Comments on: Mother of Pearl “Earth Kissed” Necklace https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/mother-of-pearl-earth-kissed-necklace/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:10:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Dawn https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/mother-of-pearl-earth-kissed-necklace/#comment-51949 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:10:38 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=8331#comment-51949 I agree with using coffee or tea to stain them. I have also rubbed some plastic buttons with dirty grease (think car or machine grease) and then cleaned them up. I don’t know if that would work with MOP buttons.

]]> By: Tina https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/mother-of-pearl-earth-kissed-necklace/#comment-26738 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:54:03 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=8331#comment-26738 Cool necklace! I would try ‘aging’ the buttons with cold tea or coffee, well known for their staining properties! (I believe that’s how they used to create tinted lace.) Good luck!

]]> By: Kari https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/mother-of-pearl-earth-kissed-necklace/#comment-757 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:08:00 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=8331#comment-757 Tamara, Thanks for the tip. I can try that and see how it goes.

]]> By: Tamara https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/mother-of-pearl-earth-kissed-necklace/#comment-672 Fri, 11 May 2012 19:31:50 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=8331#comment-672 This is very pretty and creative, Kari! I like it very much. For someone who says they are inexperienced in wirework, you’ve done an excellent job!

Regarding the rusting of mop buttons, maybe you could place some in a flat layer in a dish with a couple of pieces of wire that would rust laying on top. If you added a few drops of water and let the rusting process happen, leaving them in there for a while, maybe you’d get the desired result. It would be a fun experiment anyway!

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