DIY ALERT: How to Retweak and Reuse Old Jewelry Pieces

Hey FancyMousketeers, lovely Thursday isn't it? Jewelry: we all love it (okay, not all but you get the gist of it...). Well, most of us do and if you're like a super fashion-fanatic-Breakfast at Tiffany's obsessed gal like me, then you understand how sometimes jewelry breaks your pockets way more than clothes. I mean, we all have an inner Holly Golightly I guess some just need to dig a little deeper. Still, are you tired of constantly going to (insert the place you go to get your jewelry), and tired of fantasizing about diamonds and pearls from Tiffany & Co.'s? Well, I may not have someone in Sing-Sing like Holly G, but I can certainly help make jewelry feel new again! Especially, for broke college fashionistas like me that don't have a lot of spending money.

First, off I want to apologize for not including pictures of the materials needed for this DIY project (this was kind of a creative spark thing!). So we all have broken necklaces, rusted jewelry, and some furry things lying around (well at least I do!). Well, I was thinking hey why not remake a broken necklace into some dazzling earrings and a rusted necklace into a new modern faux fur necklace.

Here are the things you may need and some suggestions:
-An old or thrift store bought necklace
-Some faux fur; I got mine from an old Love Pink jacket I bought, or you can go to the thrift store and find some faux fur as well
-Super glue like the real stuff I use Loc-Tite
-Old mini studs like really small

Okay this project is super easy like for real. Still, it's really fluid so you can use your own artistic vibes and add your own style!

Here are both of my new and improved earrings:

These were originally a part of a necklace I bought from Forever 21 about two or one and a half years ago. What I did was use flat mini stud earrings (tiny earrings). Stuck them in the inside or on the back of the torn of necklace piece, and viola! I had two new huge stud earrings. Do you think Holly Golightly would approve? (Hope so!)

These are technically new/cheap little things. To me they went from cheap to chic. All I did was buy some five dollar heart studs from a local beauty supply store and add a little faux fur to them. I mean, I have not really seen that many people with faux fur on their earrings. So this could be a way you could take a bold stance at being different. It's really simple all you have to do is buy some inexpensive earrings and add a little faux fur. 

Got a rusted necklace? No Problem!

Oh dear, a rusted/discolored necklace is a tragedy (in my best Holly Golightly voice imitation). What should we do instead of throwing it out? Add some faux fur! First, you take the Loc-Tite super glue (just as you would in all other projects) and smear it onto the part of the necklace you want the fur to go onto and then you just grab the faux fur and press down hardly onto the desired spot until you think it is secured. Well there you have it FancyMouseketeers, there's a new way to still rock your favorite jewelry pieces even when they get old. No jewelry funds because of college and bills? No problem! Just pull out the super glue or glue gun and recycle old pieces. 

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