I was crafty today.

Have you ever been to the website PS I Made This? It's awesome. Basically, she takes high end, expensive looking clothes and accessories, and teaches you how to make them for cheap.

Today I made some earrings, inspired by this tutorial:

http://ps-imadethis.tumblr.com/post/3031079633/l-stands-for-long-and-luxe-the-lovely-ladies

I loved her collarbone length chain earrings, with the ombre effect, but I felt like they were a little too couture for me. Let's be real here, I'm a suburban housewife. So I modified them a bit.

I started out with some spare chains I had from making other jewelry, and some earring hooks from an old pair of earrings that broke. I grabbed some pliers and wire cutters, and some jump rings that I already had. 

Because I already had the supplies, this cost me $0. But if you want to go buy them, jump rings cost about $1.50 and you can get 30 inches of chain for about $5 at any craft store.

First, I measured how long I wanted the chins to be, and cut them all the same size. I divided my chains into two separate piles, making sure they were equal.

I then grabbed a jump ring, and thread each chain through it.

And placed them next to each other, to compare.

Then, I grabbed my earring hooks and put them through the jump ring too. 

Make sure all your gaps chains and jump rings are closed up nice and tight, and cut any chains that are too long.

And that's it!

I think it took me about 15 minutes from start to finish, and I'm seriously digging these earrings!

Check out ma bling!

Today I went to Kohl's because I had a $10 off coupon that expired in a few days. I'm nothing if not thrifty.

I was originally going to get some shoes for Margot, because she's growing too fast and I can't really keep up. But all their kid's clothes were pretty marked up, back to school and all that. 

So I started browsing for myself. I ended up finding a really pretty necklace, originally $60. 

With the coupon, I got it for $2.

Booyah!

I win again!

A few weeks ago, I won a contest. Well, guess what! It started a pattern! Since then, I have won two more giveaways!!

I won a $50 giftcard to hearts.com

The bracelets are handmade. Awesome!

And I won a free print from Livy Love Designs!

Cute huh? I think I'm going to hang it in my bathroom.

I'm on a roll folks!

i win!

A few weeks ago, I saw that one of my friends had won a jewelry giveaway on Facebook. I checked out the website and learned that they do giveaways all the time! So I thought to myself "Self, let's enter one of these bad boys! We probably won't win, but that necklace is super pretty!"
Well, guess what. I WON!!
This is the first time I've ever won something like this. I am SO excited!

Check out my new necklace:

Pretty huh?

And here's the company website:

http://www.bomajewelry.com/

jewelry making

I have feeling a bit crafty of late, so I made some jewelry! 

I made myself a charm bracelet; I bought a few charms, I had a few from an old bracelet, and I made one.

This is the one I made. It's my favorite. It used to be a pair of earrings that my mom bought me while in New York City, but I lost one. So I turned the other into a charm!

I also made a charm bracelet for Portia. She picked out the charms. She has a giraffe, a hummingbird, a frog, a dolphin, an elephant, and a little box that actually opens. 

I'm pretty excited!

Feel free to shower me with compliments about my skills.

Just kidding.

Or am I?

i love love love!!!

I was directed to this blog/etsy shop, and I am in love! Seriously, I just spent 45 minutes on her site, dreaming. Just a few examples:

1930s celluloid feather necklace

1930s vintage molded glass Art Deco necklace

1920s Art Deco 10k white gold diamond ring

I really like the jewelry, but she has everything!! Go. Now.