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A Harry Potter-Filled Day in San Diego!

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This past May – May 16, 2018 – Origami Owl went LIVE on Facebook to reveal the jewelry that makes up the Harry Potter Collection, in collaboration with their people and JK Rowling, herself.

(If you’ve missed that LIVE, watch it now for the first time, or watch it again to relive that exciting moment for all HP Fans!)

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Today, I got up early to meet a huge Harry Potter fan who I recently met through a local mom’s group. She had asked to meet with me to try on the Origami Owl ring for size and maybe take a look at Harry Potter pieces if I had any.

She did try on a ring, alright, but she didn’t go home with a ring. Instead, she went home with several pieces from the Harry Potter collection; Harry Potter Pocket locket, supporting characters like The Snitch and Hedwig, and the three main characters made in charms. She was ecstatic and happy that she was able to take it all home that morning. I was ecstatic to find out that her creation will be traveling with her to Broadway in New York, where she will be watching Harry Potter: The Cursed Child.

After my successful locket appointment, I was inspired to create even more Harry Potter locket looks to wear, share, and potentially sell.

I already made a Harry Potter locket yesterday to wear to the beach (see evidence) but wanted something different today.

Here are 2 looks I quickly put together after arriving home and before heading out to my Harry Potter events.

These looks were made with charms from the collection and placed in a Silver Bar locket. I love how they float around in there as if they’re flying like they do in the books and movies. I wore one of these before heading out the door. Can you guess which I wore?

Off we went to our first Harry Potter event for the day.

It was a mini-Lego build event that took place at a nearby Barnes & Noble Bookstore. It’s an event where LEGO partners with a venue to provide a free mini-kit to each child in attendance. Each child gets to build and take it home. Today’s event was building a mini Hogwarts ? Express Train. Each child receives a certificate of completion (which markets the much bigger sets that Kids really want) when finished building. It’s a genius way to market what’s new and available with Lego and grateful that it is free.

Isn’t it lovely? We will be adding this Hogwarts Train to our other mini-build, a Star Wars Millennium Falcon.

The other Harry Potter event going on tonight – and didn’t get to go to – in San Diego was the San Diego symphony playing Harry Potter music, under the stars at the Embarcadero. I really wanted to go but we ended up staying in because by evening, I was already too tired to leave the house, fight traffic, and search for parking. Maybe another day or summer.

So that was my Harry Potter “filled-enough” day.

Share with me, what Harry Potter events have you done with your family or looking forward to doing?

Nintendo at Comic Con and my 8-bit Vintage Videogame-Inspired Watches

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I’m heading out tonight, to the place where Comic Con San Diego celebrations are taking place, to enjoy a sponsored event by Nintendo ( #NintendoSwitchTogether ). It’s going to be a fun night where I get to relive some childhood memories while showing my kids and others via social what’s new in family gaming from Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). We went to a similar event a couple years ago. It was that night that we found out a modern version of the vintage NES was coming out – a console that we couldn’t get our hands on for under $100 – btw, thanks to flippers. Anyways, here is our happy faces from that night:

Tonight, we make new memories with Nintendo and this time, with my little one in tow.

And what’s a Nintendo night without some theme dressing up that Comic Con is known for? I don’t have my attire in mind yet, but jewelry, yes!

First, I recalled and looked up some popular 8-bit games made by NES. Then, I picked out charms that could represent a game, to create a look. But I had way too many charms and had enough to create a couple looks.

What 8-bit games do you see in the rose gold watch?

What 8-bit games do you see represented in this black watch?

I have 25 vintage charms between these 2 Origami Owl watches… 25 charms inside the two representing Nintendo games with some charms able to represent several games.

I could tell you what games they are but it would be more fun to hear from you. What 8-bit vintage video games by Nintendo do you see?

Sadly I didn’t have a few, such as the current Palm tree charm by Origami Owl, to represent the many games with the tropics or jungle combat in them.

I am not sure if Origami Owl ever made a boxing glove charm or I just don’t have it. Therefore, no boxing game is represented here.

I do know that Origami Owl has never made a space ship (to represent Life Force or any of their space games) or a sword and shield charm to represent many of the early vintage games by Nintendo (such as Link or Zelda). If they do, I’d be all over that one for a million reasons!

Just for fun…. What games do you see? Is your favorite in these 2 watches? What is your favorite 8-bit game of all time?

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The click thru link for the images go to my Origami Owl site http://my.thinkgoodness.com/locketsncharms.
This is not a sponsored post by NES or Origami Owl.

Finally, my Origami Owl Watch (my Summer story!)

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The first Origami Owl Signature Watch (with metal band) came out years ago. It first came out in Silver, then gold, then black, and for a limited time – rose gold. I have all of them but it requires removal of several links to fit me.

Some time ago, the silver face was available for purchase with a black leather band. I heard that this would work with my 5.5″ wrist but black is so… blah so I never made that purchase. But then, weeks ago, Origami Owl came out with this tropical print leather strap to go with a gold face and this is what I did: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTQwOTAxMTgzMDkxMjIx/

I made the purchase and initially came out with this look…

… but before placing it on my arms, I decided to add one more charm:

The tropical-themed band was introduced and I finally created an Origami Owl Watch for myself. What do you think?

I posted the final look on my Instagram (http://instgram.com/locketsncharms) with the following caption:

It’s been a busy day today and finally got a bit of a breather, so I took this time to create my watch. It contains all the things we have been doing the past month. From sunshine to sunset at the beaches, the animals and flamingos at the Safari Park, the pandas at the zoo, a handful of coding camps in San Diego, eating tacos at Taco Stand, attending blogger events at The Nat, enjoying summer movies like Troll, relaxing and swimming in pools, baking at home and more… it’s definitely been so much fun so far – and we’re only halfway! What have you been up to? #sandiego #summer #locketsncharms #origamiowl #origamiowlsandiego #sandiegosummer #staycation

Get your Limited Edition Gold Tropical band at https://locketsandcharms.origamiowl.com/product/1707/WB1006/GoldTropicalSignatureLivingLocketWatchBand and of course, add the Gold watch if you don’t have it already https://locketsandcharms.origamiowl.com/product/1606/LK5002/GoldSignatureLivingLocketWatchwithSwarovskiCrystalsStainlessSteelBand

Reflecting on my Years + How You Make a Difference

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It’s my 5 YEAR Anniversary with Origami Owl!
 
Dearest friends and to my clients near and far,
 
For 5 years, you may have watched from the sidelines or have even helped me along the way with our Origami Owl business. This business has been a blessing to our family. When I started 5 years ago, today, I had no clue where this “locket thing” would take me. I just bought a kit on January 19, 2012, and said, “Let’s see where this goes.”
 
I paid attention and it was definitely more than hubby and I could imagine. It paid us back. We were able to pay the bills, purchase and pay off our van, pay off the other car, pay off all our credit cards, the business was the #1 factor in the approval and purchase of our home, be a tourist in our hometown of San Diego, and eat ungodly amounts of food! All the while allowing me time to be home with the kids and homeschool them.
 
We’ve been fortunate, to say the least. 2018 brings us challenges but also the opportunity to achieve even more and new goals. At first, new goals were not even on my radar with a growing baby in the belly, the studies of my kids requiring more from me as their teacher, and with a recent and drastic change in hubby’s work that had me shed more than a few tears, we remain hopeful for what is to come. With all this and a clear path in our finances to allocate every single penny that comes in our home to be used wisely, within biblical principles and in God’s ministries (that means no waste and only needs from here on out), the tears turned to light and things that looked impossible actually has turned our eyes into seeing even more blessings in everything – literally, everything! Even with the hurdles before us, the year unfolding, hitting 5 years with Origami Owl, the dates to achieve goals getting closer, the promise of possibilities – not impossibilities – get more real and I feel like more is still achievable.
 
There are trips to be earned with Origami Owl. In 2015, hubby and I earned an Origami Owl all-expense paid trip for Leaders to the beaches in Naples, Florida. Trips or no trips, this is something we do to help ends meet.  Every penny is used wisely for our family and outside our 4 walls.
To be able to continue doing so, here is what you can do to help:
 
I. Consider purchasing a personalized item from me for the next birthday, holiday, Mother’s Day, Teacher Appreciation Day or graduation.  Every locket helps and every smile from receiving a locket never hurt either.
 
II. Ever thought about starting your own locket business or have a young budding entrepreneur 11 and older? I’d love to share the opportunity with you! It isn’t rocket science nor a mystery on how Origami Owl works. It is sales but along with that, they also get to learn the value and the ability to make and handle the money they earn.
 
III. Refer to me! Have friends, family, church groups, band or sports groups looking to do a fundraiser or to earn extra money? In our 5 years, we have donated thousands we have earned ourselves back into local groups and in 2016 alone, Origami Owl has donated over $1million to organizations and individual families in need. You can see some of the stories at LiveSparkly.com. I would love to do more of this with you.
 
Thank you so much for your support! And if you read all the way to here, extra blessings to you. We truly appreciate you and looking forward to what God has in store for us in 2018!
 
Jer 29:11-13, Matt 6:33
<3 Jennylou + Raya Family

How do you Like Your Espresso? #NationalEspressoDay

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I woke up today and found out that is it National Espresso Day.  Yay! Happy National Espresso Day, everyone =) For many of us, that day is every day, isn’t it?  Every day we have our cup of coffee or we have our espressos straight or in a latte.  Are you a coffee or an espresso drinker?  Some people think that these are the same but as any coffeehouse enthusiast would know, they are not.

How do you like your espresso? I am a latte kind of gal and in my lattes are 2 shots of Peet’s Coffee espresso beans.  I love the one called Forte. The magic is definitely in their delicious beans.  My hubby, on the other hand, love his espresso diluted in water and ice called an Americano.

We used to visit a Peet’s almost every single day – sometimes twice – because they are just so good with their lattes and Americano.  But with our staying-out-of-debt plan (we’ve been debt free for awhile now), this spending on espresso drinks was not a good thing.  We thought of ways to cut back – as in drinking it less, but that was just too huge to fathom.  We both loved having it made for us and hearing the baristas say, “Would you like it served for here or to go?”  “For here, please.” was our usual reply.  But we soon sought another alternative and it has worked wonders for us. We bought an espresso machine!

Yes, almost a year ago, we bought an espresso machine on Amazon and we have been using it since.  I even wrote about it on my personal blog with a little video to show how that little baby worked: http://www.jennylouraya.com/how-to-make-your-peets-coffee-at-home/

Oh, the oodles of money we have saved from making drinks at home. We also saved time and gas.  I’m not going to lie and say we have not bought one of the many latte drinks I love, or an Americano for hubby, from Peet’s since our espresso machine arrived in our kitchen.  But what I will say is that it has definitely paid itself over and over again within the first month we had that thing.  If you are looking for ways to save money in your cup, check out an espresso machine for your kitchen counter.

So back to my original question, how do you like your espresso?

 

<3

Jennylou

Love espresso and coffee so much you must have it in your locket, get your Espresso charm or your Coffee charm on the charms page.

 

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Jennylou, the writer on this blog has been an Origami Owl Ind. Designer since January 2012.  She works from home writing, and for now, only sips occasionally on decaf-lattes while she awaits the arrival of baby #3. Your purchase of Origami Owl + her loving and hard-working husband of 11 years + Jesus makes all this possible.  Thank you for your Origami Owl purchase at http://locketsandcharms.origamiowl.com.

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