Reorganized Junk

A couple of weeks ago in an attempt to lift myself out of the winter-long funk I’ve been in, I was organizing my jewelry making “stuff” when I came across this hideous beaded plant holder that my grandmother had given me in a box of odds and ends a few years ago. The majority of the beads were clear “crystal-like” things, but there were also a variety of fruits, vegetables and leaves.

I always thought it was one of the ugliest things I’d ever seen, but couldn’t bring myself to throw it out thinking I could find a use for all those beads. I have moved it around from place to place for years now. I’d think about taking it apart, but since I didn’t have any ideas for what to do with it, it was easier to keep it in one piece until I came up with an idea.

I’ve been reading Green Gracious regularly and was particularly inspired by the post on uses for dental floss. While organizing all that stuff, I came across stringing materials that I’d bought, but hadn’t tried yet too.


So, I went to work dismantling the plant holder and experimenting with rearranging it into “jewelry” of sorts. The one question I had when I finished was, “Is this like making a dress out of your grandma’s old doilies?” My initial thought was yes, it is very much like making a dress out of doilies. But, the hideous plant holder is no more.