Sunday, May 1, 2011

Vintage Groove Necklaces

I would like to preface this post with the obvious fact that I am not a professional photographer! I tried many different locations along with numerous backgrounds and could not seem to get pictures of these necklaces that made me happy. Please forgive me and I hope you can get some semblance of an idea what they really look like. Anyway, on to my post.

I made these necklaces as Mother's Day gifts for some special Mothers in my life! I am entering these into the challenge at Celebrate The Occasion in which the theme this week is Mother's Day and you are to create a card, layout or project for Mother's Day. I hope this qualifies as a project, although it is not paper crafting.






All of you paper crafters out there are very familiar with the company Making Memories. Well, Making Memories has a jewelry making line called Vintage Groove and they have all kinds of cute baubles, connectors, chains, clasps, etc. Most of these necklaces were made with pieces from the Vintage Groove line, although I did add some actual gemstones such as Amethyst chips, Agate nuggets and Amazonite stones. I had a blast making them and they were fairly easy! Great project for beginners at jewelry making.

Thanks for taking a peek and I always appreciate your comments! They mean a great deal to me!
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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    I love these! They turned out awesome!
    Love-Katie!

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  2. AdrianMay 1, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Great job! Thanks for playing with CTO!

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  3. GiGiMay 1, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    Very pretty! Thanks for playing at CTO!

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  4. MomMay 1, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    WOW !!! Simply Awesome !! What a lovely gift and an heirloom treasure for anyone but especially for a Mom !!

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  5. girliaMay 1, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    What a great project. Thanks for Celebrating the Occasion with us this week at CTO

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  6. My 3 E ScrapbookingMay 1, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    These are lovely! I'm sure they are going to be cherished gifts! Thanks for sharing these Mother's Day creations with us at Celebrate the Occasion!

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  7. NormaMay 2, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    Hi Esther, beautiful necklaces and the recipients of them will absolutely LOVE them especially with lots of your thought put into them!! OMG I had no idea that making memories had such a line and so can I get them at Michaels and other craft stores? I really would like to start learning how to make jewelry!! Great inspiration Esther!!! sorry for the long comment:)
    Hugs

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  8. Lucianna DilsaverMay 2, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    Great job and wonderful gift for someone special! Thanks for joining us again this week @ CTO :)

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  9. AmyMay 2, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    Wow! these are just gorgeous!!

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  10. DIANA L.May 2, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    This is such a super idea. Thanks for joining this week at CTO.
    Hope to see you for the next challenge
    http:dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  11. VICTORIAMay 2, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    thanks for stopping by. Yeah i had been looking at my tomatoe net bags and onions bags for a while and started saving them thinking I might do something with them and it struck me today what that was gonna be. I have white red and yellow netting from them I have been stock piling. I love your necklaces and I just posted one that i finished up today. Victoria :)

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  12. VICTORIAMay 2, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    I usually make my own wobblers and I have a video on how to make them but i had purchased these to try them out and this was the first time to use them. Victoria :0

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  13. CraftyJARMay 2, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    These are beautiful Ester. I love them all! Thanks for playing along with us at CTO again.
    Judy

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  14. VICTORIAMay 2, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    On my post on January 19th i posted a video on how to make Victoria's Wobblers (lol) if you want to see it.

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  15. MelissaMay 3, 2011 at 4:25 AM

    Beautiful, I am sure your mom will love this! Thanks so much for Celebrating the Occasion with us!

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  16. AimMay 5, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    These are BEAUTIFUL!! I love seeing different projects like this (paper or not!)... Those are some lucky moms to get these!! :)

    Thanks so much for sharing your talent at Celebrate The Occasion!! I hope you'll join us for this week's challenge -- it's a Graduation theme!! Stop over and enter by Sunday at 11:59pm (EST)...

    Amy :) at www.lovetocrop.com

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