obsession of the month

Recycling old jewelry into bracelets. Cut some worn strings, dig up some charms, throw anything that can be threaded onto some hearty elastic. Voilá-- I love it! Instant artsy, funky, beaded collages; little bits of the past. Taken out of context, the mixed-and-matched collections remind me to see things in a different way. Is that too philosophical for a bracelet? Maybe. But I'll keep wearing them.