tassles since I learned how to at a class. (I'll post that in a post later on in the week.)

Twine wrapped wine bottle

I re-purposed this win bottle twice.
Last year I painted it white and added Epsom salts to the outside.  After 6 months or so Epsom salts fall off so it's only a temporary "craft". Most people think it's permanent but it will evaporate and fall off to a dusty mess. It's pretty for a period of time.

However this year, I took the wine bottle and a roll of twine and glued it around and around with Mod Podge. This took about 45 minutes and it stayed very well (it's been on my stove as an accent for a couple weeks now).
The tassel was hand dyed by my friend Louise and I hot glued it in place.
Added two wooden button and some jute and I think it came out super simple!