A piece of vintage lace

A friend of mine passed on a box of vintage buttons and trimmings  to me hoping I could find a good use for them.
Included in the box, was a long piece of lace that was in reasonable shape and could take being beaded.  I used wire and ribbon to support the lace, beads and buttons. This was complicated.... hard trying to figure out the how to pull lace, ribbon, & wire together to finish the closing and focal piece. I was threading lace, wire and ribbon through EVERY bead I added!!! I took it apart a couple of times before I finally finished.  I should have planned this out better, but I really do my best problem-solving tactically using the materials causing the problem to solve the problem. I am truly a hands-on learner.

Thank You Sally Epley for these treasures!!

Big Shiny Vintage Buttons

  I use many kinds of vintage buttons to make necklaces.  I like big shiny ones especially... to often make beautiful focal pieces for necklaces. Big buttons are often hard to find, and come at a premium when purchasing them. 
  Finding the right buttons I need is one issue...but connecting buttons-to-chain is another problem: jump rings, wire, chain, thread, ribbon...every necklace has it's own "button-to-chain challenge".  

The connecting findings I use are modern, but my goal is to use modern findings to enhance and focus on the simple beauty of vintage buttons used in my necklaces....To re-purpose vintage buttons into modern wearable jewelry.



(This applies to vintage lace pieces as well.)
 



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