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Guest posting at A Law Student’s Journey today!

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I’m so excited to be guest posting over at A Law Student’s Journey, the superstar blog of my superstar college friend Kitty. Today I’m giving a tutorial on how to turn a leftover earring into a charm necklace. I’m always losing one of a pair of earrings, but it’s so easy to twist up the earring back and turn it into a charm instead of just tossing it.

Even better, I show you how to do it for a dangle, stud, and hoop, so no one feels left out with their lost earring!

If you made it over here from Kitty’s blog, welcome, and I’m glad to have you! Kitty and I have been friends since day one of college, literally traveled the world over together (Look how young we are in this picture from Japan! Love it!), were in our local sorority together, and even lived together for a semester, and any friend of hers is a friend of mine :)

XOXO

Bailey

general update + custom wire word necklace giveaway

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I’ve had a bit of radio silence this week because WordPress changed up some of its dashboard layout on me, and I still don’t really understand it. It just made it incredibly hard to flip between multiple blogs, and…I didn’t like it. I’m going to try to not let that deter me, though, since apparently this is now the way things are.

Life updates:

  • Went to the OU/Mizzou game last night. It was a great time, when I wasn’t falling asleep from boring gameplay. I took an old college friend, Rachel, so that was incredibly fun. They must have still been tired from last week. That’s the only excuse I’ll take.
  • I’m in the middle of about a gazillion books right now. My Goodreads currently reading list is out of control. It was that darn Books a Million closing sale. I’m sure of it.
  • If I would recommend one novel from the pile, though, it would be Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus. I read almost 100 pages this afternoon, and it’s so good. I’ll write a proper review when I finish it, but you should all definitely read it.
In more news, I’m hosting a custom wire word necklace giveaway at Shop Happens. I mentioned this earlier last week when I wrote about the Etsy Spotlight, and now you have the opportunity to win one of my necklaces! There are six possible entries, so head over to the site and check it out.

Labor Day Weekend Approaches + Etsy Free Ship Code

Posted in August by

I likely won’t be posting much, since I have two weddings to attend and two football games to watch, but know that I’ll be living it up this weekend. And I may be outlet shopping on Monday. It’s revving up to be a fantastic Labor Day weekend – my first one as a real adult!

To celebrate, I decided to add a free shipping code to my Etsy for this weekend. Keep an eye on things because I’ll be adding items all weekend! It expires Monday night at midnight CST, so get your orders in!

Use code LABORDAY11 to get free shipping all weekend long!

[151] it’s etsy time + magpie nest necklace giveaway

Posted in May by

Yes, it’s really here. I’ve been putting it off for months, but I’ve finally put together my Etsy store. I don’t have all of my things listed in it yet, but everything that was finished tonight is now in it.

What’s it called? Well, what else? Mustard Ampersand Jewelry and Crafts. Right now it’s just jewelry, but there are crafts coming! So hop on over and see what’s in it!

For now, I’m focusing on charm and bird’s nest necklaces, as well as button crafts, which is generally earrings at the moment. I have a few more things in mind, but I won’t talk about them just yet. You’ll just have to wait and see!

Here are a few of the items that went up in the shop tonight:

Magpie Nest Necklace

Thatched Metal Button Earrings

ALREADY SOLD! Lots of other options, though!

Green Eggs Post Earrings

Of course, you’ll probably be the first to know when things are added to the store – you know I can’t keep a secret.

Speaking of keeping secrets, here’s one that I can’t keep any longer:

I’m giving away one of these Magpie Nest Necklaces to a lucky winner!

To enter:

  1. Comment on this post, telling me what your favorite item is in my Etsy store. (1 entry)
  2. Purchase something from my store – mention it here. (1 entry)
  3. Tweet about this giveaway! Mention it here and be sure to put my handle somewhere in the tweet (1 entry, @baileymichelle).
This giveaway will be open for one week, until Wednesday, June 8th, at which time I will randomly pick a winner via random.org. Be sure to make each entry a separate comment, so that I don’t miss any when I run them through the sorter. Good luck!

If you’re a frequent commenter, here’s your potential payoff. If you’ve never commented before – do it now, because you might get something out of it for free!