Guest guest Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who replied with such awesome bead information. I can see most of you are well into your addiction -- should I be frightened that I am on such a path, LOL? ;-) Karen, your projects are beautiful, thank you so much for sharing those. One of my goals is to make jewelry using my grandmother's old pearls for all of my aunts and cousins, mom and sister for Christmas. I have several strings of hers that have been waiting to be restrung for years, and now I can't wait to recycle them into something wonderful so that all the women in the family who loved her can have a piece of her to remember. Thanks again, -- Debbie deb www.debrasrhapsody.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 I love vintage beads. I go to estate auctions looking for jewelry and can usually buy the entire jewelry box for 1 price. Once I was able to buy a shoe box full of all sorts of jewelry (mostly costume jewelry and multi-strand necklaces with a broken strand for $5 and found a 3 foot strand of antique pearls in the bottom. Had it appraised and it's worth over $500.00 !! Found a few nice pieces of antique jewelry too. I think it's a wonderful idea to use your Grandmother's pearls to make something for the rest of the women in the family. My first thought was a string of semi-precious stones ( topaz, amethyst, tiger eye, etc), or possibly their birthstone, with a few of the pearls centered in the strand Paula Coon www.farmfreshsoapsandcandles.com farmfresahsoapsandcandles > > I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who replied with such awesome > bead information. I can see most of you are well into your addiction -- > should I be frightened that I am on such a path, LOL? ;-) > > Karen, your projects are beautiful, thank you so much for sharing those. > > One of my goals is to make jewelry using my grandmother's old pearls for > all of my aunts and cousins, mom and sister for Christmas. I have > several strings of hers that have been waiting to be restrung for years, > and now I can't wait to recycle them into something wonderful so that > all the women in the family who loved her can have a piece of her to > remember. > > Thanks again, > -- > Debbie > deb > www.debrasrhapsody.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Oh ya just wanted to show you some inspiration from Eni Oken. Her website is www.EniOken.com or .org. She is the bomb and if you ever need inspiration just go their. Carmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Once I was able to buy a shoe box full of all sorts of jewelry (mostly costume jewelry and multi-strand necklaces with a broken strand for $5 and found a 3 foot strand of antique pearls in the bottom. [Dave]: I look for those deals, too. I don't make jewelry but I do make prayer beads, mostly as gifts for fellow Baha'is although I have sold some, too. I like to use semiprecious stones, and vintage beads and bangles are wonderful additions. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/819 - Release 5/26/2007 10:47 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 we sound so much alike it almost sounds like we're related ! LOL Truth is I was adopted as infant. So if you have any relatives who lived in south-east Michigan back in the 1950's, who knows !! Paula Coon www.farmfreshsoapsandcandles.com farmfresahsoapsandcandles [Dave]: I look for those deals, too. I don't make jewelry but I do make prayer beads, mostly as gifts for fellow Baha'is although I have sold some, too. I like to use semiprecious stones, and vintage beads and bangles are wonderful additions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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