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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Recycled Vintage Jewelry

Happy Groundhog Day everyone!

How embarrassing...sometimes when people ask me where I live, I almost hate to tell them.
What is your town famous for?

Okay, now that I got that out of the way, I'm going to ramble on about using vintage jewelry to make new jewelry.

For years now I have admired all the jewelry I've been seeing made from recycled vintage jewelry.
It's always quite costly, so I started picking up odds and ends at flea markets and thrift shops with intentions of making my own.
This is a necklace that I've been working on.
It's quite long and I was having trouble fitting it all into one photo so that you could actually see everything.
To tell you the truth, I've been having a tough time getting decent photos at all.

As you can see, I made my own chain by wiring together freshwater pearls.
I used some brass chain as well along with a few brass charms and findings.

I picked up this old button in an antique shop a while ago.
I love it even with it's imperfections.
The rhinestone piece looks like it may have been an embellishment from a vintage hat.
The white stone in this photo adds interest I think.

This part dangles from the bottom.
It's part of a vintage earring that I picked up at a flea market.
There's even a bit of vintage lace incorporated into this necklace.
So far, this is my favorite of all the necklaces that I've made.

Well, I've rambled on enough.
See you soon.
Karen

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful, just beautiful. Now where did you find the white stone, and how did you drill it?

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  2. f a b u l o u s !!!! I love it! keep going...you are on a roll!

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