Here's a little gallery to get those creative juices flowing....a few little things I've made up over the years from the brass stampings I carry. Easy and fun, you won't need to attend a jewelry making class to figure them out! Some of the stampings are carried on our home website at http://www.bsueboutiques.com. You might also want to check out our extensive listing at Ebay at http://www.stores.ebay.com/bsueboutiquesjewelrysupplies If you don't what you need, give me a holler by emailing me at bsue1441@aol.com, or I can perhaps suggest other things we carry that would work. Please refer to this gallery and the photo number, if you are making an inquiry. THANKS!
Date(s): January 23, 2007. Album by Brenda Sue Lansdowne. Photos by B'sue. 1 - 24 of 43 Total. 8406 Visits.
1 Not exactly a brass stamping I know....but we do sell this item SKU clearcuff in the BASES and CUFFS section at http://www.bsueboutiques.com It has a slight amber glow, is clear resin. I collage it to the INSIDE with paper scraps...old tickets, parts of letters, postcards, whatever I have that means something to me, even photos! Glue with Memory Stick Glue to the FRONT of the scrap. Press in place, smallest pieces first, then medium, then largest. Gesso over them, let dry, then paint over them (I usually like a parchment or gold-colored paint.) Let that cure then finish the edges or rim with maybe a gold paint pen for a nice finish. Let that set for maybe a day or so...clean up any glue that landed on the front with Novus or Jewelry Joose...and wear!
2 Same technique as number one, just a different example. I like to do these in front of the TV at night, I can make two or three collages in an hour so long as I have my scrap picked out already.
3 This is a bangle I made for a friend....you're seeing it before she has! I can't wait to give it to her. She's a new Gramma. Think of the possibilities for gifts and personalization with these clear bangles.
4 An easy to make charm bracelet put together with the little charms we carry right here on the site. I always start my bracelets with our rolo chain, it's so easy to work with and count off. "Your designs are stunning!..." View Comments...
5 This is a two inch wide plated cuff finding to which I bonded one of our pretty Victorian swan buckles. Just use E6000 and four clamps. Glue, position the buckle and clamp overnight, and voila! Really handsome, dontcha think?
6 This was the Born to Shop brooch from my charm jewelry collection that we sold to stores in the 90's. I glued a bow stamping to the side of the shoe with the hanging hole upside down. From this I dangled an earring pendant and little bag of money charms. I topped it with a pretty little heart, a bisque rose and some little sparklers. You will have to use glue for a project like this; I recommend E6000.
7 It couldn't be easier than this: simply bond a selection of our 13mm button cabs (flatbacked) to our 11-link bracelet with E-6000 glue and let it cure overnight. The center button is 18mm. "This is a fantastic idea! ..." View Comments...
8 All you need are five old gold-filled or plated-brass-case teacher watches, some large jumps in about a 12mm (if you can get raw brass it's best, I don't carry them at this time but will have some soon) and hang clusters of charms (I love the reproduction-style puffy hearts and hollow charms we carry at Ebay and on the site) along with little beads and caged simulation pearls. This is my personal bracelet and a special favorite. "It is so helpful for you t..." "THIS IS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY ..." View Comments...
9 This might look elaborate, but it's not. I took vintage style belt buckles, topped them with bezels and filled them with pretty vintage stones. I connected them all together through their filigree ends and beaded up the backs. The centerpiece has pretty little dangles and a birdie bonded on as a motif. I didn't spend more than an hour making this set!
10 I used gunmetal components and a vintage glass cameo to make this unique necklace. Now here is an example where it's all in the componentry---it took very very little skill to make this piece, just a little time with pliers and hooking together. The cameo was glued on with E6000. Probably it didn't take more than a half an hour to put this together---and how showy! It really demonstrates how important it is to look for interesting findings.
11 A closeup of the centerpiece. "Fabulous piece! I love it!" View Comments...
12 This is a WIIIDE bracelet about two inches wide, and though it may look elaborate, it was so easy. I used figured heavy vintage chain and rolo along with our wide necklace or bracelet ends carried on the site. This one is finished with a foldover clasp, but you could use a lobster, toggle or whatever clasp you prefer.
13 Another bracelet with different chain in the same 'feeling.' I used a large box clasp for the finish and topped it with a large dragonfly finding which I glued on. This one also has a safety catch.
14 Sideways view of the bracelet. Remember to click on the photo and it will enlarge!
15 This piece has a filigree back to which I hand-wired these pretty leaves and flowers. I centered it with a rose-colored 25x18mm stone which I mounted in a crown-style mount. Then I glued in little stones and pearls. I covered the filigree back with another filigree which I wired on, and then I wired on a pinback. It didn't take that long to make and was such a splashy brooch! I sold it on Ebay right away. Everyone loves pink!
16 Vintage Czech intaglio cameo is mounted to the centerpiece which is a belt buckle that has filigree ends. I gypsy-beaded the necklace sections and connected them with jumps, which is sort of a signature technique, with me.
17 Rolo chain is the base for many a B'sue bib necklace. This is our brass ox rolo chain. I simply suspended beaded sections on headpins, with pretty Victorian heart charms at the end, beaded up the back and VOILA...wowzer, what a great look. A necklace like this can be made in a couple of hours or less, if you are adept with a pliers.
18 Here are a couple of found-item collaged pieces. The necklace is made on one of the brass crescent base findings you will find in Bases and Cuffs on our websitea bsueboutiques.com. "any ideas of the bracelet?..." View Comments...
19 An easy charm bracelet using caged pearls, a favorite design component.
20 This necklace was made with a vintage French deco finding in the centerpiece, completely studded with vintage Czech stones. Then I beaded it up, gypsy-style, on headpins and added a toggle.
21 Nothing to it! Just string some pretty pear-shaped beads on headpins and attch to a chain section, bead up the dies and add a clasp. "How do you keep the chain ..." View Comments...
22 An example of how you can connect bracelet plaque stampings to make a bracelet. These are topped with rare old dresden enamels---at one time I had a motherlode of this material, but it's years ago sold through. You could substitute pretty stones in mounts, glued to the plaques, photo images in bezels under lenses, or brass plaques that you yourself might paint. Many are painting on the brass hearts nowadays and the look is scrumptious!
23 You have to be a little determined to work a button bracelet this full, but it's not that hard. I made this one with some beautiful imported Czech glass buttons and pretty dangly beads. Work the dangly beads FIRST, and attach them; attach the buttons last by jumps through their back shanks. This way they won't get in your way when you are attaching other things.
24 I've mounted some pretty stones into 18x13mm mounts and interspersed them among assorted heart charms in mixed-metal finishes. Don't for a minute think that you've got to keep all your plating finishes in the same family! It's cool to mix it up, adds texture and this way, too, you really can wear it with anything!
