When you cut up your jeans to use them for a doorstop or upholstery fabric or even a change purse, you will have scraps, waistbands and other parts of your jeans left on the floor. These are the perfect bits to use to create some eye-catching upcycled jewellery. We found some great examples in the photos above from some brilliant upcycling small businesses selling on Etsy. While all these sellers are clearly super talented and creative, the techniques they are using are relatively simple and you could do the same with some jewellery findings (the clasps, earring hooks and choker bases) and a few tools. You can find jewellery findings many places including Etsy and Create and Craft.

The simplest of the ideas above are clearly the earrings and all you would need to recreate them is a needle and thread (invisible thread would work will for this) and some jewellery making earring hooks. That bit of denim looks to us like the loops on the belt band of an old pair of jeans – what do you think?