Easy Designs Made from Brass Stampings
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 1 This is slick and fast! If you love kitsch, you\'ll have such fun with our 35mm lace edged bezels and our 35mm 2X lenses! Just pick out a photo ( I just love using old sepia pix of people I don\'t even know with interesting expressions on their faces!) insert, top with the lens and bend down the tabs on the lace edge....it will take you longer to pic out the photo than it will to make it, guaranteed! Add to funky charm bracelets, charm strings for purses, any kind of mixed media piece! |  2 Here\'s a big flower ring I made with one of our brass ox tearoses sold on the site at http://www.bsueboutiques.com. Just glue to one of our signet ring bases and add a no hole pearl ball. I wear this ring all the time! |  3 Check on the side view on this ring! Lovely detail. I use E6000 glue, it works well and is very very strong. Cures in about 24 hours. We sell it on the site. |  4 What fun I had concocting these! I had some very simple toggle clasps to which I wired one of our oblong brass ox vintage style filigree beads (you guys have to check those beads out....I have them in brox and Russian goldplate and they are faboo!) THEN....added a dangle of brox tulip caps and another bead, and some more pretty dangles. I used Eurowire earring wires in brass ox, which we carry. These are real shoulder dusters! "These are beautiful:)" "Hmmm... These are great! I..." "I just love your unique wa..." View Comments... |
 5 A ten minute project....I took these cool Victorian hearts, which aren\'t drilled, backed them with one of my x-shaped filigree (all you do is position it to the back and bend over the tabs!) Added jumps through some of the holes in the filigree at the back and added a spiffy little bow-motif eurowire in brass ox. Honestly....it really only took about ten minutes to complete! "YOU ARE A GENIOUS - AND MY..." View Comments... |  6 When pigs fly! My eye! LOL I had a good time putting these together, I\'d had these little laser-cut wooden pigs for some time, I just put them on a stirrup-shaped hoop and hung a dark beige glass pearl on one of my filigree cones at the bottom. It took far longer to select the components than it did to make the earrings. |  7 Here is a take-off on the crescent style necklaces I used to make as large collages with glue....instead I used a grid and decorative tipped headpins. I simply \'speared\' the flower and rose stampings (this is a layer, first is a stamping with petals, then the manipulated tearose with the rivet center, we have these on the website at http://www.bsueboutiques.com) and then twisted and looped til it was secure on the grid. All in all it took me MAYBE ten minutes to make the crescent motif centerpiece, and maybe 45 minutes total to plan and bead the rest on eyepins. "Gorgeous! Love the roses. ..." "Omg! i luv this necklace i..." View Comments... |  8 Here is a closeup of the grid. We carry a wide variety of grids made from 50\'s tooling on the website at bsueboutiques.com. We specialize in things you can use for cagework beadery. "THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR..." View Comments... |
 9 Here\'s a pretty lavalier that took about a half an hour to make, once I planned which beads I wanted to use. As you can see, I love to work with unusual cone caps and tiny filigree beads as accent. I carry these on our website at bsueboutiques.com. "This is so beautiful ~..." View Comments... |  10 Here is a closeup of the centerpiece, which I made from an Art Nouveau undrilled medallion. So many times people wonder to do with these great undrilled pieces. Well...you could drill them! LOL or you could wrap, as I did this piece, with filigree or an opened metal bead. I connected to the top with long eyepins that I manipulated. |  11 Here you can see the back of the manipulated centerpiece. I simply bent the tips over to secure the medallion, with pliers. "This would be a great way ..." View Comments... |  12 Not exactly a brass stamping I know....but we do sell this item SKU clearcuff in the BASES and CUFFS section at http://www.bsueboutiques.com It has a slight amber glow, is clear resin. I collage it to the INSIDE with paper scraps...old tickets, parts of letters, postcards, whatever I have that means something to me, even photos! Glue with Memory Stick Glue to the FRONT of the scrap. Press in place, smallest pieces first, then medium, then largest. Gesso over them, let dry, then paint over them (I usually like a parchment or gold-colored paint.) Let that cure then finish the edges or rim with maybe a gold paint pen for a nice finish. Let that set for maybe a day or so...clean up any glue that landed on the front with Novus or Jewelry Joose...and wear! "I like the versatility and..." "I purchased some of these ..." View Comments... |
 13 Same technique as number one, just a different example. I like to do these in front of the TV at night, I can make two or three collages in an hour so long as I have my scrap picked out already. |  14 This is a bangle I made for a friend....you\'re seeing it before she has! I can\'t wait to give it to her. She\'s a new Gramma. Think of the possibilities for gifts and personalization with these clear bangles. |  15 An easy to make charm bracelet put together with the little charms we carry right here on the site. I always start my bracelets with our rolo chain, it\'s so easy to work with and count off. "Your designs are stunning!..." "I have been a customer for..." View Comments... |  16 This is a two inch wide plated cuff finding to which I bonded one of our pretty Victorian swan buckles. Just use E6000 and four clamps. Glue, position the buckle and clamp overnight, and voila! Really handsome, dontcha think? |
 17 This was the Born to Shop brooch from my charm jewelry collection that we sold to stores in the 90\'s. I glued a bow stamping to the side of the shoe with the hanging hole upside down. From this I dangled an earring pendant and little bag of money charms. I topped it with a pretty little heart, a bisque rose and some little sparklers. You will have to use glue for a project like this; I recommend E6000. |  18 It couldn\'t be easier than this: simply bond a selection of our 13mm button cabs (flatbacked) to our 11-link bracelet with E-6000 glue and let it cure overnight. The center button is 18mm. "This is a fantastic idea! ..." View Comments... |  19 All you need are five old gold-filled or plated-brass-case teacher watches, some large jumps in about a 12mm (if you can get raw brass it\'s best, I don\'t carry them at this time but will have some soon) and hang clusters of charms (I love the reproduction-style puffy hearts and hollow charms we carry at Ebay and on the site) along with little beads and caged simulation pearls. This is my personal bracelet and a special favorite. "It is so helpful for you t..." "THIS IS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY ..." "At last! You have shown m..." View Comments... |  20 This might look elaborate, but it\'s not. I took vintage style belt buckles, topped them with bezels and filled them with pretty vintage stones. I connected them all together through their filigree ends and beaded up the backs. The centerpiece has pretty little dangles and a birdie bonded on as a motif. I didn\'t spend more than an hour making this set! "I\'M IN LOVE! SOOOOO BEAUT..." "You are a master designer...." View Comments... |
 21 I used gunmetal components and a vintage glass cameo to make this unique necklace. Now here is an example where it\'s all in the componentry---it took very very little skill to make this piece, just a little time with pliers and hooking together. The cameo was glued on with E6000. Probably it didn\'t take more than a half an hour to put this together---and how showy! It really demonstrates how important it is to look for interesting findings. |  22 A closeup of the centerpiece. "Fabulous piece! I love it!" "I really love this one. So..." "I like the old look it has" View Comments... |  23 This is a WIIIDE bracelet about two inches wide, and though it may look elaborate, it was so easy. I used figured heavy vintage chain and rolo along with our wide necklace or bracelet ends carried on the site. This one is finished with a foldover clasp, but you could use a lobster, toggle or whatever clasp you prefer. |  24 Another bracelet with different chain in the same \'feeling.\' I used a large box clasp for the finish and topped it with a large dragonfly finding which I glued on. This one also has a safety catch. "Oh wow this is gorgeous! Y..." View Comments... |
 25 Sideways view of the bracelet. Remember to click on the photo and it will enlarge! |  26 This piece has a filigree back to which I hand-wired these pretty leaves and flowers. I centered it with a rose-colored 25x18mm stone which I mounted in a crown-style mount. Then I glued in little stones and pearls. I covered the filigree back with another filigree which I wired on, and then I wired on a pinback. It didn\'t take that long to make and was such a splashy brooch! I sold it on Ebay right away. Everyone loves pink! "Gorgeous!" View Comments... |  27 Vintage Czech intaglio cameo is mounted to the centerpiece which is a belt buckle that has filigree ends. I gypsy-beaded the necklace sections and connected them with jumps, which is sort of a signature technique, with me. |  28 Rolo chain is the base for many a B\'sue bib necklace. This is our brass ox rolo chain. I simply suspended beaded sections on headpins, with pretty Victorian heart charms at the end, beaded up the back and VOILA...wowzer, what a great look. A necklace like this can be made in a couple of hours or less, if you are adept with a pliers. "This is so cool. I\'d like..." View Comments... |
 29 Here are a couple of found-item collaged pieces. The necklace is made on one of the brass crescent base findings you will find in Bases and Cuffs on our websitea bsueboutiques.com. "any ideas of the bracelet?..." View Comments... |  30 An easy charm bracelet using caged pearls, a favorite design component. "I love this where can I fi..." View Comments... |  31 This necklace was made with a vintage French deco finding in the centerpiece, completely studded with vintage Czech stones. Then I beaded it up, gypsy-style, on headpins and added a toggle. |  32 Nothing to it! Just string some pretty pear-shaped beads on headpins and attch to a chain section, bead up the dies and add a clasp. "How do you keep the chain ..." View Comments... |
 33 An example of how you can connect bracelet plaque stampings to make a bracelet. These are topped with rare old dresden enamels---at one time I had a motherlode of this material, but it\'s years ago sold through. You could substitute pretty stones in mounts, glued to the plaques, photo images in bezels under lenses, or brass plaques that you yourself might paint. Many are painting on the brass hearts nowadays and the look is scrumptious! |  34 You have to be a little determined to work a button bracelet this full, but it\'s not that hard. I made this one with some beautiful imported Czech glass buttons and pretty dangly beads. Work the dangly beads FIRST, and attach them; attach the buttons last by jumps through their back shanks. This way they won\'t get in your way when you are attaching other things. |  35 I\'ve mounted some pretty stones into 18x13mm mounts and interspersed them among assorted heart charms in mixed-metal finishes. Don\'t for a minute think that you\'ve got to keep all your plating finishes in the same family! It\'s cool to mix it up, adds texture and this way, too, you really can wear it with anything! "How cool are the things yo..." View Comments... |  36 All you need is some of our Remembrance memory wire and a bunch of pretty beads. I love to make them 5 to 6 coils wide and use both large and smaller beads for texture. I used mother of pearl carved leaves and pretty peridot-foiled glass India glass along with a mix of fire polished Czech beads. |
 37 Another example of a showy bracelet made with memory wire. Just string them on, and roll the ends! I like to dangle a few beads from each end, too. |  38 This is fun and super-easy. Just pick out a color scheme and alot of fun, interesting, different beads, both small and chunky. String them up on headpins, attach to seven inches of rolo chain, add a toggle and voila! What a great bracelet. You can make a bracelet like this in under an hour once you are adept with pliers. |  39 Another example in watercolors, peri-green, palest pink and crystal, mostly India glass and lampwork beads. |  40 Here\'s one in blues, magentas and purles with my fave toggle clasp (carried on the website at bsueboutiques.com)at the end. These are mostly all Czech beads. |
 41 What fun. The earrings here are collaged on a small brass base, but the necklace is a fun mix of Czech sitting cat beads and deep coral-colored carved lacquer beads from the Orient. Again, I\'ve used my fave clasp at the end, and gypsy-beaded the back. |  42 A close up of those cats! |  43 CLICK ON THE PIC to enlarge----I know some of these pix are dark, but they are older photos I\'ve scavenged out of my hard drive, of older pieces I\'ve made. This one is made in the Renaissance style with a large filigree in the center and dangles. I\'ve used my fave filigree-cone style bead caps sold on bsueboutiques.com to accent the beads in the necklace. "Although I do not make jew..." "I had an idea about design..." View Comments... |  44 Another example of ways to mix style and texture in a charm bracelet. Check out those funky sun faces! |
 45 I\'ve embedded scraps of old Mexican restaurant matchbooks under 18x13mm clear glass cabs (sold on our site) in pretty mounts (also sold on our site) and strung them along with vintage glass fruit to make a funky one of a kind necklace. The hardest part is choosing the right scraps to embed! "This is a great idea for s..." View Comments... |  46 Here\'s a closeup of the embedded scraps! Click on the picture to enlarge! |  47 A pretty collaged brooch made of broken jewelry and pretty bead dangles. |  48 This one took a little more time, but not THAT much. First I suspended the beaded drops from a filigree to which I collaged and wired glass leaves and flowers and stones. Then I beaded up the back gypsy-style. The earrings are tiny collages made on small brass plates. |
 49 A closeup of the centerpiece. |  50 A netted necklace with collaged earclips. You plan the necklace and make all the sections, lay them in a pile and then connect! |  51 We sell this little glass swan intaglio on the website at bsueboutiques.com. It\'s encased in filigree to make a mount (this is called jewel-wrap) and then glued to the mount. |  52 I know this looks bodacious, but if you check it out, all it is is filigree and brass stampings topped with some pretty stones and accented with easy beaded drops. This one went together like clockwork, I don\'t think I spent more than 2-3 hours on it, all told, including the planning stages. Again, testament to why it\'s important to have imaginative stampings in your workshop to play with! |
 53 Save up your earrings! Lost earrings have made a great bracelet here; I took the earring posts and turned them to make up-eyes. "Love your website! I\'ve ..." View Comments... |  54 A melange of funky old stones and cameos set into mounts and suspended on chain, along with lost earrings. | ||