I keep all of my broken jewelry. I pick up broken jewelry I find on the street. I keep it because it can be reused in another way. I recently had fun using broken jewelry and random beads to make Christmas ornaments.
I don’t know about you, but when I make jewelry I like it to be symmetrical. That means I was a lot of bead boxes with one of a kind beads that I will not use for necklaces. Combining broken jewelry and beads together can turn ordinary items into beautiful pieces of art. I do not need them to be symmetrical.
Sometimes you can find bags of broken jewelry at garage sales or thrift stores.
I found 5 packs of wooden stocking and bells ornaments at the dollar tree. I was hunting for something for this project and I was surprised I found it at such a good price. You could also use circular items such as jar lids. Michaels and Hobby Lobby sell buckets of mismatched beads for around $10.
Materials needed:
Broken Jewelry
Beads
Ornament or circular object
Ribbon
Resin
Glue gun
Step 1:
Plugin glue gun
Step 2:
Select beads and Jewelry pieces.
Step 3
Arrange the large pieces on the ornament.
Step 4
Hot glue pieces in place on the ornament.
Step 5
Fill all gaps with small beads
Step 6
Pour resin over all the cracks.
Alternate method
Step 1
Pour resin on the ornament
Step 2
Place items in the resin
