It’s Friday of Shoulder Pad Week!!

Day 5: Shoulder Pads from Day 145!!

I took the pads...

...and began my project for today.

Today's piece is going to be worn around the neck! To assist in this shoulder pad necklace, I went to my local 99 cent store and bought an array of rope in the colors of the rainbow! I was hoping to get just a basic twine, but this is what they offered instead.

I snagged all four (because I know I'll use them at some point) and decided that the red one would work best. I took the rope and cut three VERY long pieces from it - probably around 3 ft, just because I wanted to have enough. This will be something you can gauge for yourselves depending on how long you want to make your 'chain'. With my pieces, I began to braid.

And I braided, and braided, and braided using my toes to hold onto the edge. I over cut by a foot of rope, which I will reuse later on, but I'd rather have more than less to work with :)

My Twizzler-braid was complete...

Because I chose red to go with the navy and white shoulder pad, I wanted to make it look less 4th of July/themey and grabbed some things to affix on top.

I went to my box of remnants and took some bigger buttons and some lace with beads and sequins to put on top of my pad. I played around with positioning and came to a place that I liked! I trimmed the edges with the navy thread stragglers...