Monday, May 13, 2013

Dancing Shoes, Copper Bracelets, and Sea Shells

In almost everything we create, we really try to up-cycle or repurpose items as there is something quite fun and magical in transforming discarded objects into something new.
Sometimes up-cycling is easy, and other times it requires just a little bit of imagination. Here are some projects we recently created by up-cycling and repurposing. Hope you can find inspiration in our pieces!  


Put on Your Dancing Shoes Earrings

These are perfect for your best friend or the girl who loves shoes!

We created these by drilling a hole in  vintage, toy doll shoes. Then we added  brown and gold seed beads to red jump rings. We even made the jump rings from salvaged wire.

Easy, creative and fun!




The Beach is Calling Necklace

We found this beautiful sea shell on the beach in the Outer Banks. We polished the shell, and used a Dremel to smooth it. We drilled a hole in the top, and used copper wire to add it to the hemp necklace.

The necklace speaks of warm, sunny days spent relaxing on the beach.






 
The Copper and Slate Bracelet

We created this piece by cutting slate into small squares, and then drilled holes into each piece. Once the pieces were formed, we simply added the copper wire jump rings.  

It's a great industrial chic piece!




 
 
What things have you repurposed or up-cycled? 


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