No matter what industry or field you are in, you must stay one step ahead of the competition! You must have good quality merchandise, be creative, etc.
Last week I found myself looking around the house to find something that I could use in creating my jewelry and possibly something that I could recycle. Well, I am not one of those go green people (not that I am against it at all - I'm just a little lazy) and I happened upon some wine corks! Well, I like wine and I also like jewelry - so if I could create some jewelry out of my wine corks... I would have a win win product/situation!!!
In addition to the wine corks, my button jar caught my eye. As a child, both of my grandmother and my mother had button jars and those jars entertained me for many hours. So, I decided that in addition to those wine corks, I would incorporate some buttons!
My first ring was created from a "slice" of wine cork, a clear button from my jar. I then added silver beads around the side of the cork and attached the entire piece to an adjustable ring finding!
On the next ring, I started with a button and I threaded a piece of ribbon from the bottom up and then tied a bow on the top. I then glued the button to the "slice" of cord and added black seed beads around the side of the cork and then glued it onto a ring finding. Pretty creative!
As you can see, the next ring is very similar to the one just above.
The final ring is just a button and it looks great by itself!
So, as you can see, thinking outside of the box can be fun and I think that you will surprise yourself at what you can actually create! Often times we need these changes to get those creative juices flowing. I hope that this will inspire all of you to think outside of the box!
I would love to hear from you with regard to my creations or any thoughts/ideas that you too might have!
You can find these rings along with our other creations at:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/cdjali!
