It Be All Jet Beady
These are the beaded jet things from a couple weeks ago. The pinbacks came in finally and so I sewed on a little piece of nylon jersey to cover up the stitches on the back and then sewed the pinbacks on. I've got enough beads for a fourth one so instead of using the three with two or three strands of beads looping between I think I'll do two sets of two with some beaded dangles, then I can pin the sets on either side of a blouse collar or put two on each jacket lapel.
They're about an inch across and I'm thinking of two or three strands of beads maybe 5" long. I've got some round and oval faceted jet beads I could use. None of these are really mined jet, just Victorian imitation jet which tended to either be glass or this strange (possibly celluloid) stuff that disintegrates even if you don't touch it. I've got an ancient jet trim in a drawer of my jewelry box that I used to wear as a necklace but the last time I checked it the whole bottom of the drawer was covered in black flakes and crumbs. I hadn't opened that drawer in at least a year. The only real mined jet I have is a handful of some carved moon shapes that have fallen off the tassels of a Victorian capelet I can't wear (too small across the shoulders) and a strand of large beads, some of which are real jet and the rest are really cheap-ass, badly made, hollow faceted black glass beads.