Seven strand of vintage bone beads, clasped with a brass hook. They probably came from a garage sale.
‘Only $1? These are decent, I can cut them up and make something.’
But somehow I never did.
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Tuesday, May 24th
24 May
I purchased this in an antique store in Ohio.
Ball chain wrapped with seed beads strung on a spiral of hard wire (a tiny spring, perhaps?) and finished with cones.
Clever.
Friday, March 18th
18 Mar
All-white is all right. This necklace is constructed of chalk white Czech glass beads and has matching glass leaves and flowers on the central motif. I purchased this years ago at a flea market (Brimfield? New Albany? Can’t remember…) to copy the construction technique. The necklace has several cracked leaves and so the price was very low. I think i paid $7 for it.
One of the good things about collecting vintage jewelry as design samples is that a chipped bead or missing stone here-or-there is not a problem.
I was going to discuss exactly how this is constructed but after wearing it today I realized I do need to create a piece in a similar manner. Watch for the instructions soon.
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