White swirls and brass roses...lots of fun little treasures

I bought a surprise mix of 6lbs of vintage jewelry, and I am so excited to start making things. I love re-purposing or repairing vintage jewelry :) I found these excellent white swirl pattern metal links, which are just begging to be made into a necklace. Keep an eye out for one in my etsy store!

I am trying to figure out what the best way is to attach these adorable brass roses I have on to a necklace or earrings. They have a little ruby chip in the center, and no real way to hang them from something else. I will have to brainstorm this week, because these roses are too cute to stay with me! I want to share my excitement with someone else.

Speaking of sharing the excitement, I will soon be introducing a "destash" section to my etsy store. I have all sorts of little goodies left over from previous projects. I should be starting to post those this weekend.

Silver wire and LOS - Experiment 1.0

Yesterday, I received some HH silver wire that I ordered on etsy. I am very into trying different patinas with Liver of Sulphur (LOS) right now and I thought it would be fun to try it on this wire. However, I know almost nothing about wire jewelry (I am really into assemblage jewelry using all sorts of fun little vintage, gemstone, or metal trinkets that I discover.)

I am very new to the whole LOS and finer metals aspect of jewelry. If anyone reads this and has tips or advice I would love to talk to you! I am the only person I know that is into this sort of thing, so it is difficult to find help :(

I tried wrapping a stone with the wire, but I felt like it came out sloppy. Maybe I am being too much of a perfectionist. Is there a particular technique to wrapping the top of a stone to make it a pendant?