{New Jess LC Franklin Collection}

As an ambassador of Jess LC, I'm excited to share with you the new Franklin Intentional Braille Necklaces. True to Jess's purpose, she is again helping people design a life with intention by designing jewelry. In her new collection Jess translated these intentions into braille. How amazing, huh? And to top it off, instead choosing the intentions herself, she incorporated the input of her MML fans by asking us to tell her what intentions represented us and what we wanted to wear on a piece of jewelry. As you can imagine, Jess received hundreds of submissions and the five intentions that were selected are:  Be Present, Be Brave, Be Thankful, Breathe, and Dream Bigger:

Lovely huh? Each necklace is 17″ long, and made in 14k gold vermeil {gold dipped over sterling silver} and added a nickle-plating to ensure durability. To check out the collection and the rest of Jess's genius-ness ~ click here!

{New Jess LC Jewelry Line: Division}

I'm sure all of the bloggers out there will be posting this today, and while I always try to be original, I just had to blog about the new Jess LC jewelry line. As you know I'm quite the fan of both her jewelry and blog and wanted to spread the love to all of my lovely readers. Sooo....check it out:

Don't you love the new designs - so fresh and chic, right? I've already committed to purchasing a piece by the end of the week - now the hard part is...deciding which one!!! Be sure to visit the new site to see all the fabulousness. Bravo Jess - job SO well done!

{Blog of the Week: Make Under My Life}

This week's Blog of the Week goes to Make Under My Life. Meet Jess Constable - a jewelry designer (Jess LC) by day and makeunder blogger by night. One of the reasons why I love this blog so much is because it focuses on how we need to 'exfoliate' our lives. In this day and age where we consume so many "things" - it's refreshing to focus on how we can de-clutter and make under our lives. Each week Jess has made an intention to exfoliate one thing she no longer needed/used/loved from her life. You know the boxes full of beauty products we have, the pants that if we just lose 10 more pounds we could fit in, or to take it one step further - the closet of clothes that you're probably not ever going to fit or wear again...whenever you could fit them again? Yep - that's the stuff she's talking about; she calls it "The Giveaway Giveaway". She said that her goal is to "only have really nice things, and since she can't afford lots of really nice things, she gets rid of one item each week. By the end of the year, she will have 50 less items - increasing the fraction of "nice" things by decreasing the "not nice things" - addition by subtraction." Love it!

Click here to watch a short TV clip of Jess explaining how she got started and the reason behind simplifying her life. So very inspiring. Additionally, be sure to check out her blog for so many other inspiring, fab, smart tips and ideas.

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PS. Don't forget to check out Jess's jewelry line. Here are some of my faves: