Saint Salvage

Here's another quickie DIY I did. I picked up these vintage shell earrings in a grab bag lot at an estate sale recently. One was missing an earring hook, and the "silver" was peeling and tarnishing.     So, I used my 18 karat gold leafing pen by Krylon, and applied the gold leafing.     Then, I upgraded the hook to a French Hook with a clear stopper.   Last, I found a printable pdf from www.howaboutorange.blogspot.com and printed it out on brown kraft paper (from a box about to be recycled). Then, I cut the cards out, punched holes and hung the earrings.   Ta dah! They are ready for gift giving or selling, all nice and professional looking.

  I went through my pile of jewelry findings and beads this past weekend, and I pulled out these, so.... I was inspired.....     I pulled out six headpins that had shells and sea stars, along with some French hooks and beads. The beads were originally from broken jewelry.   So.... on went the French hooks.   I strung six beads on each earring form.   Here's what they look like in the sunlight. The goldstone beads and glass beads really pick up the sunlight and SPARKLE plenty!   Total time: approximately 30 minutes... I had a little trouble deciding which beads to put on the headpins.

Here's another "quicky" DIY that I did last weekend. I bought opal clip on earrings from the Millville Goodwill store for $1.99. I bought a "Flower Ear Wire" French Hook ("The Jewelry Store; #124057L) at the Millville Hobby Lobby for .88 (Original price was $1.47) Here they are, out of the package. The ear hooks came with those nice rubber stoppers. I took the clips off with my pliers, and then opened the tiny jump ring, and attached the jump ring to the ear wires. Ta dah!!!! The finished product! Saint Salvage strikes again for $2.87 (plus tax)!