Friday, July 27, 2012

Making 18th-century jewelry - part 2!

I have acquired a lot of materials for making my reenacting jewelry! I thought I'd share some pictures of the beads I'll be working with. Mostly my design ideas are from Sharon Burnston at the moment, but I'll do some painting research before I begin.


 
Two pairs of earrings to be taken apart - for the red coral stones and the little paste (rhinestone) flowers.
Also lever-back earwires, silver spacer beads, citrine drops and silver cone findings.

 One of my mom's necklaces from the 80s, to be taken apart and the quartz beads re-strung for another ribbon necklace (I have loads of extra beads, because this necklace was shortened at one point and I kept the extras). 

Pile of pearls (some are glass imitations, I think), spacers, glass faceted crystals, spacers, glass beads and stone beads.

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