Bejeweled and Beautiful!

I never get tired of working with old jewelry.....

Just touching the pieces reminds me of growing up and

Playing in my Mama's jewelry box.

She wore beautiful rhinestone sets everyday, and

I thought she was a movie star.

I buy bags of vintage jewelry where stones are missing and where there is one lone earring in the mix so I can create lovely jeweled boxes such as these.

The first box is quite large and is perfect for many different uses, but I like to just look at it.

I'm still deciding what type of finish I want for the box, but I'm thinking I will go dark.
I went into my stash of beads and found a bag of imported glass seed beads

I had purchased years ago to make tassels.....and didn't.

I paid a lot for these and was glad to finally use them on something.

The light just dances on them like they were tiny diamonds....

The smaller box uses vintage jewelry combined with loose pearls instead of beads.

A completely different look, but just as glamorous.



These boxes are so useful and are a good way to repurpose old jewelry that will
Never be worn.....but is still so beautiful.

Thank you for stopping by today,
You know I love it when you come.