The (Ri)Charmed Life: glass

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Upcycling Vintage Jewelry

I'm a big fan of vintage jewelry- especially stuff with glass beads. I like to pick up broken necklaces and incorporate the beads into my designs. Sometimes it's already a great piece and I'm able to just restring or repair it. I still sell items like that under my Richarme label, but I'm careful to put that it's "restored vintage". Here's a couple pieces in my shop right now that feature vintage beads.

(You can click on photos for more pictures and product details.)

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Sunburst

Wednesday, August 30, 2012~

I got a nice little package in the mail today- my ring from Unique Nique! The other night at the Craft Party I'd spotted one of her fused glass art rings and had to have it. It reminded me a little of the Tibetan flag and the colors are my favorites right now. Unfortunately it was just a hair too small my finger. Monique was nice enough to resize and ship it to me.

This is just a small taste of the beautiful glass creations Monique has in her Etsy shop. Go check her out at Unique Nique!

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Fuchsia and Navy

Saturday, June 23rd~

Prior to Mother's Day, I had a client mention they'd like a necklace with fuchsia and navy in it for their mom. She said she'd call me closer to the time. Based on that, I went out and got supplies. I didn't hear back from her and, well, Mother's Day has come and gone. This isn't unusual and I shouldn't have jumped the gun and bought stuff before it was a sure thing.

I spend a good chunk of this afternoon doing research on some vintage items I need to list in TheRicharmedLife shop. I couldn't find useful info and a couple of things ended up being pretty worthless. It was a little discouraging. After that, I felt the need to create. So I dug out a pendant I've had for a while and paired it with beads from the commission that didn't happen. Turned out nice, I think. Maybe my customer will want it for a Christmas gift!

Dyed rose jade, lapiz, crackled glass beads and diachronic glass pendant

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