Never again will I buy a necklace, bracelet or earrings to accessorize my new outfit. One of my daughter’s best friend’s came over the other day to visit and I noticed she was visibly upset. I asked her what was wrong assuming it was boyfriend trouble but soon found out that wasn’t the case.  She had been out shopping for a necklace for her Homecoming dress and couldn’t find one. They either didn’t match her dress or they were way too expensive for her tanning parlor wages. Part of me felt I should say, “Well honey that’s just life, sometimes we can’t get everything we want.” Then I realized how really important it was to her to be as beautiful as possible for her last Homecoming dance. I remembered my sister had purchased a bunch of beads and findings about a year or so ago. I had her dig them out and it was a smorgasbord of beaded bliss. Haley’s eyes got as big as frying pans. She quickly ran out to the car to grab the dress and started picking  and choosing perfect colors to match the different hues in the dress. Not only did she save a lot of money her accessories were even more cute than had she bought them already made. To finish off the look we found jewel toned eye shadow that matched the ensemble perfectly. Check out the cool WebPages I found so that you too can save money and get the look!

http://www.auntiesbeads.com/

http://www.skinstore.com/store/category.asp?catID=6864