Book Pin

I had a sudden inspiration last night, that took me all day to find materials for.

It's not a grand thing, it's actually quite simple, it's just finding what I needed to make it that was hard. I made a variation of the pin from the movie "Practical Magic", in which Jet handed the crystal pin to a townswoman to pierce the dove for a love spell, as per her request.

From: "Practical Magic"

While it would have been really great if I could have found a large marbled-sized crystal ball to make this "pin"...I had to make do with what I found...and actually it looks really nice.

I found plastic "gems" at my local dollar store. All but the 1 package I found were various blue colors in random shapes. I was lucky to find a hidden package of diamond shaped clear "gems"...complete with a hole to thread the wire through to secure.

I'm really impressed with how it turned out. I would have liked it better if the hole to thread was going top to bottom, rather than through the bottom point, but C'est La Vie.
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**UPDATE**
Upon further inspection of the "pin", and upon searches for similar pins online, I have perhaps concluded that a large clear bead might work just as well. Unfortunately I will be unable to re-create the "claw" that holds the "crystal", but have my own inspired creation in which to hold such a ball. Now...to find the LARGE bead lol.