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April 27, 2011

DIY Bracelet to Necklace { more turquoise jewelry }

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So I found this great Ralph Lauren bracelet on clearance at Dillard’s. I didn’t like it as a bracelet as much as I wanted it for the giant clasp. I’ve been looking for a giant clasp since Switzerland and I haven’t seen a good one for less than $20+S&H so I jumped at the chance to buy one for about $18 with turquoise beads I knew were at least worth $7 or more. Since this wasn’t my initial purpose for the large clasp I went back and bought a pink bracelet as well.

Turquoise necklace from a Ralph Lauren bracelet

4 Simple steps:

  1. Remove the end from the bracelet (pictured on the right) since it fits the clasp.
  2. Attach it to the end of the chain and connect to the clasp.
  3. Wrap around your neck to decide how long you want it and cut the chain at that point. Mirror comes in handy. 😉
  4. Attach the cut end of the chain to your bracelet.

And voila, you have a new necklace!

Turquoise necklace and earrings

Matches the earrings and ring I previously posted. Yay – a full set!

turquoise jewelry set

April 3, 2011

Beaded leather wrap bracelets

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I’ve been bookmarking some lovely photos of beaded bracelets recently …

{ image via Jak & Jil }

 

{ image via Good Life for Less }

{ image via Triple Max Tons }

… so I decided to make my own. These aren’t the long wrapped versions, just two single bracelets (was a little impatient):

I’m calling these practice bracelets since I do still want a longer version. Also love the one with the flower fastener.

DIY Instructions in the comments here: http://www.how-to-make-jewelry.com/how-to-create-a-beaded-leather-wrap-bracelet.html

March 25, 2011

I ♥ clearance stuff… brown suede hat

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Yup, bought a hat I had no plans to buy. Went in to Kohl’s to look at shoes and came out with a hat. Bam.

For just under $7!

Originally $30-something!

I don’t think I’ve bought a non-baseball cap hat since high school. I don’t even think I’ve bought a winter-y knit hat in that long either. Trying to get a little variety back into my wardrobe here. 🙂

March 2, 2011

Charles Albert Women’s Cobra Ballet Flat REVIEW

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You know how you find a pair of shoes online for really cheap and they look cute and you think they might be too good to be true. Because they’re only $15 … and you have Amazon Prime so shipping is free?

Well they are too good to be true. See the wrinkles above?

See the really weird flat spot above (that I’m assuming is glue holding two types of material together.)

See the funny little elf flip as the shoes pull up at the toe? Am I too picky? Yes, I sent them back. Yes, shipping on returns is deducted because I didn’t label them as “defective” so I wasted $5 trying a pair of shoes on from Amazon.com (I did ship back a pair of defective jeans and the shipping wasn’t deducted from the refund.) Sigh. They were SO close to awesome!