Jewelry and the Method of Making

Abstract

Jewelry and the method of making jewelry which includes the steps of cutting a piece of material from an existing article of clothing, most preferably a pair of denim pants, attaching a fastener to said piece of material, and adapting said fastener to be capable of removably attaching said jewelry to a portion of a person's body.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of making jewelry comprising the steps of:
 a. providing an existing piece of jewelry, said piece of jewelry including a fastener;   b. separating said fastener from said piece of jewelry;   c. cutting a piece of material from an existing article of clothing;   d. attaching said fastener of said existing piece of jewelry to said piece of material from said existing article of clothing, thereby forming a new piece of jewelry;   e. adapting said fastener to removably attach said new piece of jewelry to a portion of a person's body.   
     
     
         2 . The method of making jewelry of  claim 1 , wherein said existing article of clothing is chosen from a group of existing articles of clothing including a pair of pants. 
     
     
         3 . The method of making jewelry of  claim 2 , wherein said pair of pants is formed from a material chosen from a group of materials including denim. 
     
     
         4 . The method of making jewelry of  claim 2 , wherein said piece of material from said pair of pants is chosen from a group of pieces of material from said pair of pants including a zipper member, a waist band member, a belt loop member, a hem line member, a cuff member, a pocket member, a button member, a tag member, a rivet member. 
     
     
         5 . The method of making jewelry of  claim 1 , wherein said fastener is chosen from a group of fasteners including hooks, posts, wires, toggles, buttons, snaps, pins, screws, elastic members, combs, barrettes, plastic strips, and spring bands. 
     
     
         6 . The method of making jewelry of  claim 1 , wherein said existing piece of jewelry is a bracelet. 
     
     
         7 . A method of making jewelry comprising the steps of:
 a. providing an existing piece of jewelry; said existing piece of jewelry being an earring including a hook fastener adapted to be placed through a hole in a person's ear;   b. removing said hook fastener from said earring;   c. cutting a piece of material from an existing article of clothing;   d. attaching said hook fastener of said earring to said piece of material from said existing article of clothing, thereby adapting said existing article of clothing to be removably attached to said person's ear through said hole of said person's ear.   
     
     
         8 . The method of making jewelry of  claim 7 , wherein said piece of material from said existing article of clothing is a belt loop. 
     
     
         9 . A method of making jewelry comprising the steps of:
 a. providing an existing piece of jewelry; said existing piece of jewelry being a necklace including fastener members at each end for removably connecting said ends together, and thereby adapted to be removably placed around a person's neck;   b. removing said fastener members from said each end of said necklace;   c. cutting a piece of material from an existing article of clothing;   d. attaching said fastener members of said necklace to opposite ends of said piece of material from said existing article of clothing, thereby adapting said existing article of clothing to be removably placed around said person's neck.   
     
     
         10 . The method of making jewelry of  claim 9 , wherein said piece of material from said existing article of clothing is a belt loop.