Jewelry Hacks

After picking up some tacky/awesome clip on earrings over the weekend, I was inspired to make some jewelry. When I say," make some jewelry" what I mean is, "I want to break multiple pieces of costume jewelry and then use glue and pliers to assemble other pieces of jewelry from the parts." Shall we?
 
Look at that cool charm necklace from an etsy seller! (no longer available to purchase). I like the idea of a charm necklace and this one really reminds me of Betsey Johnson.

 

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That one is also quite fun looking and elegant. Perhaps, I could do something like that.


That one's cool, maybe less orange and fewer flowers (I'm not sure where that image originated from, "Pinterest" isn't exactly a source.)
So, after looking at some pics and reading some tutorials, I decided to gather my materials...

I had those big pieces in the shadow box that I rarely wear and a bunch of hanging necklaces...

Then I laid out a bunch of stuff on my coffee table. You might use: beads, cords, chains, and jump rings, like I have in that container on left ((btw, these are jump rings.) I've got various necklaces, a blue chalice with some big earrings inside, needle/thread, scissors, small jewelry pliers, piece of black felt, clip on earrings, and a box with various odds and ends,
Oh, I almost forgot; pills!

Just kidding! They're buttons!

Always have all necessary medications handy while crafting.

So, here's where I (a person with ADD) got into trouble. I had too much stuff in front of me and beginning became overwhelming.

Here are the clip ons that I really want to work around...

Look at this awesome bee necklace on a too long chain! It's a bee. Imma use you as part of a jewelry collage, little bee...

I sure do like that black leaves necklace and that fake gold chain is also fun.

More earrings. That's a sweater chain that I made last winter. 

So, I decided to start with this large silver colored chain. I folded the chain in two and tied a ribbon to each side, like this:

Now, I had to think about how I would make the things go on the links. The clip on earrings clipped on, but fell forward awkwardly, so I focused on pendants. I had an owl with an empty space on its belly and managed to find one button that fit within the circular spot. Then I had a silver cross charm. When attached, they really weighed the piece down, but I moved forward, reserving judgement until completed. On one side, I attached a cheapy bow pin.

Well, I like the chain, the ribbon, the large charms, and the asymmetry, but the right side was too empty. So, I went out and did some stuff for the afternoon and came home with this thing:

Here's what I got as a final result:

Meh...It's too heavy.

This week, I hope to try the earrings and buttons glued onto felt style of "jewelry making."

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 Because I have yet to put away supplies. So, uh...stay tuned for that.