Just So!
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Limited to locations near Brighton, Michigan
unless you wish to offer travel and accommodation expenses
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What is Jewelry-UPcycling™?

Consider your jewelry wardrobe...
What don’t you wear anymore?    

Why?   

Because…

it’s broke…
  it’s out of style…
     too long...
        too short...
           it never fit right…
              it was never your taste…
                   the sentimental value is gone...
                    the sparkle is gone...
                       you are tired of it…
                          you lost part of it…
                             you just don't want it anymore, but it seems a shame to put it in a landfill.
Usually one only thinks about re-designing jewelry if it's made of
gold and/or has precious stones.  

Now imagine turning semi-precious and costume jewelry into
something you love to wear (or even surprise a loved one with an
extra sentimental gift!)

This is a great opportunity to get together with your friends, relax,
talk, and have some creative fun.  Even if you don't wear a lot of
jewelry, there are pretty and practical things one can make with old
jewelry parts.
Costs:

  • $20 per person for 3 hours - ($60 minimum)

  • $20 for each additional hour your group wishes to
    extend the party from 3 hours.  

  • Some of your old jewelry,but only parts and
    pieces that you do not want anymore.

  • Cost of any new parts you want or need for your
    new designs or repairs.  (These will cost $0.05
    each and up.)



  • Optional - InSights Group location only:  
    Refreshments / Catering
    (or you may bring your own
    snaks/drinks/food/cups/plates/napkins/etc.)

  • One-On-One - appointments are also available -
    please contact Monica for details.

.
Benefits:

  • Plan your party at my workshop location, The InSights
    Group, at no additional charge to you. Accommodates up
    to 12 people.

  • Free set-up in your home or office.  (The time to set up
    would not count towards the 3 hours.)

  • General Jewelry Evaluation (sorry, no appraisals)

  • Jewelry Trade Opportunity

  • Cleaning Station

  • Basic repairs (no soldering)

  • Use of professional jewelry tools

  • Special work surfaces and Bead Trays

  • Examples and illustration to foster ideas

  • Help with redesigning and finishing

  • "Instant Instruction" for common creation and repair
    techniques

  • If interested, information on stones, metals, and other
    jewelry materials.

  • Leaving with your finished projects

  • Gift boxing/wrapping ideas and help.

  • Free jokes, some better than others, and music to work by

  • and lots of ideas!
For more information or to set up a Jewelry-UPcycling™ Party,
please e-mail Monica or call her at 810-255-7440
The images on this page are
from an UPcycling Party™
with a team of Mary Kay
representatives.  Only a few,
of the approx. 18 pieces
created that night, are shown
on this page.  This one started
off as a variety of loose beads
and features the versatility of
Just So!'s DC Connectables™
Clasp.
Jen - Invited her Mary Kay group for some team building and Jewelry-UPcycling™.
New necklace, earrings, a way to dress up her top, and several other projects.
Emilie -Future National Sales Director
2 new necklaces and matching earrings
About your hostess:

Monica Tombers has been an Associate Designer at Just So! for 5 years and a fan
of pretty shiny things since birth.  

She admires Denise (owner and principal designer of Just So!) because Denise is
not only talented - she completed and patented the very jewelry clasp solution
Monica had also been looking for.  So from the moment she walked into the shop,
she fit right in.  

Monica has been designing and redesigning her own jewelry for much of her life
and is grateful that this is now a part of her work.  She is always looking for the
elegant and practical solution.  Working with clients to design special pieces is only
second to making those designs a reality.

Monica loves working with natural stones and other materials and has sold a
number of her own creations at Just So! and other shops.  She is especially fond of
jewelry that can be adjusted "on the fly" to be the piece that is just right for an
outfit.  Her own jewelry wardrobe has many interchangeable pieces, especially ones
that work with the wonderful DC Connectables™ clasp, earrings, or watch.  Yes,
she loves her job.  After all, Connectables™ are, as she likes to say, "Like LEGOs
for Ladies."  (... and yes, she still has her childhood LEGOs.)