Broken Jewelry Redo ~ A Necklace & Bracelet Set

I love the polished stone beads I picked up at an estate sale. I think I was drawn to them for two reasons.  The first reason is my husband collects stones.  Pretty rocks decorate the surfaces of our tables and mantels.  The second reason is nostalgia.   When I went on vacation as a child our family traveled throughout the southwest.  One of the big treats on the trips was stopping at the gift shops.  They always had a bucket full of polished stones.  When I saw the broken polished stone necklace in a baggy at an estate sale I thought, “Wow! Someone actually drilled holes in their polished stones!  I can actually make something wearable with them”.

Originally I was just going to make a charm bracelet.  When I put the bracelet together I thought it was way too heavy and full to wear on a wrist.  I took the bracelet apart and started on a necklace.  I wanted to keep the necklace simple so I stuck with basically 2 colors, yellow/gold and green.  I decided to add some iridescent amber beads and some gold metal beads.  The amber seed beads are necessary to keep the stones on a wire-wrapped head pin.

 I decided to go ahead and make a matching charm bracelet with a little less of the polished stones than I originally had planned.  The bracelet uses the same sort of beads as the necklace minus the heart bead.  I think they turned out very simple and very elegant.  I was pleasantly surprised.   Sometimes my materials have a mind of their own. 

This necklace and bracelet set can be found in my Unique Re-tiques Etsy Shop.