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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kate Q, post: 8192167, member: 15622&quot;]Thank you to everyone for the comments! I hadn&#039;t really considered that she could have bought beads already strung for a rosary, like already in a set, I didn&#039;t know that was a thing. Her collection had finished rosaries, some in-process rosaries (like the strung beads and then sterling silver pieces separate she would have used to finish), and also simply loose beads and some necklaces and things she had made. I&#039;ve really enjoyed slowly working my way through her things.</p><p><br /></p><p>She had, like, seven sets of sterling silver rosary findings that I thought were beautiful in their designs. They had sat for so many years in storage, I knew I would never use them as rosaries and initially tried to sell them (no takers). But I felt it would be a shame to simply sell them for the silver, so I ended up working with a jewelry artist who used them to create a series of pieces that preserved the vintage design elements. Really worked well with my love of upcycling <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For these beads I was thinking how best to reuse... maybe a long strand with cobalt blue spacers?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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