DIY – Wooden Pendant From Thrifted Tennis Racket

You may or may not know this about me, I love all things wooden. We have so many wonderful wooden pieces in our home decor, so it’s really not a stretch for me to make something just for me, with wood.  😉 I was terribly excited to make these wooden pendants from a thrifted tennis racket I found, I simply love how this simple project turned out.  I just knew this would be a perfect and fun thrifted project to share with you and the Thrifty Style Team, I hope you like it as much as I do. I’ll return to my regular scheduled thrifty home decor next time, pinky swear!

The Thrifty Style Team

It’s the second Friday of the month and that means I’m hanging out with my thrifty friends again, YAY!   The Thrifty Style Team is hosted by  Julie over at Redhead Can Decorate. Each month the TST will be sharing inspiring and thrifty projects with you all,  you can find the whole team and all of the links to their projects at the end of my post.  Here is a wonderful sneak peek, so many amazing projects, right?!

How I Made These Wooden Pendants – From a Thrifted Tennis Racket

Firstly I must tell you this is a copycat project… I was so inspired by the racket pendants my friend, Sarah over at Sadie Seasongoods made… I actually tried to buy one off of her, but they were all sold out. 🙁 Being a DIYer myself, you just know I just had to try and make my own! If you’d like to check out my girl, Sarah’s version you can see that inspiring post here —>  Wooden Pendant Necklace from a Vintage Tennis Racket

Normally what happens when something inspires you, you take that idea and make it your own… I mean, I’m not reinventing the wheel at all, but I am changing a couple of little things. This is my take on these pretty wooden pendants from a thrifted tennis racket, thanks for the inspiration, Sarah! xo

How I made these wooden pendants from a thrifted tennis racket:

1. Firstly start with a wooden vintage tennis racket. This one is in okay shape… I wasn’t sure what it would look like on the inside the handle and was pleasantly surprised when I began slicing it.

 2. You will need a chop saw, I used our miter saw and started by chopping the top of the racket off. I then started slicing the handle, figuring out the thicknesses I wanted… I ended up going a bit thinner than my inspiration.

3. Sand down your pendant pieces, I used 320… you can totally use a less fine sandpaper, I found this was good enough. I sanded it by hand.

4. Drill a small hole near the top of the pendant pieces.

5. I used assorted sizes of jump rings, I spread the rings and put them into the little holes I drilled into the pendants and gently squeezed them shut. I was able to thread some of my existing  silver chains through the jump rings. I used two different sized jump rings and ended up preferring the larger ones.

6. Seal your wooden pendant, I used minwax poly, clear matte. That’s it, as easy as that, done and done.

My favourite is the longer rectangle… now, I’m on the hunt for more vintage rackets!

So, what do you think, would you make a pretty wooden pendant from a thrifted tennis racket? I simply love how they turned out and will be making more, for sure. Thank you so much for stopping in today, please now won’t you join my buddies and have a peek at what my thrifty friends are up to for July.

My Thrifty Friends