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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 29, 2011

JCPenney – “Backordered” is different than “there are no more”

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And the purse I ordered from JCPenney that was backordered – then they canceled the order. Clearly “there are no more” is different from “backordered” so I’m a little miffed. But read on… that wasn’t the case!

It took them a week to tell me that my order had been canceled and what’s worse is that they haven’t removed the purse from their online store so I could try purchasing it again.

“We must cancel your Backorder because our supplier is temporarily out of stock. Please call our Toll-Free shopping number 1-800-322-1189 and one of our representatives will be happy to help you with an alternate selection.”

I’m very picky about my purses. No magnet snap, certain size, certain strap. I’ve looked through their entire stock, there is nothing comparable.

Also do you notice that it says “temporarily out of stock” mentioned in their e-mail? If it’s actually temporary, what if I want to wait for that purse? I thought that’s what backordered meant? And I saw the “backordered until April 24th” before I checked out, I was willing to wait. I knew that when I ordered.

OK – so I did call to ask but their automated system put me on hold, played 30 second of hold music and then the hold music cut off mid song. Waited 3 minutes, redialed.

Got someone this time. Static-y call, had them call me back. Was surprised that they did and the call was fine. She said that if the item is backordered for over a month JCPenney cancels the order. Awesome (note the sarcasm.) So I’m going to try again since it’s now less than a month for the item to come in…

Stupid.

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Edit: Since @jcpenney canceled my backorder because they ASSUMED I didn’t want to wait 30 days, I have to pay $10 more (promo code I used no longer works and I can’t re-order off the original invoice.)

This has made me mad and if I could buy this Liz Claiborne purse anywhere else I would.  I checked ebay and that was a no-go so I went ahead and made the purchase AGAIN with JCP. Maybe I’ll see my purse by the end of April. This has been idiotic.