Recycled Jewelry
Do you have costume jewelry that you'll never wear again? Most of us own jewelry from a few years or longer ago that doesn't suit our style or the current trends.
It's easy to give your dated jewelry a fresh new look by recycling it, and if you don't like what you create, it's just as easy to take it apart and configure the pieces in a different way.
You'll need a few tools to get started:
- Inexpensive jewelry making pliers and a wire cutter to open linking components and to clip away areas that aren't needed. Craft stores often sell small versions in sets for $5-$7.
- Slow-setting epoxy to glue components.
- E6000 glue (optional) for fine detail work.
- A package of jump rings in a color that matches the metals you'll be working with. Base metal jump rings are inexpensive and can be purchased in packets of 50 or 100 or more. Jump rings can be opened and shut with pliers and are used to connect jewelry components.
- It's helpful to have a little silk thread or other pliable beading string.
