Sunday, March 4, 2012

A Charming Day

It seems I have found a few simple projects that have got my mojo flowing a bit.  I spent the day making charms for one of my favorite little Yahoo groups.  The first set is for a Springtime in Paris swap.  I have a few more tiles that need jump rings still, I ran out and for once, I was not in the mood to shop. 




These were simple altered Scrabble tiles.  A bit of 7 gypsies paper, a French stamp, a smidge of ink and some glossy accents made for a cute little charm.  Stay tuned for another set, I have these really wonderful acrylic discs I plan to alter. 

Check out these little embellishments made from a vintage necklace.  It was so simple to take this apart and just add a jump ring to the existing loop.  The caged ones are so neat.  I wonder if I could tuck something inside.





The set above, as well as the ones below are for another charm swap.  This one is themed around junque jewelry.  I had a ton to sift through and I managed to find a few treasures.




Some of these charms are made from the strangest little bits.  High school pins, broken earrings, clasps, chain links, cuff links make up this motley little crew of junky bits. 





If the other participants in this swap have as eclectic charms as I do, this will be an interesting swap indeed!

Cheers,

Rhea

10 comments:

  1. Love it all! I'm looking forward to getting my bit of Paris - (you can see mine in the group photo album or on my blog). Love the "cage" beads and the junque too! You really did find the treasures among the junk - the variety is so fun and interesting to look at! Beautiful!

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  2. Boy did you find some mojo. Wonderful charms.. some very lucky swappers.

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  3. I'm a very lucky swapper! Rhea, your Paris charms are wonderful and your Junque is fantastic! I can't wait to see them in person.

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  4. I'm so jealous of all of you who HAVE all that "junque"! I don't own any such and it would cost me the small fortune I don't have, to go out and purchase it. Awesome charms!! Love your Paris ones as well!

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  5. Looking mighty nice Miz Rhea! Love those Paris charms - and the Junque Jewelry charms - darnit, sure wish *I* had a neat stash of old jewelry, so I could play in this one too!

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  6. Love the idea of turning junque jewelry into charms. Thank you for sharing. They are all beautiful.

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  7. I love all your charms! You have inspired me to make some out of all my little tid bits!

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  8. Wow, your altered Scrabble tiles look like Prima art tiles now. good job!

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  9. I am so drawn to all your charms, Rhea. Especially love the soft colors on the squares at top.

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  10. Those are all so cool! That swap sounds fun!

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