Domino Jewelry Pendants

Before the Etsy Scrabble Tile Pendant craze, artists were creating altered art pendants from vintage domino game tiles, and now, the craze is "coming back"... it's an easy craft and here's how you can create a great gift or turn a new hobby into a costume jewelry business!


Supplies Needed:
* faux ivory or white domino game tiles
* smallest eye screw or aanraku bails
* favorite rubber/acrylic stamps
* ink stamp pad(s)
* blending chalks
* Envirotex or Diamond Glaze clear finish resin
* clear petri dish with lid or glass
* Popsicle stick
* old clean paint brush
* favorite chain or black cording
* drinking straw
* drill & 1/16 drill bit
* piece of felt approx 2" x 3"
* access to a vice grip

I wrap my dominoes in the small piece of felt to prevent scratching from the vice grip.

Place in grip firmly and using your 1/16th drill bit, drill a hole the depth of the eye screw (screw part only not the eye part) into the top of the domino...have a stash of dominoes on hand for this craft cause there will be "mistakes"... "chips"... "do-overs" etc :o)

Granted all goes well with your drilling, lets move on...

With your ink pad, the drilled domino, and your favorite acrylic/rubber stamps...either ink your stamp or stamp your ink (depending on your belief...I do either)

Stamp the blank side of the domino being careful not to smudge the image, however...if it doesn't turn out to your satisfaction the stamped image is easily washed away with water & dry fully with old towel.

Try again if necessary.

If your image doesn't fully cover the domino (like mine shown)...you can add a filigree stamp or vine like stamp to the edges to finish.

I think this is a nice finishing touch.

Allow a few minutes for ink to air dry.

Note: Domino won't be fully smudge proof until resin is on and dry...so careful when applying chalk colors.

In the "supplies" photo I show one of those chalk applicators but I find it's better to apply chalk colors with an old paint brush as shown in 2nd photo below.

Depending on your image you will choose your colors accordingly. I like the face image, so I applied some rouge to her cheeks and lips...and a little vintage green to the filigree edges for a unique aged look.

When applying chalk, generously dab on color, blow excess off, apply gently to stamped domino.

TIP: If chalk crumbles off in clumps, when dabbing with brush also blow gently and excess will blow off.

You are now ready to apply resin. Now, as mentioned in my scrabble tile lens, I have access to a 2 step product called Envirotex, same end result as Diamond Glaze but in my opinion, a messier process.

Follow any mixing directions, drying times etc. found on your bottle of resin...I choose to spread my mixed 2 step resin with a Popsicle stick

Careful around edges, wipe any drips from sides.

Once a nice even layer of resin is spread, take your drinking straw and blow out any air bubbles. Careful not to over do this process, moisture from your mouth will gather in the straw and we don't want to blow drips of saliva onto the resin (if you do it's not the end of the world...lick a finger & gently smear saliva off resin, apply more resin if necessary, smooth out and get a dry straw) :o)

Place resin coated altered domino in a craft or petri dish with lid, under a glass is also good...this is to keep any floating dust particles off (and believe me they're out there!) ;o)

After required drying time (Envirotex is 48+ hrs)...apply your eye screw. These can be purchased at any hardware store, I recommend the smallest one you can find. Take a domino with you to the store to be sure.

2nd option: purchase silver jewelry bails (shown in ebay module below) and epoxy glue them as shown in my How to Make a Scrabble Tile Pendant lens (should you choose bail method skip drilling step)

Add delicate silver chain or black cording to finish your necklace! Your done! Congrats! Great to give as a gift or create a little pendant business!

Need Supplies?

For dominoes, chain, starter kits & stamp sets go to: My Etsy

For domino sized images go to: GreatMusings.com for great pre-sized images.