Collage Watch Pin With A Vintage Flair

My collage watch pin has been one of my best sellers. Use my example to make your own with personal touches.

__________________________________________

Putting The Pieces Together

I found these charms at my local craft store and used them with old watch parts for a vintage look. There are no specific pieces to purchase. You might already have what you need in your jewelry box. You can also find interesting parts from an old watch. Some craft stores sell watch pieces already dissected from the watch. I like to peruse antique stores and find old jewelry to use for pins, decorations and earrings.

Collage Watch Pin Findings And Supplies:

1 circle or oval filigree background in silver, brass, or gold

1 watch face in tact or taken from the watch

1 large backside piece from a watch

Rose and leaf findings (or desired charm pieces)

Various sized jump rings to attach charms

Desired amount, color scheme, size and type of crystal and seed beeds for the pin and earrings

2 or 3 small rhinestones

Earring posts with a dangle loop and about 6 headpins

Jewelry wire cutter and pliers

Quick drying glue (do not use another other glue)

Acrylic paint in black or burnt umber for antiquing, rose, green or whatever colors you desire

1/4" flat sable painting brush

Collage Watch Pin Preparation:

On a piece of paper, make a drawing of your proposed design or use the one above for a guide. Then get all of your pieces together and prepare them.

Cut any metal pieces into the shapes or sizes that you want. For instance, I use a rose metal piece that includes the stem, roses, rose buds and leaves. I cut off the pieces I want to use and then save the rest for another pin.

I then paint over each piece with a flat sable brush and the color I want and then use a clean cloth to rub off most of it. This leaves only a little color over the charm and most of the color within the cracks or crevices for an antique look.

You can do this to the complete piece before you cut it, but you might cut-off some of the color. It's up to you how to do this. Also I use burnt umber to antique the filigree. Black can be used for a darker look.

Spray all metals pieces with a matte craft varnish. I purchase mine from the spray paint section at my local Walmart. Spray and let dry in a well ventilated room or outdoors in a place where they can't be blown away or damaged.

Collage Watch Pin Assembly:

Next, begin building your pin by layering each piece upon another, gluing as you go. You will need to use a well ventilated room. Keep children and pets away from your workspace. Let dry completely in your garage in a place where you will not smell the glue.

While the pieces are drying, assemble your beads onto the headpins. Simply thread each bead in the order shown or in your own desired order. Then bend the end of the wire into a closed semi-circle. This is easy with the pliers because all you do is wrap the end of the headpin around the head of the pliers and you will easily make the loop. Pinch the bottom of the loop a little if it is not completely closed.

Attach a jump ring to each of the loops that you made. Use your pliers to open the ring slightly and insert into the facepin loop.

Use the pliers to attach each headpin onto the ends of the filigree, spacing them as shown. Pinch each end of the jump-ring to hold the headpin in place and to create the dangling movement.

When your collage watch pin is complete, glue on a pin back and let dry.

Collage Watch Pin Matching Earrings:

Use the headpins to make each dangle and then attach to the earring posts the same as for the pin.

What is a headpin and a jumpring?

HEADPIN: A metal wire, strong enough to hold beads. They can have a ring at the bottom or a decoration to keep the beads fitted over the "stem." A loop must be made with jewelry pliers to hook the headpin to a project.

Jump-rings: A tiny circular ring that is joined together for attaching to jewelry. Use the jewelry pliers to gently open and close, and to hook onto a project.

These pins make great decoration pieces for packages and gift baskets. Go here to make your own gift baskets.

Painted Jewelry Cards

Make hand painted cards to display your vintage look jewelry like the one at left. It's fun and easy to do. Anyone can do it!

Make them in an assembly line process while you have all of your supplies handy. I found this made my jewelry sell faster because of the attractive packaging. People love giving unique gifts and these beautiful cards complete the picture.

More Collage Jewelry Ideas

For More Projects, Return To << Vintage Collage Art Ideas << Cat Collage Pin << Free Craft Projects Or << Go Home

_____________________________________________________

Get More Collage Watch Pin Ideas

For more ideas use the Internet. To search the web, use the search box below. It's easy, just enter the word or name you wish to find and the results will appear on your screen right on my website. Use words that describe the kind of painting you desire. If you want to do a lion face painting, enter: Lion Collage Watch Pins. It's that easy!

Achieve Your Own Home Business Success

If you've ever wanted to turn your craft, hobby or interest into a home business success story, there's a way you can do it -- even in this difficult economy! And you can earn $25.00 dollars for taking the first step! I'll pay you to get started and then I'll help you succeed!

Three years ago I turned my passion into an Internet business, and now I'm getting thousands of free, targeted traffic per month. You'll learn how to do the same selling your projects, ebooks, recipes or writing on the Internet. More...