Sunday, August 19, 2012

Sunshine Sue's Surprise Necklace

This necklace is dedicated to Sunshine Sue who works at my local thrift store. It is a new store that has recently opened so I enjoy popping in and looking for refashioning potentials. I had picked up a gorgeous little handbag in the store and I was explaining to Sunshine Sue my refashioning vision for it. Sunshine Sue is very sweet and she listens with interest to my weird and wonderful projects.

So is it really possible to turn a handbag into a necklace?...Yes it certainly is.

So I started with my $5.99 Salvos handbag

Turned it into this

And this.....
To see all the steps in between for Sunshine Sue's Surprise Necklace please come over and visit me at my blog

2 comments:

Refashion said...

What a statement piece! I don't think I'd have ever thought to convert a purse to a necklace, but the transition seems much more natural than I expected. :) I hope Sunshine Sue likes it! -Seeks, EOD

concretenprimroses said...

Very creative idea and a charming result!
Kathy