A special necklace becomes a special Christmas gift

Published On: 12-02-2011 01:58pm

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Category: jewelry

Recently I created a new Christmas necklace from polymer clay beads and vintage beads and findings from Gramma's jewelry box. The polymer clay beads were created with leftover red and white clay from my candy cane pens along with the teardrop shaped pendant. I wanted something special for the center of the pendant so I looked through some of the vintage jewelry I inherited from Gramma. Gramma was pretty rough on her jewelry, so many of her earrings, necklaces, rings, and bracelets were broken. That's just fine for my purposes though. I found a broken earring with sparkling imitation diamonds that made the perfect centerpiece for the pendant.
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The tiny green glass seed beads around the outside of the pendant are from Gramma's bead stash, as are the hollow silver beads, the green acrylic beads, and the white iridescent disc beads. This necklace is a combination of my handmade beads and Gramma's vintage beads.
Over the holidays my best friend came for a visit, and as always, she checked out all the new things I had made since she last saw me. She really liked this necklace, and when I told her about Gramma's contribution she liked it even more. She decided it would make a very special gift for her mom, and to make it more special she decided to have her son give it to her for Christmas. That way it would be from one Gramma to another. I'm really glad this special necklace is going to become such a special Christmas gift!

~Michelle of CreativeCritters

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