This is going to sound really odd, but there are just times when a craft idea comes to mind that is so incredibly well developed that I can almost literally see it right in front of me instead of whatever I was looking at. Which probably makes you think I am crazy. Which I really don't care.
Regardless, I then had to promptly march to the jewelry section, where lo and behold I found all sorts of things I "needed" on clearance. I found charms and chains and necklaces and beads.
Which leads me to this post. I found these wire orb bead things and I was intrigued. I quite frankly love things that are a mishmash mess if you look closely but that when you zoom out look perfectly put together. So of course, I liked these beads. I also wanted them because they were inspirational on making my own beads out of wire, which I plan on trying at some point.
Regardless, what I did not know was how in the world I would turn them into a necklace or any other sort of jewelry. I ended up putting them and two clear beads on eye pins, attaching them together, and then putting them on chain to make a longer necklace.
A longer necklace that I have a terrible notion it will be one I keep instead of my plan on giving much of what I make this month as Christmas gifts...
I did, however, make some others that actually will be Christmas gifts, so at least I am partially where I should be.
Is it an astonishingly beautiful necklace? Well, perhaps not. But I like it, and I imagine that it will give you your own ideas on how you could use these quirky beads or other clearance things to your benefit.
Mostly, I just hope it inspires you to reach outside of your usual go-to's in jewelry or crafting and take a look at something you might never have purchased before. There is potential in everything.
Happy crafting!
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