Relief Society Birthday Party Picnic - The Ants Go Marching...

Celebrating the 174th anniversary of the 

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' Relief Society organization

with a picnic themed birthday party!

Mason jar flower vases with a junque bow and a string of buttons

Bottle Cap Necklaces - Come Unto Christ

Come Unto Christ is the 2014 Young Women's Theme 

for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

I haven't been in Young Women's for almost a year, however, I seem to be asked to sub in Relief Society a lot lately, and this theme went along perfectly with my Relief Society lesson on the Savior this month.  

I made this exact same kind of necklace a couple of years ago for girls camp when we had the owl theme.  The girls loved the necklaces and they are so fun to make!

I posted a picture on Instagram and Facebook recently that I had been making jewelry.

Since then I've gotten lots of questions on how I made these, where I got all the supplies, etc.

So here we are.

SUPPLIES:

As far as supplies go, it kind of depends on how many you plan to make 

as to where you should buy them.

If you're just making a few, buy in small quantities at the craft store.  

I saw these exact same bottle caps at Hobby Lobby in a 6-pack for about $4.99.

If you're making lots of them, then for sure buy online in bulk.

The basic must-haves:

Bottle caps (with the flat 1" surface in the center)

Get them with the hole already punched in them and the split rings already attached!!!

Epoxy dome stickers (mine came with my bottle caps)

Aluminum 18" (or longer!) ball chain necklaces

1" Round printable printed on regular paper

Modge Podge

Small paint brush

The fun extras:

Jewelry pins to string beads on

Beads

Special little jewelry ziplock bags to put them in

I got my bottle caps, dome stickers, ball chains and bags on eBay for cheap in bulks of 100!

My Come Unto Christ PRINTABLES I got on Etsy.  

I searched and searched printables.  This is my absolute favorite!

You can literally find any printable on Etsy.

The rest I got at Hobby Lobby.

I just used beads I had leftover from previous projects.

It's always nice to use up some of your stash!

First, print out your printable and cut out with your 1" punch.

Have everything laid out and ready to go before you start gluing.

Modge Podge dries fast!

'Paint' just the flat surface with Modge Podge.