JCrew bubble necklace altered

[ssmjlm]

After the thread from earlier an the discussion between the size of the knockoffs and the factory one I took my knockoff and made it a bit smaller.

This is before.

[ssmjlm]

This is the necklace after. I took off quite a bit but it's more my style now and not as heavy as before.

[ssmjlm]

And I took two of the extra balls and made some simple earrings. I need to get gold ones but I wanted to see how they looked.

[xokell2]

Wow, I like it! Wish I were that creative

[kkloth]

Nice work! This makes me like it much more. :::: off to eBay ::::

[futurepivko]

Very nice! I ordered the knock off and may do this. I was on the waiting list for the factory one for 3 weeks and the ship date kept changing so I cancelled.

[mrst2]

Wow that looks great! The earrings are really cute too!

[Deleted]

Great job!! Love the earrings.

[ssmjlm]

Thanks! It was pretty easy since everything is connected with o-rings.

[house]

They look good! They are even simpler than the factory version! I like it! ebay has the factory version for $49 so I guess I could order this and modify as needed for much cheaper!

[AngGee]

Ok so how did you do this? I really like this a lot, more than what I ordered. LOL

[AngGee]

Jun 9, 2012 13:52:10 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

And I took two of the extra balls and made some simple earrings. I need to get gold ones but I wanted to see how they looked.

Where do you buy the hanging earrings? Hobby Lobby??

[ssmjlm]

You can find earring findings at any craft store.

[ssmjlm]

Jun 9, 2012 22:05:28 GMT -5 AngGee said:

Ok so how did you do this? I really like this a lot, more than what I ordered. LOL

I took some jewelry pliers (needle nose would also work) and just opened up the o-rings to remove pieces. I just sort of started with the two furthest out and went from there, checking the size and weight as I went.

[AngGee]

Jun 10, 2012 8:33:49 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Jun 9, 2012 22:05:28 GMT -5 AngGee said:

Ok so how did you do this? I really like this a lot, more than what I ordered. LOL

I took some jewelry pliers (needle nose would also work) and just opened up the o-rings to remove pieces. I just sort of started with the two furthest out and went from there, checking the size and weight as I went.

I am definately going to try this when mine come in. And make the earrings too. YOu ladies have given me such great fashion ideas. As I've told you before, my neice, 10, says I'm the best dressed of the family! Pha ha ha ha ;D

[AngGee]

Ok so I ordered the earring findings in gold, had to order 100. HA So if any of you ladies wanna try this pm me your address and I'll gladly send you some (when they come in).

[hz80408]

Love the idea of the extras for the earrings! I may need to do that on occassion (I have minimal jewelry making experience), it seems like I could always reattached the bubbles to the necklace if I want it bigger again, right?

[ssmjlm]

Yes, you can easily re-attach the bubbles if you want. I would just be careful about how much you handle the o-rings with pliers b/c some of the gold can rub off. It was seriously like a 10 minute thing max to do.

[hz80408]

Jun 11, 2012 10:49:55 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Yes, you can easily re-attach the bubbles if you want. I would just be careful about how much you handle the o-rings with pliers b/c some of the gold can rub off. It was seriously like a 10 minute thing max to do.

Cool, thanks for the idea!