It may be nearing the end of March, but it's the start of a new week, and that means a new free project! While this week's project doesn't feature the use of personal imagery, in her book, Semiprecious Salvage, author Stephanie Lee does have a few projects that sport her own personal imagery and I know she'd love to see how you incorporate your own images into handmade jewelry.
The project you see here was completed using an image I took of my frosty front yard, after an ice storm moved through the Ohio Valley. It's hard to tell from this photo, but I printed my image onto shrink plastic, then encased it in a little plexi box. So as you can see, incorporating personal imagery can go well beyond scrap booking or collage and can also be done with jewelry.The possibilities are endless!
I thoroughly enjoyed myself during this long three-day weekend by creating a couple of jewelry pieces that made good use of my used-up Starbucks cards. I loved the colors and motifs on the card that was out around Valentine's Day and it worked perfectly for my favorite symbol, the heart. I've seen many innovative ways recently, that crafters have given new life to what would otherwise have been discarded. Do any of you have recent examples of how you have turned trash to treasure?
