Walking Fern

So I just completed this little “walnut locket” from a tutorial from Foam via Honestly WTF. Honestly, theirs is a bit prettier than mine, but I’d thought I’d share it anyway. Essentially I had found the black walnut halves on the forest floor when I was out doing a bit of forest thrifting and decided to make a sylvan/woodsy charm necklace using this tutorial. I used an image of some pine trees from an issue of a hunting outfitter’s magazine and I used copper twine for the charm loop.   The main difference in what I did, because it was forest thrifted was that I had to clean the walnut shells. I soaked them for an hour in a mixture of peroxide and hot water. If you want to be really earthy about it, heat up water to a boil on the stove and add 3 tablespoons of honey. This will create natural hydrogen peroxide. I also used a dremmel as I don’t own a drill. I switched the chain at the end to a generic one purchased from etsy.

What You’ll Need: A walnut, drill with 2 drill bits, sharp kitchen knife, nail polish, and a necklace.

How to Make It: 1. Start with the walnut flat side down. Split the walnut down the middle with the knife. You are not cutting into the walnut shell, it is more of a smack, hitting down on knife to open the walnut.

2. Take the insides of the walnut out and flip it flat side down. With a small drill bit (1/16,) drill at an angle. Start by going slow and be patient, it takes a little while. Once the small hole is made take the larger drill bit (1/8) and enlarge your hole.

3. Next, use nail polish to paint the inside of your locket. Use clear coat polish to cover the outer shell and give it a nice shine. Insert a photo into the locket. The polish can work as the glue. ( We also used a small piece of double-sided tape.)

4. Thread a chain necklace or suede cord through the hole.”

#forest girl #mori kei #sylvan #forest thrifting #forest boy