Charm Jewelry

I really like charm jewelry! Awhile back, I went to Michaels and bought a bunch of jewelry stuff. I spent a long time in the store - probably like 2 hours. I often don't know exactly what I want when I go in to a craft store, but I always have some sort of an idea of what I want to make. This time I went in for jewelry. I knew I wanted an oak tree, an owl, birds, shells, feathers, wings, and all the findings necessary to make those things into jewelry.

Not knowing exactly what I want, I usually start out at the clearance aisle (a habit I got from my mom - my mom and I have spent a lot of quality time on the clearance aisle, and now that we live apart, on the phone talking about the clearance aisle). I love to be inspired by cheap finds.

At the clearance aisle, I found a package of little shells and pieces of shells for 80 cents. They seemed perfect for using as spacers and extra baubles to go along with the shells [LINK] I collect from the beach. So, I tossed 'em in my cart. Next, I found a necklace and bracelet style in silver and gold tones. The necklaces were three bucks each and the bracelets a dollar. Perfect! I often like to start from existing pieces.  It makes my projects faster and easier and gives me a design guide to work from.

Next, I went to the jewelry section and began looking at the charms.  Again, I really like charms.  There I found an owl and some feathers and wings.  I didn't find any oak trees or any birds I liked, but I did find some strawberries and mushrooms that were really cute.  Some of the charms were silver and some gold tone - perfect to match the necklaces and bracelets I found.  I liked all the charms and wanted to use them all in my jewelry making, but they didn't all go together.  I decided to get some small clasps to attach to the charms so that I could make them easily removable. I got all the other findings I needed and headed home.

I made my mix and match charm necklaces and bracelets and now I have several pieces of jewelry all on one - simply triumphant!