diy {upcycled & repurposed jewelry}

I was browsing around World Market the other day and came across a cute set of napkin rings which had landed itself in the clearance section due to the fact that it was short a ring. This didn't matter so much to me since I had different plans for these rings anyways.

I disassembled the rings a restrung the beads onto stretchy cord. I had just enough beads to make two bands.

I tied both bands together with a ribbon bow and just like that my clearance napkin holders became a cute bracelet!

And then there's this necklace. I picked it up at a thrift store a long time ago but I just never wore it. I considered adding it to my spring cleaning pile but then I decided to take it apart instead and see what I could come up with :)

I removed the chain and on one of the strands I tied on some cream ribbon and added a pretty felt rosette. Voila.

Oh and if you're wondering how to make that felt rosette here's how...
1. cut a circle
2. cut a curvy spiral into the circle
3. begin rolling from the center until all the felt is wrapped up
4. secure with a little hot glue

So those were my little jewelry "re-dos" that I came up with this week. I suppose this wasn't so much a diy post as it was hopefully a way for you to see that with some really easy and simple changes you can give your jewelry a new look or even create some jewelry out of items intended for something else. I'd love to hear what you come up with!