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Ways To Reuse Your Old Jewelry

Most of us keep old jewelry in a drawer or box wondering what to do with them as they have lost their prime and become out of fashion. As these have high emotional value, old jewelry cannot be thrown. They cannot be given as a charity as they have missing parts or are so broken that they cannot be held together. So, the best option in such circumstances is to reuse these old jewelry. But since they have become out of fashion and are nearly broken, it is essential to reuse them skillfully. Some parts of old jewelry like beads might not be available now and these makes these old jewelry a piece of fashion. Following points will help you in reusing old jewelry skillfully and in a unique way.

1. The easiest way to reuse your old jewelry is to make new jewelry. With the use of some basic tools, old jewelry can be dismantled and with addition of new wire new jewelry can be easily refashioned. You can change the pattern of beads by removing them which gives it a look of new jewelry.
2. Another way of reusing your old jewelry is to use them to enhance your apparel. Beads can be used as buttons and they really sparkle. Diamonds and crystals can be attached to your cloths using fabric glue. This will enhance look of your cloths and make you look more fashionable in those cloths. You can also attach part of jewelry pieces to your hand bags or purses. Different colored beads would look attractive on your purse giving it a fashionable hue.
3. Old brooches can be converted into shoe buckles. These brooches prevent marks and scruffs on your shoes from being visible along with enhancing their look. As brooches cannot be easily taken apart, these can be converted into arm bands.
4. Another way of recycling or reusing your old jewelry is jewelry repair. A ring can be resized, a bracelet which has a loose clasp can be tightened, some might just require a good polish to make them look bright and shine. With the use of some minor tools, you can do these repairs yourself without any expertise thus saving cost and getting new jewelry.
5. If you have old jewelry that has antique value, you can even pledge these jewelry and raise some cash. Some diamond jewelry with precious stones are ethnic and are crafted in traditional way. These are not available today and have high value. Some of these ethnic jewelry can be found at an auction and are auctioned at high rate. If this jewelry is pledged, it can give handsome amount that can be used to buy new jewelry or the amount can be invested in a profitable way.
6. Last but not the least, old jewelry come handy as a decoration piece for your house. Some ancient jewelry are decoration pieces on their own. Others can be used to enhance decorative value of candles, x-mass trees and other pieces of decoration kept in the living room.

Make Your Own Personalized Jewelry Box

To own a personalized and beautiful jewelry box, you just need imagination and creativity along with some knowledge on how these jewelry boxes are made. There are numerous types of jewelry boxes and various materials used to make these boxes. There are wooden jewelry boxes that can be designed as per you need. These boxes are made from natural woods such as oak, teak, and mahogany. They are sanded to perfection, stained beautifully and protected with a shiny clear coat. Some of these jewelry boxes have larger jewelry cabinets, especially the taller models that have carved legs and sometimes they resemble like furniture. Various types of jewelry can be stored in these boxes. Necklaces, bracelets, rings, chains, studs hoop earrings and dangling earrings can easily fit in these boxes. These boxes have cubicles where all kind of jewelry can be kept. These cubicles are designed after taking measurements of each and every jewelry item that can fit in this jewelry box.

Wooden jewelry boxes come in various forms and sizes. There are jewelry boxes that use Maple wood finish and have floral burlwood accent on lid. They come with mirror along with seven necklace hooks in the lid, a hidden necklace drop that is behind the drawers. Its top has ring rolls in the center along with three divided sections on the left and two sections on the right. It also has two half drawers and one full open drawer at the bottom. It is covered with bone sueded fabric.

Personalized jewelry boxes can be made of leather. They provide quite luxurious feeling and great style to the boxes. You can get Faux leather jewelry clutch which has quilted detail. It has a clutch handle, mirror, earring strip, two snap out ring rolls, protective cover for earrings and rings. It also has shirred catch pocket, snap in necklace holders. It can be closed with a zipper closure and has a fold-down silvertone latch on top. It is hand lined along with bone sueded fabric.

Another option in personalized leather jewelry box that can be designed is trunk-styled box which has carry handle, shirred catch pocket in lid, mirror- necklace hooks. Its top consists of two divided sections along with removable protective covers, one section with earring cards and stationery lid. Its top also has two drawers, one which is open and the other with two sections. It has drop down ring section to its right and quilted lining behind ring rolls. It is hand lined with bone sueded fabric and has tassle key lock.

Personalized jewelry boxes can be musical too. You can get designer Ivory finish jewelry box which has floral details on the lid. It plays “Magic Flute” when opened and closed and has mirror in lid along with four open sections. It has one ring section and is covered by rose sueded fabric.
In addition to making hard solid jewelry boxes, you can innovate with fun jars that can store jewelry. These can be used as decorative items as they look beautiful.