How's it going guys? So today I have a fun DIY video for you because lately I’ve been seeing a lot of gold choker necklaces in stores like forever 21. It's pretty much everywhere I shop, so I thought I would show you guys how to make some really easy simple choker necklaces, that you can make multiple necklaces out of, instead of spending, you know, anywhere from five to twenty dollars on just one necklace.
Let's just get started. Here are the supplies you're going to be needing to make the first choker necklace in this video. The first thing you need to do is measure the leather cord around your neck to see how big you actually need your necklace to be. You need to take your crimp bead and place your cord inside of it. I need to take some pliers and close the crimp bead around the leather cord. This may take a little bit of strength because sometimes it can be quite difficult, but you need to make sure that it's tightly on the cord so it doesn't fall off, and just repeat this step on the other side of your necklace. I need to take a jump ring and a clasp and connect that together to your necklace. So you need to open up the jump ring and place both items inside of it and close it, so they're both connected. On the other end of your necklace, you're going to be attaching a chain extender, so pretty much what that means is that you can adjust how loose or tight your necklaces around your neck. So all I did with this is just take some regular chain and cut off a few links and just attach to my necklace with another jump ring. So this is a fun part, you get to pick a charm that you want to put on your necklace. This is the one that I chose and all you need to do is just open up the jump ring and put your leather cord through it and now you're done. A really easy necklace to do, so what I did here is I made two different types of chokers, one a little bit tighter and one a little bit looser. So what I did is I stacked the necklaces to get a different type of look. These are all the materials you're going to be needing for the second type of choker we’re making. So you need to measure, just like you did in the first one, how big you need your necklace to be. I just wrapped it around my neck and then I just cut it with some pliers. Now you're just going to be doing the same thing as you did in the first necklace, by putting a clasp on one end and then a chain extender on the other end. Once you've done that, you're going to measure how long your chain actually is and find the centre of it so you can place your charm there. Once you've done that, take a jump ring to attach your first silver charm to your chain. This is just the charm that I chose to use, I chose to use a crystal but you can definitely use a different charm. If you find something different that you like or if you don't like crystals and that's what I love about this. Is that you can tailor everything to your tastes and make it fit for you, so what you need to do now is lay out your necklace that you've already made and take some more chain and then just kind of freehand how big you want your chain to be. Once you figured out how long you want that chain to be, it just takes some pliers and I cut it where it needs to be. Then you're going to be taking that chain and measuring another chain the exact same size, so you can put it on the other side of your necklace. Now you're going to be attaching these chains to your necklace with some jump rings. Take this jump ring and attach it to the jump ring that is attaching the clasp to your necklace. I know this sounds a little difficult from what I’m saying, but I hope that what I’m showing you is a lot easier to understand. Now take the other end of that chain and attach it to the big jump ring that is holding your pendant to your chain and now you're just going to be doing the exact same thing to the other side of your necklace. Your necklace should look like if you want that last chain that we attached. To swoop down a little bit lower and be more accentuated, just make that chain a little bit longer. If you enjoyed this video please give it a like and subscribe for more DIY videos and fashion videos in the future. I love this type of necklace because I feel like it's so simple yet it adds so much to an outfit that you really didn't know was missing. I'm wearing one right now, that I made in this video and I just really loved it. So if this is a style that you're normally not into or don't think that you can pull off wearing, why don't you guys try it and it may surprise you? You never know and don't forget to be yourself and love yourself and I’ll see you in the next one.
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