Hello my lovely readers. Today for you I have just a couple of pretty things. I was looking through an old edition of La Mode Française ("French Fashion") and found a lovely little feature on jewelry.
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| La Mode Française French fashion magazine from 1932. |
The title, Bijoux Moderne, translates as "modern jewelry." The article speaks about the impossibility for most budgets to allow beautiful jewelry for every ensemble in your closet. It suggests that when she is constrained by lack of cash, the clever woman can make her own instead.
You can see from the motifs pictured below what kinds of beads and and styles were popular in 1932. I have seen a lot of vintage jewelry in my time (it was one of my mother's particular specialties) and even now pieces like these are expensive to buy.
Judging by the designs above though, they wouldn't be that hard to reproduce. One can often find lots of loose vintage beads for sale on Etsy and Ebay - wouldn't it be fun to make your own reproduction piece?
Below are some lovely beads for sale on Etsy that are similar to those illustrated.
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| You can find these here. |
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| You can find these here. |
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| You can find these here. |
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| You can find these here. |
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| You can find these here. |
How about you, have you ever tried making your own jewelry?
I'm all the time making, remaking, or mending pieces of jewelry. As much as I love finding a great vintage piece in nice or mint condition, I have just as much affection for the pieces that I have made or otherwise altered. :)
ReplyDeleteI love this little article and really like those first green disc/spacer beads you listed! Thanks for the new ideas!
Dear Anna, I agree with Rach, this gives us many possibilities and ideas. I'm always on the lookout for art deco jewelry pieces, but with my budget can't usually afford them so this is a great article. I hadn't thought of making my own. Thanks a bunch! Kathy from Arizona
ReplyDeleteI've used polymer clay before you make the items I want to make the jewellry from....its quite fun and possibilties are endless.
ReplyDeleteI used to make quite a few necklaces when I was in high school, using glass, wood, semi-precious stone beads...Sewing has taken over now and I don't do this anymore, but I recently found some of these old handmade necklaces and I'm happy to wear them again!
ReplyDeleteI've just started beading, and I love it. :)
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