Ring my bell
As requested by Super Girl, here is an up close picture of one of the rings I made.
Last summer I won a loaded jewelry box on eBay. When it showed up at my house, my sister and I were eager to see what treasures were inside, but couldn’t figure out how to get it open. The top was latched and there was a small drawer at the bottom. We couldn’t open the latch, so we proceeded to try and pry the drawer apart. Luckily my mom came in or else we would have broken it. All we had to do was slide the latch over and then when the top opened, the drawer slid out. We are so smart!
The box contained a few wearable necklaces and rings, some junk jewelry and a million clip on earrings.
I ordered ring backs from Etsy and then used pliers to pry the clip part off the earrings. I sanded the ring base and back of the earring and then glued them together with E6000. Voilà!
(I’ll add a picture of the jewelry box if I can figure out where it ended up after I moved)
Comments (7)
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what a clever idea! wow! i love it
Oh man! Amazing! Adorable! Looooove!
Also: I bought some nice vintage clip-on earrings to wear as clips on my wedding shoes – they look great! (If you need another use!)
sillygrrl Reply:
July 1st, 2009 at 1:55 pm
jessica – that’s a great idea. i have a bunch more than i haven’t ripped apart yet, so i’ll have to try it.
I love it!! Thanks for posting this, now I’m getting the urge to be all crafty!
sillygrrl Reply:
June 30th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
amy – thanks!!
supergirl – you’re welcome. glad i could provide a little inspiration. it’s such a cheap easy way to get great jewelry.
That ring is gorgeous!