Introducing The Tessa Bracelet + GIVEAWAY!

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Hey everyone! Happy Tuesday!! Today I wanted to take a moment to show off one of A Love Worth Living For's newest bracelet styles! Plus I wanted to do my first Giveaway on this blog!! 

A few months ago I was in the mood to try my hand at wire wrapping. I spent months perfecting my design and then created and finalized the first three bracelets that would soon form our first line of bracelets! So let'd just get to it! Here is The Tessa Bracelet!

The three original colors were 

  • transparent white
  • mint
  • buttercream pearl

I quickly became obsessed with this bracelet and style and added even more colors!

So in addition to the original trio there is now also:

  • Turquoise Blue
  • Cobalt Blue
  • Bubble Gum Pink
  • Onyx Black
  • Aggie Maroon
  • Iris Purple

All bracelets are currently available in gold or copper. They are great solo or you can stack them up and mic up some metal for a stylish look. They are so simple and chic they look great with anything! I love pairing them up with some of the chunkier bracelets we have available in the shop.

These bracelets retail for $12 each. We have also created a value listing! Buy more. Save more!

To celebrate how about a giveaway!!?! Follow the prompts to enter!

I will announce the winner here next Tuesday (6/30/15)!! Thank you guys for stopping by. Remember you can click any of the images or the shop link in the home bar at the top of page to check out our shop!

Have a great Tuesday y'all!

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