As a jewellery maker discovering the delights of eBay can be and often is an amazing experience. To go from suddenly shopping at expensive local craft shops to finding supplies on the auction site at a quarter of the price if you ship in from the far east its easy to get carried away with the eye catching gemstones new from the factory but sometimes there are other cheap options closer to home.
Upcycling is all the rage at the moment. It never appealed to me because who would buy recycled jewellery? But the other day I found a polymer necklace I bought (new) at a charity shop (thrift store) and decided to upcycle it into bracelets. Mixing old beads with new I managed to get the 4 bracelets and 2 pairs of earrings out of the necklace.
Another example of thriftiness and creativity coming together is when I found two bags of shells ready for beading in a charity shop. For next to nothing I developed a series of bracelets I would never have thought to make other wise.
What have you made with supplies from thrift stores?
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