Courage Necklaces

For Beehive Conference I kept getting this feeling I needed to make some "courage" necklaces.  It took alot of thinking to finally come up with something I liked.  After alot of time and work I finished 90 necklaces. 

I started with these alphabet tags.  Perfect because the hole is already there!

Then I painted them black.

I computer created a small "Courage" (about 1/2" x 1/2") and used gloss varnish to glue it on

and seal the whole tag. I coated both sides a couple times. 

Sorry the picture isn't very good.

I then attached them to black thin jewerly elastic and added a red bead.

They turned out much better than the pictures show.  Most importantly the Beehive's really liked them.

Cost breakdown:

                          $4.18 wooden tags

                            5.99 elastic

                            2.49 beads

                            2.18 paint and varnish

              Total:   $14.84 for 90 necklaces  .16 cents each.