About a month ago, a woman visiting our home was wearing a fabulous charm necklace. It was unusual in that the charms were a collection of large and small clustered together on a toggle chain necklace – I loved it at first site. She graciously shared where she purchased it and within minutes of her departure, I was on the computer looking up the store. It was very disappointing to discover that, while the had photos of their “Charm Bar” online, they didn’t offer the option of online sales. The store is only 1 1/2 hours away, but 3 hours of driving to purchase a necklace that wouldn’t cost $30 seemed like a waste of time and gas – besides I hate driving. So I devoted a bit of time to sulking before the light bulb of brilliant thought came on in my head.
I went to their website, downloaded photos of their charms, enlarged them in Photoshop, and selected my favorites…..
I love the look on the necklace I saw, however, some of the charms just weren’t “me”. The large “Sassy” charm was adorable on her – I didn’t think I could pull that one off as well as she did. I created a little board to have a collection of shapes that I liked…
Before I made any purchases I looked through pieces I already owned and decided that some would fit with the look I was trying to achieve and give me a necklace with sentimental meaning as well. I knew I liked the big shapes, they gave the necklace the punch that drew my eye to it in the first place. I wanted some pieces to be longer, and I wanted a bit of color – but nothing that would limit me wearing it with any outfit.
I have a silver dollar given to me by my Great-Uncle John when I was a child….this replaced the big round “Shopaholic” charm….
an antique key given to me by a friend….
and a medallion that was a birthday present….
I then purchased a few other items on ebay, the typewriter key with my first initial…..
a locket……
and for that splash of bold color ……a cute dog pendant, that looks like my doodles…….
I bought little rings and lobster clasp hooks to attach all the charms, this way if I ever want to change them for variety it’s a simple switch….
here is the finished necklace…..
I love it so much, a gold version is in the making, I’ll share when it’s finished.
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