The books offers projects using china, plastic bottles, bubble wrap, glass, plastic bags, textiles and more. There's even a bracelet and earring project made from sewing snaps!
The project that inspired me right off was making jewelry from old tins. I've been wanting to try it for some time. I went to Home Depot to buy tin snips and ended up talking with one of men who worked in that section of the store about what I wanted to do. He suggested Klein Tools shears and they worked liked a dream.
I cut apart my tin, cut out some flowers for earrings and maybe a matching pendant. I filed them. (Here's a tip for filing--after using your metal files, use a buffing block for a really smooth edge. Start with number 1 and work your way around the entire block.)
The project that inspired me right off was making jewelry from old tins. I've been wanting to try it for some time. I went to Home Depot to buy tin snips and ended up talking with one of men who worked in that section of the store about what I wanted to do. He suggested Klein Tools shears and they worked liked a dream.
I think the flower shapes turned out great. Now I just need to make them into jewelry. Jewelry Upcycled! will be available on April 12.
2 comments:
That book looks like so much fun! It really should be easier than it is, but I have some great clip on earrings that I would love to turn into another jewelry piece, but I still haven't messed with them. I should go to Borders to find some inspiration.
I really love up-cycled jewelry. Thanks for sharing that book. Those flowers are really cool, can't wait to see what you make with them, and you did a great job snipping them!
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