Bargains! Opportunities to Create!
Do you find yourself drawn to thrift shops, second hand stores, recycle shops, antique shops and estate sales? No matter how I try to avoid them, an invisible magnate pulls. Why do I try to avoid them? Well, there are so many possibilities for all the things I see. And I tend to keep things until I’m inspired to use them. That means there are boxes under beds, in closets, and stacked in corners waiting …waiting … waiting! One of my goals for this next year is to make a glorious piece of jewelry once a month that uses one of the treasures I’ve found; something that creates a story and connects the now with the past. Being in a new town, Prescott, with so many intriguing places to explore is similar to being in Wonderland. Looking in, around and under the items encourages me to make up stories about who made something, what the owners lives were like, and inspires me to combine the old with the new. I’m sharing a few of the pi...