If you've been following my blog for awhile now, you know that my sweet mother-in-law passed away in June.
She was an avid lover of jewelry, always making sure her earrings matched her clothing.
After her passing, her two daughters along with myself, went through her collection, gathering things that we'd like to have to remember her. (After her funeral, we gathered as a family at our house, where we had laid the remaining jewelry out for everyone to peruse and take at their leisure...it was a great way to "share" bits of her without having to give the bulk of it to charity.)
I selected several pieces, some of which I wear currently.
However, I was drawn to this pin for some reason.
It's high-fashion costume jewelry, but I loved the delicate leaves and pearl with "emerald" centered flowers. It just spoke to me.
However, I rarely wear a pin, and I knew it was going to be hidden away... which would be such a shame.
Then I had a brilliant idea...
So I went to Hobby Lobby and purchased this.
I the jewelry section, I found this brown leather double strapped bracelet with a peg closure. It was less than $10 after using my 40% off weekly coupon code.
I strapped the bracelet on to see where I wanted to position the pin.
I KNEW that the pin would not be centered on the wide part of the leather as wrist size greatly affects how a bracelet sits on your wrist.
I then used a silver Signo pen to make dots where the ends of the pin backing touched the leather.
Next, I used my Crop-o-Dile to punch two small holes over the silver markings.
You can use an awl to do the same thing, I just have this crafty tool as a card-crafter.
You can see the silver mark through the hole of punch. One squeeze over each mark and it was done.
I needed the holes to be precise so that I could thread the pin through one hole to the other hole.
Once I had them through, I clasped the pin back and it was secured neatly to the bracelet.
Next, I took the second thinner strap and threaded it under the pin, over the larger base of the bracelet.
This is exactly how it was to work in the first place.
It fit perfectly, and I was thrilled with my new "vintage" bracelet.
Because the pin is not glued to the leather, I can remove it if I want to wear it as a pin.
The backing doesn't bother my arm in any way when I wear this bracelet either.
I LOVE the delicate pin with the rugged leather and I know that I will wear it more as a bracelet than as a pin.
Think of ways you can take cherished pieces and wear them in different ways to make them current and fashionable.
It's the best part of breaking all the rules.
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