Ornamental Cluster Necklace, $5.80
Long Nose Pliers, $2
Lay the necklace out on a flat surface. (I put a paper towel down so that the charms wouldn't slip around as much and so it would be easy to find any charm connectors that fell loose from the chain.)
Step 2:
Using the pliers, carefully separate all 10 charms from the necklace by bending the little circle-shaped charm connectors just enough to release the charm from the cluster. (Make sure that you don't separate the charms from their charm connectors because you'll need those to re-attach the charms to the chain.) You should end up with a plain gold necklace, 9 charms, and 1 tassel.
Step 3:
Now you're ready to customize your necklace with any combination of charms you want! Just hook one or more of the charms onto the chain and rock it out! (Tip: If you're using several charms, hook their charm connectors together to form a drop chain instead of just hooking them onto the chain side by side.)
I customized mine with the navy blue bead, the jade green pendant, the multi-faceted turquoise bead, the gold flower with a rhinestone in the center, and the gold tassel. (Notice that all of the charm connectors form a drop chain so that only ONE of the charm connectors is actually attached to the necklace.)
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What do you do with the remaining charms? You can create another chain of charms to switch out with your other charms later on, using the same gold necklace, OR you can buy a separate gold necklace to put the other charms on and then you'll have two separate necklaces. Either way, don't throw any of the charms or connectors out because you may want to use them in the future.
