Showing posts with label pearl bracelet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pearl bracelet. Show all posts

Bauble Jar and the Little Girl Who Grew Up Too Fast

June 7, 2011

It's that time of year again....graduations, weddings, reunions.  Mine is coming up.  My college reunion, that is.  It means that I get to see my dearest friends for one short weekend that will last us all a lifetime of memories.

It also means that I get to see family.  And one particular niece that I'm going to see just celebrated a birthday.  She's in her twenties and married now.  Yes, I feel ancient.  Regardless, I had given her a bracelet on her wedding day that has since seen better days.  So I offered to spruce it up a bit.  And here it is.


I named this bracelet Bauble Jar a long time ago.  Have you ever had a Bauble Jar?   All of my kids do.  I made sure of it.  A bauble jar is any old jar that you fill with the little things that matter to you.  A special rock, a marble, a piece of sea glass.  Bauble jars are special.  I was hoping that this bracelet would be special, too.


I replaced the actual bracelet itself as well as some worn out pearls and beads.  Then I replaced the original clasp with a silver toggle.


My love of pearls is pretty obvious here.  And my love for the girl who will wear them is, I hope, pretty obvious too.  Happy Belated Birthday, Sara. 

We love you.

xoxo

I'll be linking up here:

Little Lovelies Freshwater Pearl Bracelet

April 7, 2010

 Well, I promised a delicate and feminine bracelet, so here goes:


Yes, it's quite a departure from my usual "substantial" charm bracelets!  But it has two of my favorite things ~ pearls and (understated) bling!  I fell in love with these rhinestone studded balls the moment I saw them.


I just loved adding them as dangling charms at the end of the bracelet.  Does anyone else love these gem-studded balls like I do?  How have you used them?  I'd love to hear your ideas. 

I've already used a few of them in some of my other designs and I can't seem to get enough of them.  They come in all colors and sizes.  I found these at http://Beadbuddies.nethttp://Shipwreckedbeads.com also has a nice selection.  (Sorry ~ I only just learned how to enter html code so that I can reference another website by name without actually typing in the web address and you can just click on the name and off you go!  Unfortunately I don't have time to mess around with code right now!  I'll admit that it sure does LOOK prettier, but alas, the beauty will have to wait.)     

You may also have noticed that I've created more blog "buttons" in draft to promote my blog.  See sidebar....Anyway, I keep changing my mind as to what I want it look like and what I want it to say.  I'm also having trouble just creating the darn thing from scratch.  Any other blog button war stories or helpful hints you'd like to share?  Your insight would be greatly appreciated!  (I'm not sayin' that I'd give you my first born or anything but......who knows :) )

Time to catch up on tivo'd stuff with the hubs.  Popcorn anyone?  TTFN

"The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his effort, but by his ordinary life."
 ~ Pascal