Hi, guys! Today I inaugurate a new feature: Jewelry Before And After. Not really a tutorial, just a little renovation inspiration. I'll show you a nausea-inducing item of V.U.J. (Very Ugly Jewelry). Then I'll reveal its makeover into something cute that I would actually wear.
I was given some hideous faux-tribal polymer clay necklaces by my dear friend Betty. I didn't tell her they were so ugly, I had to hide them under the bed and cry.
There they stayed, for three long years. Yesterday I brought them out of hiding and spent a fun hour recombining their DNA.
Check out the results.
Quite a bit cuter, eh?
What do you think? I would absolutely wear it now. Would it not be pretty with blue jeans, dressed up or down?
I found it really cool that by threading only one hole of the two-hole beads, I could change the geometry and create the pretty fan shape:
Try it next time you are playing with two-hole beads!
Moral of the story: dig around in your stash of V.U.G. and find something to renovate! C'mon - I know you have some Very Ugly Jewelry. Is it uglier than my blue tribal disasters?
Wow. The end result great :)
ReplyDeleteWow, that looks great now!
ReplyDeleteA great redo! I like it? them? much better in this new necklace. I have plenty of V.U.G.!
ReplyDeletethe before is not so bad, but the after is definitely great...the before is nothing compared to the plastic VUJs I have either thrown out or reused in the past..PS: why do people gift VUjs
ReplyDeleteI have no clue. Just like my MIL, she knows I like purple, but she would give me ANYTHING purple. And just because it is purple doesn't mean it is fabulous. I had to tell her to stop buying me random stuff. She once sent me a couch pic and asked if I wanted it and it was a VUC with florals and not cute. I guess they mean well.....LOL
DeleteDefinitely better after you recombined their DNA. You're like a jewelry physicist or something!
ReplyDeletehow nice! lovely BLUE :)
ReplyDeletePretty! I love the yellow bead.
ReplyDeleteSakura
Mucho better now!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post- I too have a stash of VUJ- but I haven't had the imagination to see what recombining the DNA of the pieces might yield. Could be a weekend project.
ReplyDeleteMichelle, I had to revisit your blog today to see what you are up to! I love the way you have created more geometrical shapes with the pieces. The green bead sets it off too. Great redo!
ReplyDeleteVery Ugly Jewelry - gotta love that term! A very pretty redo :)
ReplyDeleteGreat renovation inspiration!
ReplyDeleteLove this before and after idea. :) They are MUCH better now, btw.
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