The other day I was in one of the Edinburgh charity shops and noticed that they had bags full of what looked like broken jewellery selling for £3 each. I duly bought three bags, thinking I would find lots of supplies for my crafting projects. I was astonished to find that many of the items weren't at all damaged and hadn't even been reduced in price individually before being thrown into the bags. As a result, I've found myself some lovely new jewellery plus two necklaces for my Mum who asked me to look out some second hand necklaces for her, and then left over some damaged jewellery that I could use for crafting projects.
Here is the first item I've made, from a partly damaged necklace to be exact, an extra long beaded bookmark, specially for those who like to read big books!
This bookmark is now in the
Crafty Green Poet Etsy shop, you can see it
here.
I made this keyring from the odd earrings and broken items from my purchase.
I
was very happy to find so many pieces that complemented each other in
colour and design and I like the overall autumnal look of the colours.
The jewellery course I attend a couple of months ago comes in very handy
for creating items like this!
This keychain is also now in the
Crafty Green Poet Etsy shop, you can see it
here.
Juliet, how beautiful. I enlarged the pix to see the details. What a find, huh? I have been given several lovely bookmarks over the years. However, I always end up using toilet paper to mark my place. Good grief.
ReplyDelete(I am also pretty good at simply remembering the page number. But I have to stare at the number and say it out loud for that method to work.
Hi Maureen, i was delighted with what I found in these bags and what I've been able to make with them so far!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes lose bookmarks and ensd up using the page number memorisation technique, but generally I like bookmarks
those look lovely.xx Rachel
ReplyDeleteInnovative and creative as ever! These are lovely items.
ReplyDeleteI do love a surprise like this! Your bookmark is really pretty.
ReplyDeleteI usually use slips of paper for bookmarks, but your jewellery finds made a much better looking one!
ReplyDeletegreat finds..and beautiful key chain
ReplyDeletelovely items, and nice tones
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