sponsor feature: onetenzeroseven + giveaway

I'm so excited to introduce to you Sophie of onetenzeroseven. Sophie is a Yorkshire girl who is a designer of clothes, graphics, websites, and jewelry. She loves to blog about inspirational things, listen to music, play with her doggy, and exude passion in everything she does! Be sure to check out her shop and follow along on twitter. Her jewelry is absolutely adorable!

TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF

I'm a Yorkshire girl, born here in the north of England and lived here all my life. Although I absolutely love to travel, I am so proud to be from Yorkshire and hope to never lose my accent wherever I go. I live with my boyfriend and our rescue dog, Frank, in a little terraced house on the outskirts of the city. I work part time for my family business looking after all things creative as well as running my own business which I hope to build into an empire someday ;) I also write for my blog where I post about fashion & style, easy to cook recipes, simple DIYs, and other lifestyle content such as photography tips and small business advice. I love music, TV shows (I'm a huge fangirl!) and New York! In fact I think I love too much, my world is always pretty full - but I like it that way!




WHY DID YOU START YOUR OWN BLOG / SHOP?

I've always wanted to be a designer; I have sketchbooks from being 8 years old, full of clothing ideas I have scribbled, but I actually started making jewelry after discovering all the beautiful supplies you can buy on Etsy. Soon enough I had way too many pieces to keep them all for myself. Making jewelry was never something I knew I wanted to do. Sure I've always been creative, but I never imagined jewelry as an outlet. I love it so much now that I can't imagine a time when it wasn't in my life.

My brand grew organically from there and I decided I wanted to create a blog to document the behind the scenes of my business. If you read my earlier posts you will see how different my content is now. As I became more successful with my jewelry brand, I started to share tips on how to be a great Etsy seller. The more I wrote, the more I realized I loved the idea of sharing my knowledge as well as encouragement. We all have bad days, too, and that's OK! My blog has grown and grown to encompass some of the subjects I write about today, but I still consider myself a blogging baby so I'm so excited about the endless possibilities for blogging that lay ahead of me.





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WHAT'S ON YOUR WISH LIST RIGHT NOW?

I'm currently looking for great ways to organise my house.. from basic IKEA furniture to cool retro pieces from local charity shops and scrap yards. I'm also compiling a great big list of DIY ideas that could be useful. I work from home a lot and have a lot of supplies and need a large workspace so sometimes our home gets quite messy, which I hate! 


WHAT INSPIRES YOUR WORK?

I am hugely inspired by music. Sometimes I hear something in the lyrics that sparks an idea and other times it's just the feeling that music gives me that really urges me to create. I'm actually about to follow a tour of the UK by my favorite musician, spending time exploring new cities by day and seeing great live music by night while taking a billion photos. That should fill my inspiration quota for the rest of the year ;) You can follow my little journey on my blog, too!


ANYTHING ELSE?

I'm so excited to be sponsoring the Jenny Highsmith blog this month. I have been really inspired by Jenny's and Savannah's journeys as independent business women and I love all the advice and encouragement you both spread. I aspire to create a similar space on my own blog where women (and men!) can be inspired to chase their dreams. Thank you so much for having me :)

GIVEAWAY

Sophie is kind enought to give away a selection of three items of your choice from her jewelry collection which can include one necklace. All you have to do is enter below!!


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Thank you, Sophie, for being my feature sponsor this month! It's been a pleasure and joy having you and getting to know you more :) Are you interested in sponsoring Jenny Highsmith? Check out my advertise page for stats and pricing or purchase an ad below! :)