How-to: Upcycle a Vintage Glass Necklace with Nail Polish

paint nail polish onto the glass gemsPainting the nail polish onto the glass gems in your jewelry is just like painting your nails. Nail polish is the perfect consistency for this detailed work, but nevertheless, don’t feel that you have to make your work too painstaking. For instance, I generally paint right over the brackets that fit the gem into its mounting, because who’s going to be perched six inches from my neck to check?

Of course, if you do make a mistake, remember that nail polish remover!

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2 thoughts on “How-to: Upcycle a Vintage Glass Necklace with Nail Polish”

    1. Is, too, since upcycling itself is green. We usefully re-use our materials, even if they’re not natural, to avoid waste and to make the most use of previously manufactured resources.

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