DIY Crafts: Vintage Costume Jewelry Holiday Tree

Elda shows us great ideas on how to make a fun and unique decoration out of old costume jewelry. These pieces make great gifts!
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[@lauras5100]

Thrift stores & garage sales can be great places to get jewelry. Use a glue which dries glue if you want this tree to last. Hot glue yellows & cracks over time, it also melts if you store your Christmas decorations in attic or garage. I’ve been making these trees for years & add Christmas lights to mine.

[@suefisher7373]

I think it's great because so much gets thrown out by families and it's a lovely way to keep it

[@donnawallace9938]

I've been doing these for years. People love them.

[@teresadavis9557]

I enjoyed watching this video. I’ve been wanting to make one of these for a very long time. I try to make everything perfect and in doing so this causes me to procrastinate. I think I feel encouraged enough to give it a try. It’s a good way to get your pretty jewelry out of the drawers and up on a wall so you can enjoy it. Thank you

[@Leahmom8]

Looove this! I’m a bit nervous to try it, but you do make it look easy and forgiving!

[@julietstyles9467]

True! I am the same! And have been wanting to use my grandmothers jewelry somehow for a long time!

[@tinyacres2827]

How pretty! And what a nice way to display remants of jewelry that would otherwise not be used for anything.

[@amykraft1171]

Beautiful! I can’t wait to try doing mine!

[@JerrieLegree]

I have been wanting to make one of these Christmas trees! A great resource for old jewelry is thrift stores! Goodwill has bags or jars of jewelry sometimes. I'm in Canada so they are quite reasonable prices here. Great job on this one! 👏

[@carolyndaughton3373]

This is a very helpful tutorial. Your projects turned out beautifully! You have a great eye for composition. Thank you for sharing your talent.

[@jeaninserra7436]

Amazing and easy to follow you. Thank you so much!

[@alicecowan3499]

Very cute!❤

[@amykraft1171]

Looks great very helpful video

[@daniellehinesly7967]

💕 This is lovely. Thank you! (I'm amazed at what you can do with it upside down! Beautiful!)

[@planetmarie]

Thanks for this video. I was specifically looking for how to make the velvet frame. The rest was great too!

[@julietstyles9467]

I love the is! Thanks!

[@kathyatapia2856]

I love it!!! 💖 thank you

[@juliegolub2602]

Absolutely beautiful and fun 😊

[@barbmattes8743]

your're AMAZING !! My sister just died and I have boxes of vintage jewelry that I just don't want to give away. Do you have any ideas of how to make a "beach" scene where she loved to be? Great job Elda !

[@1065Olivia]

Turned out beautiful!!!

[@МарічкаМарічка-д7в]

Неймовірна краса !!! Дякую !!! Успіхів Вам !!!

[@monavelasco-mireles261]

Loved it!!

[@asamples333]

This would be cool to make with buttons, also

[@daliakanellakis7245]

I enjoyed the process. But the audio was terrible. I had to struggle to hear. Great way to use old jewelry we all have sitting in boxes for years.

[@rosaeshaq4497]

Thank you! I hope to make five of front mom’s jewelry. How big is your frame?

[@wandiluz]

What are you using to cut/trim jewelry?

[@Moongirlnamaste369]

Beautiful and thanks for sharing ! I’m curious Is glue gun better than E300 ?? A lot of people are using E300🤷‍♀️

[@shellypayne8402]

Thank you for the video How sturdy is the hot glue….is it permanent?

[@donadavidson52]

Have you sold these? If so where do u recommend selling and how many have u sold? And what is average price u sell for? Love ur video

[@loopthetube]

Don't you need to take backs off some pieces like clip on earings? If so how.

[@mimime5326]

I use wire cutters

[@suzyallen1726]

😃

[@mimime5326]

I’ve tried all sorts of glue. Is using a glue gun best?

[@deehart5866]

This was not live for me so I watched it from the start so the if you are just getting on was redundant

[@normabulanda1320]

She has a very interesting video but volume is very low.

[@RichnSue27]

I just turned up my volume!

[@yvonnepierce2913]

Too Fuzzy to see well.

[@carriepriegel6477]

As one who fabricates one-of-a-kind jewelry with vintage & antique jewelry, it breaks my heart to see beautiful pieces get glued down for trees

[@betsybrady8520]

But…. Now those jewels are in a very special place for many to admire instead of sitting in a drawer unused! Look at the postive

[@kathycameroncrafts1]

Beautiful art!!

[@donnadiesburg7451]

Thats an odd comment.

[@donnadiesburg7451]

Why is what you do ok and not this? you're just complaining. I'm sure you didn't watch it all.

[@GoFarFarAway.]

What is the complaint about? Costume jewels BE IT vintage, or modern will never see the light of day. Just rotting away in a jewelry box that will be thrown out OR given to Goodwill to rake buyers over on their prices and auctions. I make jewelry trees and so many other designs and I have families give pieces of precious stones and metal jewelry that will never be worn placed in one of the designs. Atleast that will be featured for a whole season, sometimes longer like the bouquets and seasonal scenes I make. Framed jewelry art is beautiful!!! No matter what the piece is old, new, or heirloom antique it will be stashed away and never worn or appreciated. Ps.... What you do is comprise the original work, what is so diffrent? We both alter the original for another purpose, to be seen and loved.