On my recent shopping spree at my local stained glass store I also picked up some tiny squares of beveled glass, they are flat on one side and beveled on the other and come in all different shapes sizes. I got some 3/4″ x 3/4″ squares and made myself a monogram necklace with them. I used the letter “H” from an old children’s book of nursery rhymes on one side and a piece of vintage music sheet on the other. FYI: If you decide to give these a try yourself you will probably need wider copper tape than you do for microscope slides as the glass on these is much thicker.

I’ve started to cut my pieces of glass for my collage jewelry into smaller pieces and stringing two tiny collages onto one chain. I really like the look and the challenge of making teeny tiny collages is alot of fun!

This first piece features a very unhappy looking young man in a big pink party hat along with another charm that says “laugh”. I used my new scalloped edge tape on the charm with the boy. The words and background are all vintage papers.

This next one is two tiny 1″x1″ collages of fairy sisters with vintage French paper backgrounds and words that say “Flutter” and “Fly”. I added a string of pretty purple and blue beads to the top of one of the charms so when they hang you’ll be able to see both fairies.

I’ve mentioned this before but recently I’ve gotten alot of questions about where I get my vintage papers. I get almost all my vintage papers at used book shops, luckily my local area has some really nice ones. You can find music sheets, old children’s books, foreign language books and lots more with just a little bit of hunting. If you have a used book store go check them out, you’ll be amazed at all the cool stuff you’ll find! And maybe pick up a good old novel to read while you’re there:)

I found this adorable owl in a very old vintage children’s book of Nursery Rhymes. I cut him out along with some of the words from the book and soldered around him. I’ve mentioned before how much I love owls and I think he’s such a special one, perfect for fall!

I recently got some way cool copper foil tape for soldering that has a scalloped edge. It’s really fun to use and gives a very unique look to soldered pieces. Here are the first two things I’ve done with it.

The first features a gold finch bird from an old firld guide in a crown I free hand cut from some gold metallic paper, he’s on a piece of vintage music sheet and I added the word “fly” cut from an old book.

The next is an adorable image of a little girl with her arms crossed and a very grumpy look on her face. I added some wings to her and the words “What Attitude?”, I think she turned out so cute and funny.