Thursday 20 October 2011

How to rediscover your jewelery



 I took all my jewels out yesterday to make an inventory and decide which ones I wear and which ones I could probably revamp and inject some new spirit into my otherwise same wardrobe.


What you see in the photos above is necklaces I joined together with a pair of my hoop earings. Very simple ,instant results.


 I want to up cycle many of my bracelets , as well .One thing I want to do is turn them a size or two smaller because when I shopped from them I made the mistake not to check carefully for their shape. I feel like I threw my money away since I don't enjoy to wear them if they slip all the time so I have to find a way to fix it.

The best way to do a jewllery clean up is :
take all your jewelery out and put on a large surface 
put all alike together hoops with hoops ,rings with rings etc.
 this way you will have a clear view of what you own.
make 3 piles one to keep  , the second to give away or throw or put somewhere out of sight to rediscover in the future and the third pile
to revamp or upcycle or tear apart to use in future projects.


Keep the third pile in a big box and throw a piece of paper inside and a pen. Each time you see on the net or in magazines something you like note down what materials you need in order to create new jewelery from your existing ones. 
After a while you will be able to know what you want to do exactly and what you need to shop. 

Now that you took all your jewelery out try to think of different ways to store what's left. The best way according to me is to keep somewhere you can see everything you own because that's the only way you can use it all. Try to make displays like in shops .I 'm sure we can all make a nice little corner to keep our jewels.
I'll keep you updated.

5 comments:

  1. Love this post...I may put everything out on my bed this weekend and see what works together. Great idea!!

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  2. Great to see you again, Angie. I love what you are doing with your jewelry, giving new life to older pieces. I am going to try some of these ideas too.

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  3. Great idea. I want to do this to try to get all the similar colors together. It makes it much easier to find what I want instead of just rummaging around through a tangle of necklaces.

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  4. I need to be better about refashioning things - this post is a great inspiration.

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  5. Hey, its really nice idea. I will sure try it. thanks for sharing.

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