It finally happened! I finally created some jewelry pieces that are totally my own idea! I do much better copying emulating other people's designs. But I finally had an original thought. (It might not happen again for years, so enjoy it!)
It all started when I was in my son, Rick's, room. He had this container on his desk with a bunch of guitar picks. They were so pretty. Like this:
The red pick is the first one that caught my eye. I didn't know what I was going to do with it. Looking through my stash, I found part of a necklace of my girls' that had been mangled in the washing machine a number of years ago (what? you don't save ruined jewelry in case you can use parts of it?). I cut off a section and glued it to the pick Super easy. Hope the glue holds!
The next one was this blue pick. Originally I had glued on a little wire butterfly I'd made out of wire scraps. But it didn't look terribly great. Then I had this idea. I love it! It will make the perfect pendant to go with my swirly earrings.
The last one is this one that reminded me of a deep colored Tiger Eye. I decided to add a stone that I had. Then I got crazy and added my own chain. It's kind of hard to see in this picture, but it's wonderful! I was surprised at how easy the chain was to make. And I love the look of the copper instead of silver.
These obviously aren't made out of a pick. But I figured as log as I was on a music theme...I made these a couple of weeks ago. This way they are treble clefs. From the other direction they are Ss. See, I'm multi-purpose, too!
It all started when I was in my son, Rick's, room. He had this container on his desk with a bunch of guitar picks. They were so pretty. Like this:
Now, aren't those just gorgeous? They just called to me. I decided that they would look great in jewelry. So I decided to give it a shot. Here is what I came up with.
The red pick is the first one that caught my eye. I didn't know what I was going to do with it. Looking through my stash, I found part of a necklace of my girls' that had been mangled in the washing machine a number of years ago (what? you don't save ruined jewelry in case you can use parts of it?). I cut off a section and glued it to the pick Super easy. Hope the glue holds!
The next one was this blue pick. Originally I had glued on a little wire butterfly I'd made out of wire scraps. But it didn't look terribly great. Then I had this idea. I love it! It will make the perfect pendant to go with my swirly earrings.
The last one is this one that reminded me of a deep colored Tiger Eye. I decided to add a stone that I had. Then I got crazy and added my own chain. It's kind of hard to see in this picture, but it's wonderful! I was surprised at how easy the chain was to make. And I love the look of the copper instead of silver.
These obviously aren't made out of a pick. But I figured as log as I was on a music theme...I made these a couple of weeks ago. This way they are treble clefs. From the other direction they are Ss. See, I'm multi-purpose, too!
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