Limbs and head flopped out to sleep. Looking d-e-d.Filed under: Fixed it, Love it, Made it, Refashioned it | Tags: beads, green, necklace, refashion, silver, teal, wardrobe refashion
I always forget to take the “before”. So kindly use your imaginations.
Imagine the teal necklace without any of the silver beads. And imagine three green drops smooshed between each beautiful carved round teal bead.
So sad.
A coworker — the lady who keeps the office humming and makes my life a whole lot simpler — won the necklace in some sort of raffle. Brought it in to me, horrified about the combination but hopeful the beads could me made into something else. She also brought me tiny glass silver spacers and I dug into the stash for clear glass with silver insides.
And voila!
Silver spacers between the teal shell pieces and round beads stretched long enough for a new necklace.
The spiral in the green necklace wire is a happy accident.
I was pulling the teal cord as taut as I could before crimping the ends and didn’t realize yanking the cord through such small holes would act like a blade on curling ribbon.
But in the end, I think it’s winning.
My mister’s aunt and uncle brought me stunning jewelry from India as a belated Christmas present. It’s all giant and chunky and in fantastic colors that I might not buy for myself but that I already love.
My favorite kind of gift.
This glass necklace bugged me, though, because the multicolored beads were overshadowed by gold plastic spacer beads that already were chipping.
I did lose a few inches in the restringing, but the length is still great and this teeny adjustment makes me want to wear the beads all the time.
Filed under: Get it, Love it | Tags: beads, bracelet, India, jewelry, mirror, necklace
Aunt & uncle returned from a month in India. Love that they held my Christmas box until their travels. Returned with these mirrored colored bangles and so much more booty in tow. I love that they love my love of giant jewelry. Aunt said she enjoyed the hunt for so much fun. What a doll.
Think I’ll take the glass bead necklace and restring it to remove the little gold spacer beads that feel like plastic.
