Celebrate your love of your favorite smartphone app with this DIY Instagram necklace! Created with Dimensional Magic, it's made to look just like the old logo.
Sometimes we must honor that which we love. In this case, I am honoring Instagram with a DIY necklace. If you've never heard of Instagram, it's a cute little photography app for your smartphone.
I LOVE Instagram for all of its wonderful filters that make my photos look decent . . . and for the ability to share pictures of silly things like fake hands at the nail salon or getting my morning coffee.
If you want to share in my adventures, I'm modpodgerocks on Instagram. Otherwise, here's the tutorial for my DIY Instagram necklace.
DIY Instagram Necklace
Gather These Supplies
- Wood pendant – got mine at the craft store
- Mod Podge Dimensional Magic
- Mod Podge Podgeables basic shapes – small circle
- Acrylic paint – I used FolkArt brand in Coffee Bean, Daffodil Yellow, Apple Red and Pure Black, and Apple Barrel brand in Parakeet and Bright Blue
- Stencil tape in two sizes – 3/4″ and 1/4″
- Paintbrush – you'll need a small one too
- Jewelry findings – jump ring and necklace
- Craft glue
If you haven't seen the Instagram logo, this is what it looks like. I wanted mine to be a more simplified version.
Start with a wood pendant. Get as close to a square as possible. I was lucky to find this one for $1 at my local craft store. If you can't find one at your craft store, check Etsy.
Use stencil tape to mask off the top of the pendant.
Paint the top of the pendant with your brown paint – give it several coats and let dry.
Section off a square on the top right. Paint it black and peel off the tape. Let dry.
Paint the stripes. Use the thinner stencil tape and smaller paintbrush. I just eyeballed the size of the stripes and started at the left edge. Start with red and let that dry . . .
Then do yellow, green and blue letting dry between colors.
When all the paint is dry, add Dimensional Magic to the surface of the pendant and let that dry.
I realized somewhere during the necklace making process that one of the Mod Podge acrylic shapes was the perfect size to be the lens of my Instagram camera. I painted the back black, let that dry and then glued it in place.
Add the jump ring and necklace chain and you are ready to show your DIY Instagram necklace love to the world.
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Stephanie @ henry happened says
September 25, 2012 at 12:48 pmwow love this! perfect for instamaniacs like myself!
Taylor Urban says
September 25, 2012 at 2:11 pmSooo cute! I might need one 🙂
Anonymous says
September 25, 2012 at 8:10 pmlove this !!
Samantha Zinn says
September 25, 2012 at 8:05 pmaww i gotta do this one! thanks for sharing 🙂
Cathie Filian says
September 25, 2012 at 8:31 pmSo dang cute!!!! love it!
Bethany Lee says
September 25, 2012 at 8:32 pmThis is so stinkin’ cute! I am definitely pinning! 🙂
Cyn says
September 25, 2012 at 9:22 pmThis is one of the best crafts I’ve ever seen! Making one for sure!!!!!!!!
Elaine Canaday says
September 26, 2012 at 5:31 pmThat is slick Amy! Nice job. Have a terrific week.
Zura says
September 26, 2012 at 8:28 pmLove this!! Thanks for sharing how you did it.
Andrea Mette says
October 11, 2012 at 2:37 pmCan you share at what local craft store you found the wood pendant? Approximately, what is the size of it?
Thank you 🙂
Amy Anderson says
October 11, 2012 at 3:54 pmHi Andrea – I found it on clearance at Michaels – and that was six months ago. They might still have some though. It’s about 1.5 inches x 1.75 inches or so. Thanks!
Katy Clouds says
October 11, 2012 at 3:53 pmI love this, what a cute original idea 🙂
Andrea Mette says
October 11, 2012 at 6:06 pmWhat section of the store was it in?
After you completed this, did you seal the back with anything or leave it bare?
Amy Anderson says
October 11, 2012 at 7:28 pmHi Andrea – It was at the end of a jewelry aisle, and I left the back bare.
Afrodita says
October 14, 2012 at 5:23 pmwow! we dont have those wooden things in Serbia 🙁
Brittany aka Pretty Handy Girl says
December 14, 2012 at 9:40 amThis is the coolest necklace EVER!!!! Thanks for sharing.
Brittany aka Pretty Handy Girl says
December 16, 2012 at 10:41 pmI hope you don’t mind if I share this in my round up post! Thanks for linking up to the DIY Gift Idea party ;-).
Sarah @ The Ugly Duckling House says
December 19, 2012 at 12:46 pmLove it!
katie says
December 24, 2012 at 8:48 amAHhh! This is too cute for words!!!!
Morena says
January 15, 2013 at 5:34 pmInsanely cute!! (BTW, I am so glad I’m not the only crafter who’s work surface is covered in paint!)
chelsea says
January 16, 2013 at 2:06 pmSo cute! this would make a great keychain too!
Debi says
January 20, 2013 at 3:13 pmthis is Genius Amy! love it!