Jewelry Repair

I just received these crosses in a jewelry lot I bid on. I was disappointed to see that they were missing their bails. The crosses were so pretty and ornate, I thought they were worth salvaging so I looked through my box of parts and discovered a brass tone bail that I bought at Thunderbird Supply when I was in New Mexico last year. The other bails I found at JoAnn Fabrics jewelry section. I adhered both of them using some E6000 glue.

Beaded Easter Necklace DIY

I love going through my boxes of beads and pendants to find the perfect match for whatever necklace I am working on. Here, I've selected an enamel bunny rabbit and decided to match the red eyes in the pendant with some little red seed beads I had. I needed to go to Michael's so with coupon in hand, I chose some fresh water pearls. I chose a sturdy beading wire for this project: 7 strand Nylon Coated .012 wire was used. The bunny pendant had gilded gold trim so I used gold tone spacer beads and finishing clasps. I keep both silver tone and gold tone on hand.

Jewelry Making With Beads and Pendants

I love to hunt for old jewelry parts to make new jewelry. I bring them home and take them apart and then pair the pendants with new and old beads to make a necklace. For this project I used some old beads from a broken necklace, a puffy acrylic heart pendant, pink seed beads (that I bought on sale, of course!) and some little silver colored glass tube beads. As you can see, I didn't use the large hot pink beads, I opted for some smaller white glass ones instead. I try not to get too hung up on the pattern or order of how I string my beads, as long as there is somewhat of a balance of colors used.

Making Necklaces

I just love taking apart old jewelry and organizing all my beads by color. I just loved making these choker necklaces and then married them with vintage jewelry!

Friendship Bracelets

I can't get enough of friendship bracelets! So many designs and color choices, mix, match, trade!! I paired them up with some vintage jewelry...so much fun!!

Vintage Pearl Glam and Rhinestones for the Vintage Style Bride!

More pearls and rhinestones have arrived in my Etsy shop!

Vintage Estate Jewelry has arrived from California

Vintage Edgar Beribi Earrings and Bohemian Beaded and Shell Bracelets

Permanent Botanicals

I enjoyed creating these paper flowers to decorate my jewelry displays for a show. In fact, my customers enjoyed them so much, they purchased them along with my jewelry!

Paper Flowers

I love love making these flowers from vintage millinery fabric and paper! I've given them as gifts to accompany my vintage jewelry.