Thursday 11 February 2016

Refashioning an old necklace

The latest bag of 'broken jewellery' that I bought from a 2nd hand shop included a copper necklace, that was really lovely but included embroidered elements that were very badly unravelling. So I took the whole thing apart, combined it with beads from my stash and made this long bookmark, suitable for a coffee table book

 This bookmark is now in the Crafty Green Poet Etsy shop, you can see it here.
 
I also made two pairs of these earrings, using elements of the same necklace along with beads from my stash and brand new nickel free silver earring hooks. The earrings hang about 5cm / 2 inches long.

These earrings are in the Crafty Green Poet Etsy shop here.

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6 comments:

A Cuban In London said...

You are so creative! :-)

Greetings from London.

Gingi said...

So cool. have you thought of selling at local markets??? - http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com

Draffin Bears said...

Hi Juliet,

great that you were able to design some new pieces with the old jewellery - great job.
Enjoy the weekend
Hugs
Carolyn

Lowcarb team member said...

Well done, love the colour of the earrings.

All the best Jan

Lynn said...

Lovely and so creative!

Srivi said...

That's really creative!

Cheers, Srivi - https://thepisceanme.wordpress.com