Dazzling your center piece

My Mother-in-Law gave me these beautiful candles with the candle holder. I wanted to "Dazzle" them up. Here is what they looked like before I added and "Bling" to them.

I wire wrapped filigree brass beads and glass pearl beads every so often to accent the center piece. Fun but simple project.



Picture of both side done. To accent the piece I had a dragonfly pin that was not working right, so I added it to the design.



Close up of the dragonfly...

Vintage "Look" Christmas Tree

Vintage Christmas Tree from vintage broken jewelry
August 22, 2011



I have made one of these in the past, not sure where it is. I might have given it away.

I love vintage jewelry, and collect the ones that I like. However, I find deals where you buy bags of vintage jewelry for $2.00. You might be lucky and have a few nice whole pieces of jewelry. I pick out the ones that are not broken and put them aside in a nice box. The broken pieces stay in the bag for future use.

I decided to make another Vintage Christmas Tree. I had gotten the Paper cone from Micheal's some time back, as you see there are two bottom stands. I two stands as you see. The one that is still wrapped, that is the top of a fence post the other one is a ceramic candle base I got this past week from my Mother-In-Law. I use that instead.



I had some old glass garlands that I never used they are about 20 years old, and look vintage. I used them as the back drop for the tree, and built up from there by adding broken pieces of vintage jewelry in the spaces. I used a hot glue gun with glue to secure the pieces.

This is what it looks like right now. I still have to fill in the spaces. I ran out of broken pieces of jewelry... Once it is completely done I will post the photo. My Mom is always looking out for vintage jewelry bargains in a bag!! =]

This make a wonderful center piece, and you still have time to make it for the Holidays!! Have fun!!

Rectangular & Oval "Tree of Life"

Tree of Life - Rectangular shape and Oval shape "Tree of Life"

My husband and I came up with the rectangular and oval shape for the "Tree of Life" on October 13th, 2010. We sat for many hours trying to write instruction for both designs for my class I am teaching at - The Bead Place at Fairview Heights, IL - Here is what it looks like.


All instructions and photos are by: Chou & Jeff Campbell

Oval "Tree of Life"



Rectangular "Tree of Life"