Making Jewelry Out of Junk

Using useless things that just lay around the house to make Jewelry is becoming increasingly popular these days.  Many people are making "Upcycled" Jewelry out of recycled metal, paper, bottle caps and other things.  Making Jewelry out of Junk is a way to stay stylish and environmentally friendly, which is important in this "Green" world of ours.  There are several artisans who will take old extension cords and use the old copper electrical wire from them to make beautiful wire-wrapped items.  Soda cans can be cut, or the pop tabs used to create pendants, chains, earrings, rings, and other jewelry items.  You know those annoying ads that you receive in the mail every Tuesday?  How about boiling those down to create paper-mache beads!  Or maybe you could cut them up and roll them into oblong paper beads.  Take those scrapbook paper remnants and make origami earrings out of them!  Or maybe you could string a bunch of bottle caps together to create a beautiful bracelet. The possibilities really are endless.  You can make something out of nothing!

Soda Pop Tab Ring

The ring pictured is of my own making.  It is made from upcycled soda tabs, a glass bead, and some silver-plated copper wire.  Easy Peasy!