Instant Gratification Jewelry: Styled by Tori Spelling.

Ooh, heaven.  I got to play and play (and play!) with a whole collection of new jewelry components, fresh from the crafty mind of Tori Spelling.  The line is called Styled by Tori Spelling, and it's such a smart concept.  Super chic, on-trend components that go together without tools.  You design your own mix-and-match looks for pro-looking results.


Question: why on earth is Mich, the weird upcycled jewelry girl who makes things from oddments, trash and camel spit, writing about this product line of ready-made components?  What, is this the end to jewelry made of cat toys, tennis racquets, rubber grapes and tractor parts?  Why, Mich?  Why?

Answer: I adore a great shortcut!  Lemme show you what I mean...

Here's another one.

What I personally loved most about this line: the ability to spend my creative time on an original focal piece - then have the instant gratification of slapping it onto a finished piece of jewelry, assembled from a few of Tori's gorgeous components in (literally) two minutes.

Let's say I am suddenly obsessed with an idea to make a flower pendant.  From a roll of vintage faux bois shelf liner.

Cue mad creative session of cutting, peeling, melting, assembling...until finally...tadaaa.

Whew.  So now I have my focal, and I want to turn it into a necklace.  But I'm tired from all the crafting.  And cranky from the snide comments of my husband the woodworker, who doesn't appreciate faux bois shelf liner as a concept, far less as a jewelry-making medium.  (Ahh, what does he know?)


As I was saying.  I am tired and cranky, and I want a necklace NOW.  Here's where Tori steps in.  It's very quick; try not to blink.

And that's all there is to it - one very cute necklace, done!  Purt' near instant gratification.

Recently, I needed to make a wrist corsage from a reusable plastic ice cube.  (That's happened to you, right?)

Here's where I started, with a few bits and bobs:

From my Tori stash, I grabbed a clasp, a tassel and a pack of 'bracelet builders,' which are brilliant because they have lobsters on each end.  Look how quickly you can make a sweet multi-strand bracelet: 

As with the necklace, that took all of two minutes.

Then I added my bits and bobs, to make it uniquely mine.

I love how it turned out.

Um, I could go on.

And on.

And on.

I hope you can tell I really enjoyed creating with these nifty components.   Some general observations...

Quality: excellent.  Everything feels expensive and well made.  The connectors are clever and easy to work with.  Small caveat - some of the bracelet builder sets were uneven lengths; there are times you might want to adjust with an added jump ring or two when making a multi-strand bracelet.

Price point: really reasonable for components of this quality.  (A three-pack of bracelet builders: about eight bucks.)  Hey, factor in a coupon or two, and these baubles are a very nice price. 

Design: beautiful and cool.  And sometimes kinda wild!  Lots of the pieces are BIG and aim to make a statement.  I really love that Tori's 'statements' remain classy - even when taken to the very edge of over-the-top.  And for those people who don't love statement jewelry, there are absolutely tons of fabulous basics.

I say check them out, keeping in mind your own unique style.  There will prolly be something that speaks to you.  Styled by Tori Spelling is available now at Jo-Ann and Michaels, individual pieces will vary by store.

Excuse me, I have to go play some more.

Disclosure: I wrote this as a compensated post, on behalf of Darice for Blueprint Social.  All opinions are entirely mine.