November 14 will be an exciting and nerve-wracking day for me. I’ll have a table at my first ever craft fair. To be honest, I’m extremely nervous about the whole thing, but I’ve had some people that are extremely important to me encourage me in the endeavor. One of my good friends will even be there with me and supporting me the entire time.

I’ve never done this, nor have I even really been to a craft fair before, so I don’t know what to expect.

If you live in the are, feel free to stop by the La Habra United Methodist Church and say hi! I’ve signed up for an inside table so that’s most likely where you’ll find me. It’s located at 631 N. Euclid St. La Habra, CA 90631

You might want to bring the entire family because they’re also hosting a Chili Cook-Off.

Wish me luck!

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americantowns.com – Some like it hot chili cook-off and craft fair

The story is that her son found a necklace at a yard sale and bought it for his mom for $1. While she liked the color and the beads, she wasn’t terribly keen on the way it had been set. She then went about remaking the necklace into something she’d actually wear. I have no idea where she was going with that because when she handed it to me, it was a hot mess. I wish I had taken a before picture.

It was strung on yellowed stretch cord and somehow became massively tangled up. The part I was able to unravel, I couldn’t even tell what she had been trying to do with it. I took the mess home and let the wheels turn for a while as I was trying to sneak in an afternoon nap with my little one. And then BAM! An idea struck and that was it for a nap. I headed downstairs and got to work.

Here’s the final product taken with my iPhone so the picture quality isn’t exactly the best. But you get the idea.

How I did it:

I took apart the old necklace and separated out the beads by size. Once I decided how I wanted it to look, I added in a few black accent beads from my stash. I whipped up a double strand wire chain, attached the beads at even intervals and voila! A brand new necklace she will actually wear. Her son saw it and was very excited that she’ll be wearing the necklace now.

Maybe you have a little pile of beads you don’t know what to do with. Or do you have an old necklace that you still love the color and the beads, but it needs to be freshened up. Maybe you have a yard sale find that you want revamped. I’d be happy to do this again for anyone in the same situation. Send me an email and we can talk about it.

Thank you all so much for your wonderful feedback and support I’ve received since launching the store. I’ve had a handful of sales so far, and many of you have let your friends know about my pieces. So for that, I’d like to tell you how much I appreciate your help with getting the word out!

So what’s new?

I’ve added one of my wire crochet necklaces. You can find that right here.
I’ll be adding more pictures to that listing as well as 2 more wire crochet necklaces.
I’ve also been busy creating more necklaces and once I have pictures, I’ll put them up here.
I’ve been putting together some new sets of earrings, and will get those added shortly.

And lastly, if you have a specific color combination you’re looking for, but don’t see it here, then click on Contact and let me know. I’d be more than happy to put together something just for you! If you like a pair I’ve already made, but need sterling silver or gold findings, I can remake them to order for a small additional cost.

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Congratulations to Michelle who left the following comment:

Your work is very nice, Jen! I love My Purple Heart Ü Do you plan on making more bracelets?

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So thank you Michelle for the kind words. I’m sending you an email right now!

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Also, as a heads up, I have 2 bracelets that will soon be added to the shop. I’ve also got another design idea floating around so there might be more bracelets in the future.

And lastly, I will be adding a couple of necklaces in the coming days so check back soon!

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Just want to let you all know there was a delay with last night’s giveaway drawing.

I had a lot of people retweet about the grand opening as well as repost it on Facebook, and I’d like to include all of those people in the giveaway. So I’m going to have to go through all of my feeds and enter them into the contest as well before I pull someone’s name.

I’ll be handling that today and will be back later this evening with the results.

Thanks for your understanding.

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Hello, and welcome to Jen Tucker Creatives! I’m so pleased to have you here. Feel free to kick off your shoes, grab a beverage and shop your heart out.

But before I officially open the door, please allow me to thank a few people without whom I’d never have the ability or know how to do this.

First, my amazing husband, Jason. Thank you so much for your encouragement and your skills! I *really* wouldn’t be able to do this without you.

Steve, thanks for you killer skills and helping my husband out when he was getting super frustrated.

Thanks to my friends for encouraging me to just put myself out there and go for it!

So, to celebrate my Grand Opening, I’m going to give away a pair of these:

My favorite earrings to date, the Rainbow Song earrings!

Since this is a new shop, I’m really going to need your help and ask you to tell your friends and family about my jewelry. If you don’t find something that suits you, maybe it’ll be better suited for your mom, sister, girlfriend, wife, daughter… Just tell someone and you could win.

There are 3 ways you can enter the contest.

1) Leave a comment on this post by Sunday, June 14 before 9 p.m. Pacific. I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t mind leaving me feedback with your thoughts on my work.

2) Tweet about the shop! Just come back and leave a comment with a link to your tweet.

3) Write a blog post, or Facebook note and link back to the store. Leave me one more comment with a link to the post.

Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry and you can be entered up to 3 times to win those little beauties up there.

I’ll choose a winner Sunday night using everyone’s favorite random number generator over at Random.org

Lastly, please check out the About page and feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you may have.

And with that? WELCOME and come on it! We’re officially OPEN for business!

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