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"I was drooling over a case of pearl and rhinestone statement necklaces at Bergdorf Goodman a couple of weeks ago--until I spied the price tags, which were more than what I typically spend on clothes in an entire month. So I decided to get all DIY with this one, and I think you dolls will really like the results... I started with a double strand of faux pearls, which I bought at Forever 21 for $3.80, a single strand of clear rhinestones, which were also a Forever 21 steal at just $3.80, and four packages of different-sized seed beads (I opted for bright coral, which I thought would offset the other two neutrals really well, but I think any bold color would look great--then I added in one strand of silver to help bring the whole thing together), a tiny spool of fishing wire (it&amp;#x27;s easier to thread than string, which always gets frustratingly frayed), and a couple of cheap brass clasps, all of which totaled less than $5 at a crafts store around the corner (you can score all of that stuff here, at Michael&amp;#x27;s). I cut the fishing wire a little longer than the other two necklaces to leave room for error, strung up my beads while catching up on bad reality TV on my DVR, and was done in under an hour. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Then I took all six strands and started twisting them together from the top... ...and in seconds, I had my lookalike! I wore it to the office yesterday, and I got tons of compliments--and I loved being able to tell people I made it myself when they asked where I got it. What do you think, ladies? Pretty cute (if I do say so myself!), huh? Have you been DIY-ing lately? What have you made? Send us some photos and a little how-to, or just let us know in the comments below! And...get more of my DIY projects here! - At-home denim distressing - Turning a $10 thrift store find into a party-perfect LBD - A chic shoe everyone will think is Christian Louboutin Want more DIY tips, celebrity style, and breaking fashion news? Follow us on Twitter! Latest Tweets!Follow us on Twitter!jQuery(&amp;quot;.blog-tweets&amp;quot;).tweet({username:[&amp;quot;glamour_fashion&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;cindi_leive&amp;quot;], count: 3}); "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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