Botanical Jewelry Ideas: DIY Jewelry Made From Plants

Are there favorite blooms in your garden that you hate to see fade? Those with the best color and form you wish you could preserve all year? Now you can, by creating jewelry from the garden. DIY jewelry made from plants can save those petals long term. Botanical Jewelry Ideas from the Past Jewelry made from plants is not a new idea; in fact, valuable pieces have been made for centuries. The most expensive was crafted using fossilized resin, amber, which sometimes encased tiny insects with all parts remaining. Amber was considered a healing stone and protectant from evil forces of the demonic. American Indians used botanical parts to make jewelry and healing items in the past. Seeds of the buckeye, juniper berries and western soapberry were readily available and woven into necklaces. In Mexico, berries of mescal bean and coral bean from native shrubs were used for jewelry made […]

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