mini project!

sssooo, i'm mega bored, what with school being over and whatnot so i've decided to make a mini tutorial!  it's about how to revamp a piece of old jewellery into something new and more wearable! for example,  i used to looove this old robot necklace but nowadays i don't really wear this type of necklace so i decided to chop and change it around and fashioned it into a super cute double chain charm bracelet!

you will need:

2 pairs of jewellery pliers

an old piece of jewellery you want to revamp

1. decide what you want to do with the item of jewellery you have. i would say the easiest is turning a necklace into a bracelet as you don't have to buy any extra chain then.

2.  if you are making a bracelet out of a necklace, wrap the chain around your wrist to find the length you need to reduce it to (if you are doing a double chain bracelet like me, measure twice).  when you are satisfied with the length just use the pliers to split the chain link and discard it.  you should then be left with a chain in a bracelet length.

3. next find the clasp and the piece of chain it attatches to to keep the jewellery on.  open this jumpring by the method shown below:

credit: Ornamentea

 then take it off it's existing chain and place it on the end of your new bracelet.

4.  if there are any charms you'd like to put on, again use the jumpring method and add them on at any point in the bracelet.  i had four charms and put them in all four corners of the bracelet. 

5. your updated jewellery is now complete! wear it with pride!

(ignore the pen on my hand!) 

New Products!

yaaaay we've finally listed some new products, some of which are so cute i wanna keep them for myself!
1. Oh The Luck of the Irish! Bracelet.  Click here to buy.

2. Postcards From Paris Necklace.  Click here to buy.

3.  My Secret Diary Necklace. Click here to buy.

 

4. Wildflower Bracelet. Click here to buy.

 

5. Swoop Vintage Earrings. Click here to buy.

 

we have also revamped the How Does Your Garden Grow? Necklace so that the watering can tips better so the 'water' looks like it flows out more.  click here to buy.

 

the image for the Midnight Black Rose Necklace was also quite yucky as it looked nicer in real life than the image so i retook a picture for it.  it still looks better in real life than the image but meh, you get the gist.  click here to buy!

i also have more surprises lined up! i have a whole new line to be introduced called The Simplicity Line ! it's basically a few items, some of which one off vintage exclusives, that are simple, signiature pieces.  i think i shall release them either during my holiday or when i get back on the 28th, at the moment i think that would be the best option :L aaaanyway, stay tuned i guess!:D

finally!

okay so today we actually got something done! -claps- we made LOADS of new jewellery and even came up with a line of specialist jewellery which will be released when i'm back from my holiday (12th-28th July) so stay tuned for that, i've already written the descriptions for them:D i actually might just release them during the holiday when i'm able to get to the internet cafe... hmm well i'll see. but yeah tomorrow we shall list 6 new products! then when we have sold out of a few more products we have even more to list! i'd just like to say a big thank you to meg who helped me decide which cabs to put on which component and chain lengths etc, i'm so indecisive :L and also for spending aaaaages plaiting thread and chain together! you may have also noticed that i have renamed a few of the older necklaces to more imaginative names and we are also giving the 'how does your garden grow?' necklace a revamp!
anyway, stay tuned for tomorrow!(;