Flower Necklace

I was honored to be a part of Lindsay and Derek Blacksher's wedding last weekend! Lindsay is my great friend, was my track teammate, and college roommate. Their wedding was full of nothing but TRUE LOVE!! I am so lucky to have Lindsay and Derek in my life and can't wait to make many more memories together! Anyway, I had my bridesmaid dress cut short in hopes to wear it again in the future!! I wanted to make some kind of necklace with the extra fabric for Lindsay to have as a keepsake, and came up with this! I have so much more fabric so I decided to keep going and make as many as I could to share with anyone else!! The necklace is made with real freshwater pearls and the flower was cut from brown taffeta.

I heart Christmas!!!!

CHRISTMAS...Where do I begin?? I absolutely LOVE everything about Christmas and the holiday season. Besides it being the birthday of Jesus Christ, there are many reasons this time of year brings me so much JOY!

I LOVE giving! I don't have much to give, but it makes my heart warm knowing I am able to put smiles on faces through giving. I LOVE spending time shopping, baking cookies, drinking hot apple cider, and laughing with close family and friends! I absolutely LOVE wrapping gifts and my favorite color is RED! Although my parent's tree is FAKE, I LOVE the smell of a real Christmas tree in the house (one day I will be able to get my own real tree)!

I could go on and on about why this time of year makes me extremely happy, but I will stop there. :o) The main thing I realize is that I am BLESSED! I live the most blessed life I could ever ask for! I'm not sure why He chose me, but God has provided me with way more than I deserve.

Through all of this JOY I'm feeling I came up with my first pair of GREAT holiday earrings...They are a semi precious garnet stone with antique copper findings. Stay tuned because I promise with all of this JOY inside of me there will be many more earrings!

Necklaces

I've started to branch out a bit and here are a few of the necklaces I've made so far...I have sooooo many ideas for some really cute necklaces so STAY TUNED!!!

Vintage Earrings

I absolutely LOVE all things old!!!! I love old people, old clothes, old furniture, old places, old music, and these old vintage beads! I found these beads and fell in love!!! I made these earrings simply by taking something old and turning it into something new!! These beads are a turquoise blue and roughed up just enough to leave them with a rustic look. I love them, and I hope you do too! (The pictures are going to look a little better from now on because I finally got the Nikon D3000!!!!!)

WOWZERS

Last weekend was the Jackson Square West Arts and Craft show, where I sold my jewelry and my windows. What an experience! I started with 22 windows and I only have 7 left!! I loved seeing/hearing all the different reactions towards my booth!! It was so great to see family and friends stop by :o) I am so so so blessed to have such supportive family and friends!! A huge thanks to Kyle, my sisters, and my aunt Jane who came by to help throughout the entire weekend. My AWESOME AWESOME mom was there with me every second of the show!

Below I've listed pictures of the windows I have left. These windows are GREAT for the kitchen, utility room, office, or a kid's playroom! The size of each window is roughly about 3' x 4'. They are $50.00, so let me know if you're interested! If you click on the thumbnail picture it will zoom in, then you can see the details. Email me at brittneykleckley@yahoo.com. P.S. They are the PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT!

Window #1

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Window #7