In His Steps

Original post date: 4/15/14 and last of the old posts on my crafting blog. Everything is officially moved back to this one! I've been blessed in my marriage with nineteen instant nieces and nephews (alright, eighteen, but we had one get adopted in a few months ago). One of my nieces does archery and her mother mentioned to me during Christmas that she would like some archery related jewelry. I found the right items at Hobby Lobby and then looked through my beads. These are the supplies I ended up narrowing down and using. Here is the necklace. And the complete set. A look at each earring. The other one... And another shot of the necklace. Other than the arrow heads, all of the beads are from my bead storage.

Original post date: 3/4/14 Awhile back, my mom gave me a large amount of broken jewelry of hers to repair. One of those pieces of jewelry was a long string of garnet beads (real garnet) that my father's stepfather had given her (this grandpa was a geologist). The string had broken and she had gathered as many beads as she could find. I restrung the necklace and brought it back, only for her to tell me she'd found six more beads. So, I offered her a pair of earrings to match the necklace, which she'd never had. She took me up on it. My mom doesn't like dangly earrings all that much, so I had to come up with something simple and not too long, or she'd never wear it. I opted on a simple cluster of three beads each. I think they turned out rather nicely. She was very happy with them, too!

Soo...I like entering giveaways at the amazing vintage blogs I follow and I managed to win one from Va-Voom Vintage! So, roughly a week later I find a package at my bedroom door. It's a beautiful vintage jewelry set from Art Deco Dame ! So thank you to them both! I love it!