Saint Salvage

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The starting point for this upcycle makeover is an oatmeal colored triple strand necklace. It was from the "Mad Men" area, but blah....         So, I took a pair of scissors to it. Snip, snip, snip!   The beads have now been freed from their oh-so-blah beige environment.   I had plenty of beads left from my first Crochet Wire and Bead Necklace , so these are going into the mix... a box of beads that were a mix of yellows, oranges and metallics.   I also had this elastic beaded bracelet to chop up.   I had plenty of copper wire (26 gauge) left over from that other crochet project, so I didn't have any extra cost for this project. I used the same single crochet technique that Rose taught me in the class I took at Mays Landing, NJ Michaels store. I made a total of five strands, but I left them loose, for a lot of movement. The five wires got attached in the back, and I left the original faux pearl c...

 The weather was not so good this past weekend, and I've been admiring wire wrapping projects online and in books and magazines, so I decided to make a wire wrapped ring that used one of my beads from broken jewelry.   I had some Artistic Wire that I bought about a month ago, and wrapped it arund my ring mandrel twice.  Then, I made the loops to secure the bead wire my round-nosed pliers.   I wrapped some fine gauge silver wire under the loop, and threaded it through the left loop.     I threaded it through the bead and pulled it taught. Then, through the other loop.     I wrapped the remaining portion of the wire down the other side and around the bead, and secured the tail.     Here it is from the top.   It took me a about 30 minutes to wrap the ring. Not too bad. I guess it's time to get more inspiration.