The Do Over Challenge is the brilliant idea of Jeannie Dukic of Jeannie's Blog. The idea is that she will send you one of her tired, old pieces of jewelry and you'll remake it into something else, using the majority of the beads.
Every jewelry piece in the challenge is a surprise. I laughed when I pulled out Jeannie's necklace from the package. Not because the necklace wasn't beautiful (it is), but because I had created a very similar necklace as one of my first beading projects. When I stated beading, I was fascinated by these illusion-style necklaces that used tiny crimps to hold the beads on the wire so that they appeared to be floating. So this "do over" project felt a little bit like traveling back in time.
The necklace includes Swarovski crystal pearls, clear Swarovski crystal bicones, silver filigree bead caps, and a simple lobster clasp.
Before
After
I made a simple bracelet with all the pearls. I used all the crystals (and a few gray seed beads) to form two beaded rings, which I strung. I also did a little seed bead embellishment with rose and gray seed beads on two of the silver filigree bead caps. I still have some bead caps left over for a future project—and the short strands of silvery beading wire. I have no idea what I'll do with that wire, but I couldn't throw it away. (Can we say "beading packrat"?)
Blog Hop Participants
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Cilla Watkins
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Michelle Mach
http://michellemach.com/blog
Alesha Conklin
http://obtainingmercy.typepad.
Molly Alexander
http://beautifullybrokenme.
Cindy Wimmer
http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com
Mary Govaars
http://www.mlhjewelrydesigns.
Marlene Cupo
http://amazingdesigns-marlene.
Charlene Jacka
http://clay-space.com/
Julia Johnson
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Carolyn Lawson
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Pamela Orians
http://somedaybeads.
Linda Younkman
http://lindydesigns.blogspot.
Shelly Joyce
http://www.aujourlejour-
Judy Riggs
http://www.rigglettes.
Cary Scholes
http://mamaneeds2create.
Shaun Mullin
http://bogshaun.