Reuse/Recycle: Lens Brooche

I work in an optometrist office and when I found this tutorial on using old lenses from vintage glasses for making brooches, I asked the girls at the office to collect the plastic demo lenses that come out of the frames after the patients' lenses have been put in them. They have collected with a vengeance and I now have to get to work on some brooches and other crafts that I have in store for them.

First, the brooches I made...





The first one is made with decoupaged fabric and the second with a paper print from a vintage magazine. I'm so excited about reusing those demo lenses because I worried about throwing out so much plastic. Now I have a purpose for them. I might have some available in my shop, soon, so check back. Also, to go make your own, go take a look at the tutorial. You can also google the tutorial because there are other ones out there.