Making a necklace from beach finds, first time soldering

The lovely people of Ryobi UK send me some tools for Christmas and one of them being a soldering iron. I had never used one before so why not start the new year learning a new craft :D
If you have followed my channel for a while you know I love my Ryobi one+ tools, they are so easy to work with as they all require the same batteries. Perfect for working in my no power workshop, or lets just call it an off grid workshop :)
I wanted to try out the soldering iron by making a necklace out of beach finds, pretty stones, sea glass or even some washed up pottery. Do you like the end result?
As you can see polishing the stones didn't work out so well but the rotary tool is an amazing machine to use, maybe I will engrave some of the stones with it. I used one previously in this tutorial making a patterned rolling pin http://www.hestershandmadehome.com/hestershandmadehome/ryobirotarytool
Did I use the wrong compound on the felt pad? Let me know in the comments below.
I'll def keep my eye out for more beach finds on my beach walks as love hoe these hangers turned out!

The solder iron was super easy to use and the pebble hangers were made within an hour.
I used:

The Ryobi One+ solder iron
My beach finds
Solder, you can use one with a resin core or a normal solder
Flux with a cotton bud to apply it with
Sticky back copper tape
Two clothes pegs
Pliers
And necklace chain, clasps and jump rings
and a heatproof surface, I used an old tile
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Music by Pleasant Picture Music club

The tools were gifted to me by Ryobi UK

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