{ Girls Camp Washer Neclace: Cost, Info & Tips }

Well, the necklaces were a BIG HIT! The girls had fun and loved them! I even caught a glimpse of a few girls wearing them to church yesterday, ya gotta love that!
I've had several emails asking me where I got my supplies so here you go & I'll even throw in a few tips that I found helped me while making these babies.

Girls Camp Theme for 2010
Be Courageous and Strong it's a jungle out there.

Ribbon bought from HERE

Beads from HERE

I also bought a bowl of Pony Beads from Wally's in case the girls wanted those instead of the silver beads. So glad I did!

The washers I bought from our local D&B Hardware store, I bought them by the pound. I Paid $17.38 for a little over 300 washers.

Tips:

1. Buy your washers by the pound if you can, this way you can hand pick them, trust me not all washers are pretty and smooth.

2.Use an Anvil to stamp your washers if you don't have one a concrete slab works just as well. I prefer the Anvil as you can stand and stamp while jamming to your Ipod.

3. Use a VERY heavy hammer/mallet, I found I only had to pound on the stamps 2-3 times. Granted the heavier the hammer to more sore your wrist. This I know from experience, but it went so much faster. In fact I think I spent a total of maybe 4 hrs stamping all 300 washers.

4. BEFORE coloring your letters give the washer a quick once over with a wet wipe I found when you clean it first the sharpie marks comes off SO MUCH EASIER!

5. I used 1/2'' & 3/8'' washers for this project.

6. I marked the stamps with nail polish so I knew which way I was supposed to stamp it. Trust me it's easy to screw it up. So I marked it with the polish facing me. Now I need to go remove the polish before I return them to my Father in law. :)

Cost to make 150 kits (I had a $100 budget):

Washers- $17.38

Ribbon- $29.03

Beads- $45.47

Grand Total: $91.88

So roughly each necklace cost $0.61 cents each.

Ya gotta love those numbers, I hope some of this info was helpful!