Comments on: Turquoise Ripped Silk Beachy Jewellery

By: Chris H

Chris H — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:46:31 +0000

These are absolutely lovely! I love the way your casual genius combines found items with contrasting colors and textures- what fun to view and wear!

By: Rena Klingenberg

Rena Klingenberg — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:36:15 +0000

In reply to Tamara Robertson. My pleasure, Tamara! :)

By: Tamara Robertson

Tamara Robertson — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:03:06 +0000

Thank you for sharing this post again, Rena! 🙂

By: Tamara Robertson

Tamara Robertson — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:02:19 +0000

In reply to Irene Vrbensky. Thank you, Irene!

By: Irene Vrbensky

Irene Vrbensky — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:53:10 +0000

Wow. I love your creativity. Beautiful.

By: Tamara Robertson

Tamara Robertson — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:42:29 +0000

Thanks, Nancy! You’re right, it is so luxurious!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:16:54 +0000

I love this, so summery. I use ripped silk also, especially silk tafetta. It is luxurious.

By: Tamara Robertson

Tamara Robertson — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 23:57:17 +0000

Great, Karen! Maybe it’s time to create some good thrift store memories! 🙂 Hope you find some good leather!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 23:21:01 +0000

Heading to the thrift store to look for anything leather. I am not a good thrifter, too many bad childhood memories of wearing thrift store clothes and getting teased. I love that you think outside the box! I’m trying to climb out of the box, myself.

By: Tamara Robertson

Tamara Robertson — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:33:29 +0000

Hi Jan, I’m glad you’ve been encouraged by my posts. That’s what it’s all about! What you said about getting out of our comfort zone and enjoying our artsy side is true. Sometimes I need that reminder! 🙂

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:29:01 +0000

I too have lived your ideas for unusual jewelry, which is what I like. I am a thrifter too. Your ideas have given me ideas of new things to scrounge for. When I wear unusual finds or creations people usually comment and say they like them, but they would never have thought they could wear them. I always say to look at something, say to yourself, is this a conversation starter? Then wear it! Get out of your comfort zone and you will enjoy the artsy side of you. It feels good to set a trend with your creativity .????????

By: Tamara Robertson

Tamara Robertson — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:20:22 +0000

Thank you so much, Rita! The idea of the metallic crocheted lace around the edge sounds absolutely beautiful! Have fun creating! 😀

By: Rita

Rita — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:55:33 +0000

Tamara, love your stories and your work. I’ve been thrifting more lately and you’ve inspired me to make some of those lovely cuffs. Ooo, I just had a flash of metallic crochet thread lace sewn around the edging. Better get crafting, lol.

By: Tamara Robertson

Tamara Robertson — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:29:55 +0000

Hi Terri, thanks for your nice comment! I took a peak at your jewellery, and love your beautiful, colourful polymer clay elements! 🙂

By: Tamara Robertson

Tamara Robertson — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:27:49 +0000

Thank you for your kind comments, Barbara and Moogie! Barbara, I’ll bet your hand-painted scarves will look amazing when you’re able to find just the right project for them! I’ll bet if you look around on Pinterest you’ll find lots of neat things you could do with them. I’m just getting started with silk! 🙂

Moogie, I’m glad the leather bale inspired you! I’m not big on doing wirework, I just don’t enjoy it, so I’m always looking for new ideas to make bales and use textile and other materials. Reusing and recycling gives me a real feeling of satisfaction, plus it’s way cheaper than buying a lot of jewelley supplies!

Have fun ladies! 😀

By: Terri Wlaschin

Terri Wlaschin — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:19:54 +0000

Love the recreated pendant necklace and how creatively you have sourced materials.

By: Moogie

Moogie — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:14:51 +0000

Tamara, I love the whole recycle/reuse theme here! It takes a creative mind to think beyond all the ready-made materials available for jewelry making. And now you’ve given me a great idea on how to use all those scarves I don’t wear! Your end result jewelry is really beautiful. I especially love your idea of using the gorgeous turquoise leather as a glue on bail. Brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing!

By: Barbara Todd

Barbara Todd — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:13:05 +0000

Your stories are great, really enjoyed your post. You have given me ideas for using some painted silk scarves that I made some time ago. I just wasn’t satisfied with some of them and they sit in a box waiting for a project. Any tips?

By: Tamara Robertson

Tamara Robertson — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 12:26:37 +0000

Hi Rena! Thank you for supplying the link to my Big Dipper necklace! I do like that pendant, and was glad to find something else suitable to hang it on. In the process, I added a couple more little elements to the spoon.

I agree that that piece of silk is perfect for my beachy jewellery. It’s much happier out getting used than it was sitting in my drawer. I still have lots of it to use for further projects.

By: Rena Klingenberg

Rena Klingenberg — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 03:12:16 +0000

Tamara, I immediately recognized the Big Dipper Mixed Media Necklace from your earlier post – nice to see it again! And I love the turquoise ripped silk beachy theme here – turquoise is so compatible with beach / seaside creations. What a brilliant (no pun intended) pair of cuff bracelets paved with sparklies!