One of the lovely things that can
happen when having a clear out is you find forgotten treasure. My
lovely other half recently discovered some stones that he had
polished years ago. He asked me if I though I could do anything with
them – they aren't beads and so aren't drilled but I jumped at the
chance!
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| The selection of polished stones |
The stones are a wonderful mix of
colours with a good depth to their shine. I thought they'd be perfect
to make caged charms with. Starting with the quartz and the blue
stones I made drop charms by caging them in 0.4 silver plate wire.
When looking through my stash for a chain to hang them from I
couldn't find anything that I thought looked right, so I broke out
the jump rings and made a simple double link chain-mail bracelet. The
drops were then hung from it using the same size jump rings. I'm very
happy with the result.
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| The finished charm bracelet |
