All of my friends and family members know that I’m a crafter and collect just about anything to be upcycled into a new craft project. Needless to say, I have an entire shoebox full of broken jewelry that people have given to me over the years. Yes, I have a lot of broken necklaces, single earrings, pendants, bracelets, pins, brooches, neck chains, etc. A LOT!
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Last weekend my 11 1/2 year old granddaughter came up with a brilliant idea to take some of those jewelry pieces and turn them into simple bookmarks using satin ribbon. What a great idea! We then got busy picking out the pendants and single earrings that she wanted to use.
Upcycled Broken Jewelry Ribbon Bookmarks
Pendants or Dangle-Style Earrings
Ribbon to Coordinate
Scissors
Pliers
Wire Cutters
You’ll need to use pliers and/or wire cutters to remove chains, jump-rings, clasps, earring posts, etc. from your broken jewelry pieces. You don’t want anything sharp sticking out, so make sure you clip them off closely and smoothly.
In our photos you’ll see an olive green faux gemstone that used to be an earring. We clipped off the stud portion and the post. We left on the tiny o-ring at the top. We used some coordinating ribbon from my scrap box that measures 14″ in length. We threaded one end through the o-ring and then knotted the two ends together. Make sure your ribbon is long enough to stick out of a book.
The nice thing about using ribbon is that it’s thin and won’t bend-up the book’s pages or cause the book to not close properly. Plus, they’re light-weight. You can hand them out to your friends or better yet…give them as an inexpensive birthday gift to that book reader on your gift list. They fit easily inside a Birthday or Christmas greeting card.
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This is a lovely way to reuse broken jewelry. I’m always in need of bookmarks, so I’ll have to try this!
Your granddaughter is so clever to come up with this neat idea. This would be a nice idea to give out at a book club meeting.
That is a good idea. She takes after her grandmother. Thank you for sharing.
#! Love jack reacher books ………….. I have all of them
And I also never throw away a broken piece of jewelry. I have been know to pick the stone out of some really damaged pieces.