Breath Life Into Vintage Jewelry

Do you have a ton of old jewelry that you don’t really use or wear anymore?  Are you unsure of what to do with all of this extra, currently unused jewelry?  Perhaps you have obtained a bunch of vintage jewelry from your family, thrift shop or swap meet that aren’t exactly up to your taste or style?  Well, there is no need to worry! You won’t have to let it sit unused or sell it for cheap just to recoup some value for some beautiful jewelry that doesn’t quite fit your personal style or taste.  There are numerous ways to breathe new life into vintage jewelry items so that they can start matching your particular needs and desires. Let’s show you a few ways to restore and repurpose your old vintage jewelry here!  Luckily for you, you won’t need to own a Cuban jewelry store or jewelry repair shop to do a lot of this repurposing yourself.

• Try turning old sets of silverware into cupboard handles

Who said that all jewelry needs to be worn?  Sometimes we have fine dining items that we don’t want to damage by using but also are too sentimental and beautiful to sell or never use.  Luckily, with the use of a rubber mallet and drill, you won’t need a jewelry repair shop to fix this issue for you.  You can flatten the ends of a vintage spoon or fork, drill some holes into the ends and repurpose your fine silverware into beautiful, unique handles for your cupboards and cabinets.  You can also…

•  Make unique pendants from old keys and sets of silverware

  

Another wonderful way to restore fine dining silverware is by cutting them to an appropriate pendant size with a jewelry saw and then drilling holes in the ends so that necklaces and chains can be attached to them.  You can make fantastic, one of a kind jewelry by adorning these pendants with shiny beads and semi-precious stones.

In a similar fashion, you can attach beads or stones to old house keys to make pendants as well.

• Beautiful bookmarks with your earrings

You can whip up a few uncannily unique bookmarks by attaching old, unused earrings to strips of velvet.  Use the velvet strip as the actual bookmark and allow the earring to hang on the outside of the book gorgeously.

• Transform old costume jewelry, buttons and hairpins into unique hair decorations

Do you have a lot of single buttons or costume jewelry lying around?  Well, now they can be used to hold your hair down in style! All you have to do is get a bobby pin (or a ponytail holder) and glue the buttons or costume jewelry onto it.  These extremely cost-effective hair decorations will be cheaper and more beautiful than any pre-made decorations you can buy yourself. You won’t need to pay a jewelry repair service to do it for you either.

• Transform vintage plates and china into beautiful wall decorations

Many of us have china and vintage plates that we are afraid to damage by consistently using and eating off of.  So why don’t we show off their beauty in another way? Vintage plates and china can be easily shown off when displayed against the wall, attached simply to a wall hook or plate hanger.  This can be a perfect idea if you have a lot of wall space to cover.

Hopefully, these ideas help make it a lot easier to start bringing your vintage pieces and jewelry out of storage and back into use.  Amazingly, you can easily work on these ideas yourself without the use of a jewelry repair service. However, if you still need more help with your jewelry game, please stop by our Cuban jewelry shop Santayana.  It would be our pleasure to help you find new uses for your old jewelry!