Calling all crafters. Pendants with sunglass lens. WOW us Wednesday

Saw an idea recently I have been working on.

Found 3 pair of old sunglasses and that means 6 lenses to work with.

As you can see these are not finished since this is the first time I have tried working with this item.

Have not found a way to make a hole in the lenses that are glass so am trying wrapping with wire.
Have done lots of jewelry pieces with wrapping.

With plastic lens a hot needle can be used to make a hole for the rings to apply the chain to.

You can see where we tried to drill a hole in the green but it was glass and it broke. Will play with it and probably use it anyway.
Makes it look vintage and worn.

My teen grands love this type of jewelry.

Will probably use this chain or maybe rawhide for the chain.

I painted the lens with acrylic, distressed it and covered with Mod Podge.

The stones are "Gemstones" from the Paper Studio.
Self-adhesive.

Will post once finished.

Received my ATC swap cards and some extra goodies this week from
Laura
Theme for August 
Back to School. 
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Will show my swaps after I have sent them to
Laura.

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The Joy of art around me

Every month Blissfull ATC swap blog hosts a swap where 2 1/2 x 3/1/2 cards are swapped with a partner chosen by the administrator of the blog.

I find JOY in making the ATC cards and receiving them.

Each month has a theme.

The above ATC card was for Valentine's Day last year.

I have so many now I am running out of  places to store them.

Plus no one gets to see them. 

I put them each in a penny sleeve and attached a piece of velcro on the back to attach them to a 16x20 canvas painted black and sprayed with a matte finish.

Now I have a piece of art to hang on my wall and a little miniature work of art on display.

  What JOY I find in art.

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