Repurposing Old Jewelry

Have some broken necklaces or bracelets?  Perhaps you lost some of the beads over time and no longer have enough to put the necklace/bracelet in its entirety back together.  If you have loose beads from a number of different jewelry items you may consider combining them into one necklace.  My mom had a couple of broken vintage necklaces, so I combined the beads to make the necklace pictured above.  If you don't have other beads, thrift shops can be a good place to find necklaces you could repurpose for low cost.

You could also incorporate loose beads into a pair of earrings, like the earrings featured above

My jewelry designs for this post are fairly basic, but you can get a lot fancier with your repurposing, like the jewelry featured in this blog post.  For some more creative ways to repuropse old jewely, check out this blog post.