Step 1
Step one – Secure domino upright in a vice. Using a 1/8th inch drill bit, drill hole through dominos from center top edge to bottom. When operating drill, make sure to keep the drill bit straight up and down. The slightest angle may cause drill bit to break through the side of the domino. Drill at a slow and steady rate. Drilling rapidly will cause the bit to heat the inside of the domino and it may shatter the domino. The material inside the domino can also reach melting point and clog the grooves of the drill bit. If drilling is stopped before domino is complete, the material will harden again and lock the drill bit inside the domino.
Place drilled dominos in bowl. Pour Chlorine Bleach over dominos until they are submerged. Allow them to soak in bleach 24 hours. Be careful not to splash bleach as it will ruin clothing and furniture. I placed my bowl in the bathroom sink before pouring bleach. The bleach will take the glossy finish off of the dominos making them smooth and porous without the bother of sanding. Pour bleach off the dominos and rinse. With some dominos, this bleach treatment will loosen the paint on the domino holes and it can be easily scratched off.

Step 2
Place pan on stove and bring about 3 cups of water to boil. Choose a pan that can accommodate all dominos laying flat with no overlap. Drop in large, family-style tea bag and let it boil for about a minute. Remove pan from heat. Carefully lower dominos into bottom of pan. Make sure dominos do not overlap. (I overlapped dominos for one project and the tea collected in the holes of the top domino and dyed the hole pattern into the domino below. ) Cover pan with lid and let sit overnight. The tea will soak into the domino and give it an aged appearance. Remove dominos and place on a paper plate with the smooth side up. Sprinkle coffee grounds sparingly on top of wet dominos. Let sit until dry then gently wipe coffee grounds off.

Step 3
Ink stamp with black Memories dye ink and lay face up. Grip domino by edges and gently lower to inked surface. Gently “kiss” the domino to inked stamp. Do not grind or twist on stamp. Use a heat gun to heat set the ink.

Step 4
Take a compressed sponge and tap it to a Sepia Ink Pad. Drag sponge around outer edges of domino to further age. There is no need to add a finish glaze to the dominos. The aged domino will look more realistic without a shiny finish.

Step 5
Cut nylon cording to necklace length plus room for 5 slip knots. Run the cut ends through the dominos from top to bottom. Tie a knot beneath the domino to prevent it sliding down. Slide a tube bead from the cut end of the cord up to the domino. Tie an additional knot beneath the bead. Add a touch of clear glue to the knot to hold bead in place. The nylon cord is made up of three strands. Untwist strands to make fringe below the bead. Place the cording around your neck and line up the position of the dominos so they are not the same length. Be aware also of where the lay on your body. Pinch strings together where they should join and lift necklace over head. Tie a slip knot at that point. You should have the dominos dangling at one end and a complete loop of cord at the other. Take the loop of cord – it will be doubled since there are no “ends” and pass it though a tube bead. If it is a tight fit, loop a piece of thread or wire through the cording and thread the wire through the bead. Pull the doubled cord through the bead. Slide bead down to tied knot. Add a touch of clear glue to knot and pull bead firmly down to secure. The knot can be either inside the bead or at the bottom.