1.Download and print out the teardrop template.

2.Laser print your image, sizing it to fit the glass.  It’s easier to work with if the entire image is slightly larger than the glass.  Print more than one image on a page in case there’s a problem and you need a backup.  Although it’s possible to use an image that has been produced on an ink jet printer, I don’t recommend it.  The glue used for this project is water based and will quickly smear the toner from ink jet printers, while laser prints are not affected.

3.Place your glass over the image and decide where you want to place it.  I moved the glass around my multicolored print until I finally decided I wanted to include most of the green.  I also realized I didn’t want the lines of the image to be vertically or horizontally placed and chose to angle them on the glass.

4.Cut out the teardrop shape template.  Once you know where you want to place your glass, replace it with the template. 

5.Cut out the teardrop shape from your image. 

6.Hold the color image behind the glass.  The fit is accurate if the paper is slightly inside the border of the glass when you view it from the back side, and the image appears to reach to all edges when you look at it from the front.

7.Clean both sides of the glass thoroughly.  Pour some Fast Finish into a container.   Dampen a one-inch wide brush then squeeze out the moisture in a towel.  Sponge brushes will cause bubbles with this product so choose a bristle brush.

8.Dip the brush into the Fast Finish picking up a generous amount.  Hold the teardrop in your palm with the backside up and drag the brush across the surface.  Try to cover it in one pass.  Smooth out any streaks.

9.With the color side down, set the paper in place on the glass leaving a tiny margin outside the paper edge.  Work quickly.  Like the name suggests, Fast Finish dries super fast. The good news is, if you make a mistake in placement you can start over.  Put the pendant in hot tap water with detergent for a few minutes.  The glue and paper will slide right off and you’ll have a clean piece of glass for your next try.

10.When your paper is positioned correctly on the glass, place the pendant on a surface covered by plastic with the glass side up.  Don’t worry if you get a bit of glue on the glass.  It can easily be removed later.  For now, leave the pendant untouched until it is completely dry.  It will peel off the plastic when it is set.

11.Once dry, coat the back of the pendant with Diamond Glaze.  Start by applying a thin bead of glaze on the outside rim of the glass, then fill in the center.  The outside bead will help to contain the glaze.  This photo is from another project but demonstrates how the glaze will puddle away from the rim.

12. When you place the teardrop glass on a surface it does not sit perfectly level and the glaze will pool at one end.  Prevent this by propping the point of the teardrop up to make it level.  Drying time for the glaze will depend on how thick it has been applied.  It’s a good idea to let it set overnight.

13. Attach a bail to the round end of the teardrop with Dazzle-Tac.

14. Make the necklace by cutting a piece of gold wire to 16”.  Add beads as follows:

2- oval gold beads

1- round gold bead

18 - green seed beads

Add nine sets of 9 nine green beads and by one round gold bead.  Finish with 18 green beads, one round gold bead and two oval gold beads to match the other side.

15. Make a loop on one end of the wire and attach a jump ring and one side of a magnetic clasp.  Slide the pendant onto the other end and finish the necklace with a loop, jump ring and clasp.

16. Hang the necklace.  Move the pendant out of the way and adjust the beads so that the oval beads on each side of the necklace are equal distance from the clasp when all other beads are pushed together.  Place a dot of Dazzle-Tac between the oval beads on each side then slide the ovals back together.  The glued end beads will keep all the beads stationary on the necklace.  Let the glue dry.