Repurposed / Eco-Friendly
Jewelry Gallery

Little Turtle Brooch  This brooch was created from a scrap piece of leather and a vintage ear ring. The leather came from a bag of scrap given to me by a friend. The ear ring ...

Frozen Charlotte's Time Machine  This little brass pillbox sat on my work table for several years - it was something my mother had given to me and I wasn't sure what I was going to do ...

Repurposed Vintage Compact and Brooch RetroClassy Necklace  I've been repurposing vintage and antique jewelry, parts and pieces for quite some time now. This is a recent creation of mine. I wanted to do a piece ...

All American  Another visit to the antique store, and some more fun stuff pulled out of a junk box!

The base of this mixed media pin is the nameplate off of an old ...

Bold circle w/vintage sapphire  Here is another one of my recycled/repurposed pieces I found. It's actually an escutcheon that goes over openings when plumbing work is done. I attached ...

Orange Deco Wire Nut  This piece was really fun to make and I love it!! I found it among items brought back from job sites and started re-purposing and recycling them. The ...

French Steel Cut Celestial Necklace  I discovered this stunning buckle and was intrigued by the blue tint. It is a stunning antique French steel cut buckle that has oxidized in such a unique ...

Porcelain Faucet Handle Necklace  I work for an HVAC/plumbing contractor. I would see buckets of items brought back from job sites.

I thought about them sitting there rusting and thought ...

Coming Unhinged!  One of the local antiques dealers has gotten used to me coming in looking for weird things to make jewelry with, so now he just hands me boxes of mixed ...

My Grandmother's buttons  My grandmother was a seamstress for her grandchildren and herself. She collected buttons and always let us kids play with them. When she passed away,...

Evergreen necklace  My name is Irma Guzman, owner and designer at Irma Guzman Eco Jewelry, an online store whose designs are inspired by the beauty of nature. This piece is ...

Be Green Crystal Earrings  So I had this all brass round bead necklace that probably had fifty round beads. I looked at it and thought it was kind of boring and needed a little bling....

Handmade tie necklace with congolo center  My name is Lady Ortiz, I am from Colombia and live in the UK.

I import natural materials from Colombia to design my jewelry. My mother who lives in ...

Bronco Buster  This is a piece that's been in the making for several months. I knew I wanted to make a pendant out of the brass keyhole plate, and I knew I wanted to ...

Faucet Handle Pin  When I came across some old water spigot handles with chippy paint on them I just knew I had to come up with a design idea!

I've been saving a handful ...

Western Buckle Pendant  Yep, I'm still at it - trying to find ways to make jewelry out of every little odd thing I pick up! This time it's a pretty little tooled buckle from a ...

Industrial Age and the Queen Mother  I've felt a bit like a mad scientist lately - can't get enough of taking grubby old metal objects and transforming them into one of a kind jewelry pieces!...

Hinges & Gears  I had a lot of fun creating this bracelet out of re-purposed
materials - hinges and clock gears! The owner of one of the local bead stores always has ...

Rusty Flowers Escutcheon Pendant  Here's another piece in my ongoing experiment with found object jewelry.

This little escutcheon was covered with chipped, rusty paint - just the kind ...

"Garden Splash"  This fun charm bracelet was made using jewelry parts
from vintage earrings and necklaces found at estate and yard sales. Old chains were added and embellished ...

"Shot Through The Heart"  This necklace and earring set was made with old jewelry parts, and a few new. Old earrings were taken apart and rusted for part of the pendant.

Braidenstone ...

Glamorized Business Card Holders  I became ill several years ago and could no longer work. I taught myself how to make jewelry. So many people were already making it that I found it hard ...

Mixture Necklace  This pendant features a mixture of styles - an Art Nouveau maiden
layered over an old Art Deco rhinestone pin. Although I normally
wouldn't combine these ...

Drawer Pull Pendant  This necklace features three re-purposed components - a crystal bead from one of my grandma's old necklaces, a rhinestone dangle from an old earring, and ...

We Started Life as Earrings  What can you make with a pair of earrings? More earrings of course or something completely different. I chose to make something different.

The earrings ...

Escutcheon Bracelet  The base of this bracelet is an old brass escutcheon (keyhole cover) that I carefully bent with bail making pliers and layered with verdigris filigree ...

More Jewelry Made with Staples  Here are some more packing box staples in a totally different design. (See my earlier necklace, Fun, Funky, and a Bit Rustic , made with staples.)

The ...

A Mixture of Earrings and Other Recycled Jewelry  Working with different materials gives you the inspiration to make something out of nothing.

All these items were mostly from 1950s - 1960s era loose ...

Copper with a Vintage History Upcycled and Renewed for the Future Generations  I have collected Vintage and Antique jewelry for many years.

I think I know when a piece is so beautiful you can not part with it; and there comes a ...

Vintage Wearable History  I have collected antique and vintage jewelry for over forty years and it is also my passion. The history, the glamour, everything that goes with vintage ...

Silver Plated Spoon Handle Necklace with a Big Heart.  I love repurposing silverware into beautiful necklaces, bracelets, earrings, etc. My mom and I have found silverware or jewelry pieces through various ...

Ebony Seed Pod and Jasper Necklace  My mother and I were taking a walk in San Benito, Texas when I saw these wonderful seed pods laying on the ground. I immediately knew what they would ...

Lady Chatterley  Long before there was a Melrose Place TV show, there were unique little antique shops and boutiques on the street.

I found this lovely little dress ...

Put a Spell on You Necklace  I am fortunate to have friends and family members who are collectors and willing to part with some of their finds.

The base of this design is a vintage ...

Vintage Pieces of Me  I love old jewelry! I inherited a lot from my grandmother, but unfortunately, most of the earrings etc. didn't have matching pieces.

So I attached them ...

Puttin' on the RITZ!  Oh I just adore this ring! WHAT FUN!

It began with an authentic antique cork lined "RITZ" bottle cap! Only the really old ones are cork lined and this ...

Victorian Button Necklace  I have a passion for digging around flea markets & antique shops.

I came upon a bag full of black jet Victorian buttons in a tiny junk shop.

I cleaned ...

Fun, Funky and a Bit Rustic  A friend called me one day and said she had some over-sized copper colored staples from the bottom of a large packing box. She wondered if I could use ...

Something Old Necklace  The necklace pendant was created with a pair of earrings that I purchased from a rummage sale.

When I saw the earrings I absolutely adored them for ...

SweetLife Recycled Paper Flower Lariat Necklace  I normally work in fine handmade Japanese washi paper exclusively, but I live in Eugene, Oregon, which is blessed to have a fantastic artist materials ...

Ladder Leather Earrings  This is one of my favorite eco-friendly jewelry creations. It is made from my own leather belt which I have deconstructed to elicit a chic and unique ...

Unusually Uncommon ~ Mysterious in Black & Copper Jewelry  The inspiration for creating this set came from a rare moment of monotony and the need to express myself in a different way ~ it did come out quite "different!...

Craft On Paper Mache Pendant  Do you ever feel like people don't really know you? Or that you don't really proclaim what excites you?

I get this a lot being a mom.

Seriously,...

Antique Key Necklace  I was interested in making some jewelry with antique skeleton keys.

I like the idea of mixing the old with the new.

Once I started I couldn't stop ...

Midnight in the Garden  My Mom loved wearing large jewelry with lots of glitz back in the 50's and 60's.

When she offered me some of her old jewelry, I jumped at the chance....

Jewelry Made From Recycled Pure Brass Bullet Shell Cartridges  This unique bullet shell bracelet is made from "spent" bullet shells found in the desert where sportsmen like to go for target shooting practice.

I ...

Lillie & Rose  Lillie and Rose were my husband's grandmother and her identical twin sister, who came over from England when they were just a few years old.

Although ...

Grandma's Earring  I was lucky to inherit many wonderful things from my grandmother, including her jewelry box. By the time it came to me it contained mostly bits of costume ...

The Gladys Necklace - A Tale of Two Grandmothers 

My Gladys Necklace is a tale of two grandmothers in Arizona. At one time I had four grandmothers.

How did I wind up with four? Well, like this:...

Fab Repurposed Deco Buckle and Tintype Photo Brooch  One of my favorite items to work with and re-purpose are antique tintype photos. I find a suitable antique buckle or sash pin and then go through my extensive ...

Beautiful Natural jewelry from exotic seeds.  I am a Colombian girl who always liked to take advantage of the virtues of nature and turn them into beautiful accessories.

I ...

Angel of Hope Domino Art Pendant  I used a vintage bakelite domino, an angel stamp, some wire and a couple of lampwork beads to create this pendant.

It was published in Country Lifestyle ...

Victorian Splendor  Made from a recycled victorian pin, goldtone chain with 14k filled clasp, and miscellaneous beads such as Freshwater pearls,crystals,genuine moonstones,...