Arm Party

Happy Friday loveleigh's!

If you know me at all, you know I LOVE accessories!! I have an [organized] drawer full of them! As of late, I've been focused on bracelets. The stacking/layering trend is huge right now and I'm taking part! This is a fun and [can be] inexpensive trend that will help liven up your wardrobe! In fact, you may already have pieces laying around that are perfect for this and may not even realize it!

Here are a couple examples of my recent "arm parties"!

Silver & Pearl Arm Party

Pearl Bracelet & Pearl I Am Loved Bracelet-Helzberg Diamonds (FREE)

Tiffany & Co.-Return to Tiffany Heart Tag Bracelet

Silver Stack Bracelets-H&M

Silver Chain Bracelet-Forever 21

I had all of these bracelets already except for the Silver Chain Bracelet which I picked up for $4.80!

Gold Arm Party

Both Chain Bracelets-Forever 21

So, I went "shopping" at my parent's house again! I remembered I had these dainty little ID bracelets when I was little [like grade school age!] and I thought would be perfect for stacking/layering! Luckily I have small wrists so they still fit!

Ok so, I love the J.Crew Pave bracelet but refuse to pay $125 for it. I have found similar ones but they were either too expensive too or the really cheap ones just looked and felt...cheap. What I love about the J. Crew one is it takes something edgy and hard like chain metal and softens it with pave crystals/rhinestones. I decided to take that concept and do a little DIY project. I bought the 2 bracelets in the Gold Arm Party above for around $4.80 each. The one with bigger links actually started out silver. (Silver is all they had!) I bought this nail polish at Target for around $3....it looks like gold dust! I gave each bracelet several coats. This "softened" the look of the shiny metal and adding a hint of shimmer! I know it's obviously not the same as the J. Crew one, but this was a heck of a lot cheaper and I was very happy with the end result! I still need to apply some type of clear/top coat to them just to prevent any chips. Not bad for around $13 though :)

 

Now, go shopping in your jewelry collection...if you don't like what you have or need more, Forever 21 and H&M are really great, inexpensive places you can go to add to what you already have! Have fun creating YOUR arm party!

Have a loveleigh weekend everyone!

What Goes Around Comes Around

Hello loveleigh's!

We've all heard the saying "What goes around comes around" and things like "If you keep it long enough it'll eventually come back in style."

I'm pretty sure my Mom has never really cleaned out her jewelry. Instead, all of her old jewelry is in my old dresser in my old room at their house (along with jewelry that was my Grandma's that you've heard me mention on here). Most of it is just costume jewelry from the 90's, but I go through it from time to time and always seem to take something "new" home with me!

We all know anchors/nautical are really big right now. Remember this ring from Forever 21 that I posted?

Anchor Ring from Forever 21 $4.80

Purchased in 2012



Look what I found in my Mom's old jewelry!

Vintage Anchor Earrings

The ring and earrings were only bought 15-20 years apart! So fun!! I was so excited when I found these!! 

Here are some of the other fun pieces I found:

Vintage Gold Chain-Like Necklace

Black/Red Statement Necklace

Silver Necklace &

Twisted Two Tone Necklace

Vintage Orange Stud Earrings

Vintage Orange/Pink/Yellow Earrings

Vintage Bows

Vintage is considered anything that is 15-20 years old. I figure most of this stuff is from the early 90's so I have some more vintage pieces now :)

Which is your favorite?

Lastly, don't forget the GIVEAWAY ends TONIGHT at 11:59pm CST for these little gems. {They are brand new NOT vintage}

I've only had a few entries and would like to have more people enter so make sure you click on giveaway above which will take you to my original post where you will be instructed how you can win these (it's nothing complicated, I promise!) :) The winner will be announced tomorrow. Free earrings, who wouldn't want those? :)

Have a loveleigh day!