One thing I cannot resist is a broken strand of beads, they look up at me from their display tables like a bunch of puppies at the pound. Their big sad beady eyes begging me to take them home and save them from doom.
Alas, my stash is getting a bit out of control. By breaking up these rescued strands and keeping some of the beads for myself and listing the rest on Etsy I get to keep some of these found treasures - and release the rest back into the wild.
Look - there's raw amber, Indian brass, rose quartz, agates, root beer glass, old coral, trade beads...
Check out my Curious Old Things shop and look in the loose beads section.
2 comments:
"rescue beads" -- that's a great way to put them! Have to check out your store!
Great finds! It is fun finding broken or used jewelry to work with. Recently I can across a necklace with little Mickey Mouse heads. I made 2 pieces with these neat beads, each sold within a couple of days online! You never know what you will find!
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