Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Look What Kelly Brought Me!
Hoping this gives me better dreams tonight than last night...dreams of beads and chains and jewelry and rhinestones and creativity.
OT, but I have to tell it.....
Last night I dreamed that I was back in college and my assignment was to get dropped off someplace and walk home. On the walk, I had to stop into business and ask them to let me work on some kind of task. It was pouring outside and puddles were turning into lakes. I remember working for a bit at some kind of shop where I nailed things together with a nail gun. And I remember going into the Facebook building. When I walked in the door, upper management was going into a meeting. The meeting room looked like a living room, with couches and lamps and rugs. It was a warm looking room, earthy tones, and lights turned on since it was so gray outside.
I said hello and explained my experiment, and they readily agreed to give me a job. A girl took me downstairs to a room with several computers and people sitting at them. The computer screens were dressed in faux fur. I got a screen covered in hot pink fur. Then I woke up.
Maybe a little bit too much Vitamin C?
You Will Want These Beads!
Use Your Vitamin C!
Vintage Bead Necklace
Anyone know something about this type of vintage bead? I don't know for sure, but according to what they looked like before I took them apart, I would say maybe the are from the early 50s.
Vintage beads...fun way to use your Vitamin C!
The Pearl Necklace Trend
Today's post is written by guest poster Samantha Carter of the Bead Unique Column: Vintique.
- I try to test jewelry pieces before sending them off to the editor, just in case. Boy, good thing I wore this one. Long strands are very cool....and they seem to get in the way of everything. Wear them long only when you are not doing anything involving bending or carrying. I shoveled snow with this on. Yes, what you see is the re-do.
- When you make a long strand, especially when you add oversized focals, the strand becomes heavier than normal. Anyplace you crimp, add two crimp beads instead of one.
- Long multi strands are the cat's meow these days. My necklace has three strands: pearls, chain, seed beads. I made them separately and hooked then together behind the neck with a big jump ring. I can take them apart to wear with other things. Makes them versatile.
- Have fun! It is crazy to use a pair of glasses as a focal piece, but women wear glasses around their necks on chains all the time. I just made a slight leap from function to fashion.
- Put rhinestones and pearls together, the trend supports it. I don't know about you, but I want rhinestones with everything.
Hope I inspired you to use vintage materials in a new way,
Sam
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