Found Elements Used in Design

This vintage jet black found cameo style piece is just waiting
for me to use it in a design. Note the gorgeous vintage grey
square mother of pearl button in the lower corner. Beauty!


A great shot of various vintage white mother of pearl buttons
that are waiting to be designed with. I look high and low to find
great elements to design my jewelry out of.


There are a lot of different great vintage elements to design with in
this photo. Note the vintage gold filled locket with filigree on the
bottom right corner. The cameo hand carved mother of pearl girl
pendant in the lower left is another great piece. Hearts seem to be
filling up this photo, but they are truly a romantic sign of the times
with vintage elements and thus quite often found in my pursuit of
great finds.

Vintage keys are always a great addition to vintage styled

designs. The gold leaf elment is cool, as are the various white

vintage mother of pearl carved buttons, and the awesome very

large mother of pearl belt buckle piece up on the top left.


The top right rose gold bird will become a cool element in a

vintage redesign necklace piece, as will the great glass clear

vintage buttons and various other elements shown here.


The top left cameo piece is a finished pendant for a necklace

that is currently SOLD. It started as a combination of found

elements and is now a great one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry.

Note that the found element that takes up most of the space in

this photo is a vintage door pull. These are great design elements.

Bottom right piece started out as a vintage mother of pearl grey

button and vintage 1950's clip on earring. A lovely combination.

I just wanted to share with you some of the treasures I look for

when I am out foraging. I may find great pieces at an antique shop

nearby or while in Illinois for a family wedding. I keep an eye out

for little treasures while shopping thrift stores, garage sales, flea

markets, occasional sales, and whatever resources I happen to come

upon that may have great smalls such as these.

I have been a collector of smalls since I can first remember even back

to as early of an age as eight years old. I guess I was destined to do

this creative type of work for many years.