Showing posts with label vintage charm bracelet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage charm bracelet. Show all posts

7 Tips For Getting Started With Vintage Jewelry Design

June 15, 2020

 
Miraculous medal charm bracelet locket rhinestones


While I don't blog about it anymore, I'm a jewelry designer. As a matter of fact, that's how my blog began -- as a way to showcase my vintage jewelry designs. I even sold my jewelry in an Etsy shop. You might say I had a real passion for it. But somewhere along the line it took a back seat to, well, life, and the blog went more in the direction of vintage finds and thrifty DIY home decor. But I recently got the itch to create and can't wait to share my most recent design with you, as well as a few tips for those of you who think you might want to try your hand at jewelry making (and even those of you who don't -- you never know until you try, right?)

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Vintage Charm Bracelet Thrift Store Upcycle

July 25, 2019


 Welcome to a new monthly Thrift Store Challenge where my friends and I challenge each other to transform thrift store finds into something different, better and useful. While it isn't actual decor, this month I'm sharing a vintage charm bracelet that I created with thrift store and vintage finds.
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Tarnished Grace Preview and New Linky Follower Widget

February 10, 2012


Just thought I'd share with you one of my latest designs.  The Tarnished Grace Collection is coming along, although not as quickly as I would like.  Funny how life keeps getting in the way.  But I do feel satisfaction at completing something like this.  

Vintage keys and medals.

Vintage repurposed cameo and fleur-de-lis earrings.



Vintage repurposed pearl earrings.

You'll be able to find this in my Etsy store soon.

Have you joined the Linky Follower Brigade yet?  You've probably heard that non-Blogger blogs will lose their Google Friends Connect widget very soon.  I'm pretty confident that us Blogger blog people will be able to keep it, although it will no longer be affiliated with Google.  But in the event we all lose it, I thought it wise to add the Linky Followers widget for good measure.  So how's about becoming one of my new Linky followers?  It'll sure put a smile on my face.  

For now the widget is at the top, in my right sidebar.  I hope to see you all there.

Well, the weekend will be filled with the usual stuff.  Plus Valentine's Day prep!  Sshhhhhh.....don't tell anyone but I have my work cut out for me if I want my loved ones' V-day surprises ready in time.  I'll be sharing those projects with you soon!

Have a great weekend!

xoxo


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Vintage French Medals and Some Very Magic Love

June 30, 2011

I'm so excited  to be able to share a true vintage French find with you today.  Since religious medals are a staple of my jewelry-making, I frequently sometimes run out of them.  I suppose I could just order some online from any old  jewelry company, but then they would be ~ insert gasp here~ new!  We can't have that, now, can we?

So I searched for some unique online resources and it was Etsy to the rescue!


I found a French shop that sells vintage items, including religious medals.  Jackpot!  I recently received my lot of 6 medals and I'm ready to go!  The first I've chosen to use, as seen above, is a basic medal of the Virgin Mary.  What's NOT basic is that the words on the medal are written in, of course, French! 


O Marie
concue sans peche
priez pour nous
qui avons
recours a vous

O Mary
conceived without sin
pray for us
who have
recourse to thee

Beautiful and meaningful in any language.......

Another unique charm I've included is not, alas, French, but it is vintage. Well, the inside is vintage.  I filled a double-sided glass pendant charm with vintage sheet music.

One side says 
To Love 


While the other side says
Very Magic


Hopefully the ultimate wearer will be surrounded by some very magic love of her own!


Here's to a wonderful holiday weekend to you all!

And don't forget
my Club G.W. with Charm Bracelet Diva Party
is still going on below,
so link up before Sunday afternoon and
have a
Happy 4th of July!

xoxo

I'll be linking up here:

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Vintage Saturday Satisfaction

May 28, 2011

I know it's been a while since this Charm Bracelet Diva actually CREATED a charm bracelet, so ahem, without further ado.


Don't you just love the feeling of satisfaction you get when you've completed a project? 

It doesn't matter how large or how small.

If it was important to you

 and you finished it

 that's all that matters.






Whether it's a handmade hair bow for your

daughter,

or a home decor knock off,

 or a furniture restoration project,

or even a little old charm bracelet like this one.

All of our "projects" have a way of breathing life

into us again.

Don't you think?

Have a great holiday weekend!

   
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Bee Yourself

January 6, 2011

Well, the new year is upon us and I’ve gone and created the first bracelet of the year. Yay! It’s somewhat of a departure from my usual, but I’ll let you "Bee" the judge.  Get it? hehe, I know.








Where are the pearls, the beads? Well, there are a few glass faceted beads and a few freshwater pearls, but NOTHING like my previous creations. I guess I wanted the C-H-A-R-M-S to really stand out on this one.  It's full of vintage charms created from old earrings as well as a medal thrown in for good measure.  And lots of vintage bling  ~ my favorite kind.

It’s not for the faint of heart ~ it’s pretty jingly ~ is that even a word? But I LOVE JINGLY so it’s no problem for me!

Here’s to a Jingly 2011 everyone!

 I'll be linking up over at these parties ~ go show 'em some love!






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Rose Looking Glass

January 27, 2010

Rose Looking Glass



Yay, I actually got a bracelet finished today (tonight)!  Sometimes nothing can make you feel as happy as when you see your ideas come to fruition right before your eyes.....I know I sound like a sap but oh, well.  It really does feel good.

This one is another one of my mash-up bracelets ~ old and new meld together seamlessly to impart a days- gone-by sensibility.  Nostalgic is a word that comes to mind.  And again, that darn angel.  I swear it keeps following me....

It's too late to put it on etsy right now, that's for tomorrow (even though I want to keep it!).  Now it's time to get the kids' lunches ready and get to bed because 6:30 a.m. comes around pretty quick.  It's cold, windy and snowing.  Happy to be home.  Ciao.

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
~ Winston Churchill    
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Sweet Charity Vintage Charm Bracelet

January 1, 2010



Sweet Charity took me twice as long to make as my usual charm bracelets because I double-charmed/beaded/pearled (is "pearled" a word?) it.  I love the look of a really full bracelet.  So I beaded one side of the links.  Then I went back and added charms to the other side of the links.  I also added some vintage treasures inherited from a friend.  Just perfect.



So, how awesome are these photos?  As close to professional-looking as I've come thus far, no?  The light box is too cool for words as far as how it lights the object just right for a great close-up photo.  Also, it's amazing what your camera can do when you actually set the functions properly (I finally read the manual!).  So from now on I should be able to capture the essence of the jewelry as I'd hoped I would.    


I know I said I'd talk about a jewelry-making book I was reading but that will have to wait until next time since I couldn't wait to share this charm bracelet with you.  And, oh yeah, I changed the template for my blog background.  Again.  I think this one's the winner but there's always room for improvement........and how could I forget to say "HaPpY nEW yEaR!"  Seriously.  Ciao for now.

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better."
~ Andre Gide
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