Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Bracelets on a budget

The other day at work, I was admiring my friend's bracelet from afar.  And all day, I kept forgetting to ask her about it...until we went for post work dinner and wine.  She asked me if it looked familiar and revealed her secret.  The bracelet was in fact a j crew belt that she had purchased a month earlier for an event.  Genius!  She had been wanting to buy a new bracelet and decided to look beyond the counter and back into her closet.  On her other wrist?  A couple $2.50 friendship bracelets from PaperSource that blended ever so nicely with her more expensive bead bracelets.

$2.50 friendship bracelets from paper source

On my other friend's wrist at dinner...a bracelet made from guitar wire. It doesn't get craftier than that.


And so I looked into my closet...loving the skinnny belt doubling as a leather wrap around cuff-like bracelet

What can you find in your closet?
xoxo
bestie

special thanks to Rach for the inspiration behind this post :)

12 comments:

Ana Degenaar said...

Those are so col, my closet needs some friendship bracelets.

Danielle (elleinadspir) said...

So smart! I love it.

Allie said...

This is the BEST Bestie! :) I have been so anti this house because of what it is doing to my available budget for shopping...this made me giddy! xo fwb

Unknown said...

Love your take on our belted wrists!! xo

torrie said...

I LOVE this!!!!!!! (you're too cool for words =))

Dawn said...

Check it out...love this idea! I will be looking in my closet for sure. Thanks for posting. I love your work stories. Dawn Xo

30x said...

when punk bracelets were in, but were like $49 a pop, I bought extra small belts at Forever 21 for 6.99..whammo, instant cheap awesomeness. I still wear them.

30x said...

PS-it's me, Wendy!

bestie said...

hi wendy! thx for stopping by. love your take on the punk bracelet. genius!

bestie said...

fwb, i am sure you have a lot of wanna-be bracelets hiding in your closet! go take a look :)

Kori said...

Thanks for linking up honey! Kori xoxo

Erin said...

love the resourcefulness! the belts are def my fave take on repurposed bracelets. stopping by from ff and a new follower!

xoxo,
Erin
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