Charmingly Chic

I was totally inspired to get back into making jewelry after creating my steampunk necklace from the previous post. I was thinking of objects to turn into steampunk charms.

Bottlecaps are popular, but I didn't want to go down the same old road of inserting a picture into the underside. So using pliers, I worked at crimping the edges inward so the cap would be more charm like. Then I decided to place 2 caps back to back and soldered the 2 pieces together to make a double-sided charm. Some caps are the same on both sides, some are different.

Most of these still need to have holes drilled to be able to use on chains. A little wire and some beads complete the charm.



Ready to wear.

Steampunk Style

Camera appears to be back amongst the living.

Lately I have been intrigued by the steampunk style. Here is my attempt at creating a steampunk necklace. The bird cage, octopus pendant and scrabble piece were purchased. The key is one of five belonging to my husband for the gun cabinet he made. The worn out dog license belonged to my muse, Tillie. I have received many compliments while wearing this piece... which kind of surprised my hubby. He's having "issues" with me wearing an old dog license around my neck.

In The Works

Not quite finished. Trying to decide if I should add a backdrop or not. What do you think?

Changes have already taken place. Look for a new post with the updates this weekend. Aaaahhhhh, can't wait to show you all...