On my browsing journey, I came across some great necklaces made with vintage charms. Suddenly, I remembered some vintage charms I'd purchased a couple of years ago on ebay. They're different shapes and sizes of Scottie and Westie dogs, all plastic, all very cute. So I decided to take one of the charms, combine it with some beads, and try it out on a necklace similar to the ones I'd seen.
A visit to Urban Arts and Crafts today gave me the components I needed. A suede choker, some glass beads and assortment of plastic hearts, leaves and such. After a little experimenting, here's the combination I settled on.
Pretty cute for just a few dollars' investment, eh? I'm not sure it merited all the time I spent, but it was fun nevertheless. Beading is something I could definitely become hooked on. Unfortunatley, it cuts into the knitting time...so I better stick with one addiction for now!
2 comments:
Very cute! I love me some beading, but I find it a good combination with knitting as I mostly only make stitch markers. They're fairly quick and easy, very useful, and still can be cute as anything.
That's a lovely charm necklace. Glad you liked the Clapotis - and I thought I was the last person in Knitblogland to make one!
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