Girls Night Out...

Girls Night Out this past weekend with my sorors. We went to Pazo which is located in Baltimore. We dined on tapas and paella (see pic). Gorgeous people, great food, and wonderful atmosphere. As always when we get together, it was a blast!

Weekend Recap...

We went to Maryland this past weekend for my family reunion. Saturday we went to Sandy Point State Park. Saturday night I hung out with some friends at Pazo restaurant in Baltimore where we dined on tapas and paella. Sunday evening I had Maryland crabs with lots of Old Bay seasoning with the kids and my father n law. Monday I stopped by Trader Joes on my way home because we do not have one in Greensboro. How was your weekend?

Shopping Steals...

J. Crew is currently having a Regional Warehouse Sale until July 25th in Winston-Salem. Yesterday I dragged the tween daughter and ventured out to see what steals I could find. Once inside, you were greeted with a white garbage bag and a price list. There were boxes everywhere filled with clothing and shoes for men, women, and children. After an hour of digging and impatient sighs from the tween, I took my "garbage" bag and headed to the counter. I got 2 things. One was a "steal." I got the above blazer in awesome condition (no snags, holes, rips) replacement buttons and tags attached for $30! This blazer is $238 on J.Crew's website. It will look great in the Fall adorned with vintage style brooches.

The other item was a cute white tee with a sequin pocket. The tween wants to know what's up with me and sequins lately. Anyway... The tee was $15. It had a small hole in it and I asked the cashier if she could take something off the price. She marked it down to $10. My opinion, it should have been $5, then I would call it a "steal." But it is cute, so I kept it in my "garbage" bag, cause lately I got a thing for sequins.

Coming From Where I'm From - EAOC Collective Blogging Event...

Hey All! It's the 1st of Day of Summer! I'm having a sale just for today. Take 20% off everything in my shop. Just mention "1st Day of Summer Sale" in the notes to seller. Discount will be reimbursed via Paypal.

I'm also proud to be a member of EAOC (Etsy Artist of Color). We come from all over, US, Carribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa, and many more places. There is some amazing talent in this group! Check us out on etsy. Enter the search words team eaoc to view all of the items available for sale. Currently we are having an EAOC Collective Blogging event. Some artisans participating in this event are:

http://electricstorm.blogspot.com/

http://calabashcreastions.blogspot.com/

http://paintergirlworld.blogspot.com/

http://thatcrochetguy.blogspot.com/

http://allnaptural.blogspot.com/

http://akusearornameornaments.blogspot.com/

http://blossomingtree.blogspot.com/

http://35thofmay.blogspot.com/

http://parisbohemiansoul.blogspot.com/

http://wanderingmoonpr.wordpress.com/

http://potsanddishes.blogspot.com/

Pictured above are a couple of new earring designs that are available for 20% off today!

Maxi Dress, Jeweled Sandals, Hoops, Red Lipstick...

Maxi dress (check), jeweled sandals (check), hoops (check), and red lipstick (check)! You are ready to go out the door!

Hoop earrings are the ultimate summer accessory! Here is my latest.

Leathers and Feathers and Brass...Oh My!

New earring designs for your shopping pleasure. One of a kind.



Bronze and snakeskin leather strips

Vintaj brass sun with brass chain and carnelian.

Carnelian gemstones attached to brass chain with sun pendants.

Jimi Hendrix feather earrings.

Brass guitar charms are attached.

The Block Is Hot...

Be the hottest hip chick on the block wearing these agate pendant necklaces. Simple but stunning. The colors are gorgeous! New and available here

40th Birthday...

My client and 3 of her girlfriends are going on a cruise to celebrate their 40th birthday. She wanted to present them all with a commerative gift once they are abroad. This is the design I came up with. All charms, chains, and findings are sterling silver. Very nice detail and gram weight on the cruise ship charm. Three gemstones are faceted genuine cz and one is a salmon coral nugget. She was pleased and I'm sure the girls will be too! Bon Voyage!

If you want something similar, please inquire. I love custom orders!

Marrakech...

Another hip jewel from my "Sexy in the City" collection. Moroccan themed hoops. Bronze coral sticks with vintage cinnamon and bronze beads.

Sexy In The City...

Gin and Tonic Cocktail Earrings

Manhattan Cocktail Nameplate Necklace

Double Strand Nameplate Necklace with aurora borealis crystal.

Can't wait to go see Sex and the City 2! More for the fashion then anything else. Here are a couple of new hip jewels from my Sexy in the City collection. An 2010 version of the infamous "Carrie" nameplate necklace and some gorgeous earrings to wear while having martinis with the girls.

Personalization...

My tween daughter has an odd name for a girl. She can never find girly personalized accessories with her name. I had the same problem when I was a tween. All of the commercial personalized accessories spelled my name with an "i" and not a "y."

During a recent trip to Florida we stumbled upon a vendor that sells leather accessories with an option to get your name engraved on them. The tween was tickled "pink."

There are a lot of great jewelry designers on etsy that specialize in personalizing jewelry with any given name. I think it's great! Not everyone has a basic name like Jane, Ann, Susan, or Sarah.

Check out the tween's bracelet.

Hibiscus...

Large showy flowers...hibiscus. Taken from my vacation in Florida. Beautiful.

Trail Mix...

My mom makes the best trail mix! Loaded with lots of heart healthy nuts such as walnuts, almonds, and pecans (all unsalted). She throws in blueberries and a few M&Ms to make it sweet. Whenever we go on vacation together or she comes for a visit, she makes me a bag. Yummy!








She puts my name on the bag. =)

It's awesome!

She's Gotta Have It...

The pink is so vibrant!
The jade and amethyst are yummy!


You gotta have it...

Wood You...

I wood.

Which style shoe do you prefer? Take my poll located on the right hand side of blog.

Uptown Saturday Night...

People close to me know that Uptown Saturday Night is one of my favorite classic movies. Everytime I watch it I laugh like it's the first time seeing this great film. I just love the styles from the 70's. Movies from the 70's are inspiration for my hoop earrings. I created a pair of afro lady earrings that remind of something that would have been worn to Madame Zenobias. I sold the first pair shortly after listing them. The pair shown above are available for immediate delivery!

Black Coal...

When I saw these black quartz nuggets in the bead store, I had to have them! They are gorgeous! Chunky, faceted, rough, and sparkly! So pretty with copper. Toughens up a soft feminine look!

May Flowers...

I'm loving working with gold! It's refreshing to get away from silver and try out different metals. I have a nice amount of jewelry in my etsy shop. My goal is to have 100 plus jewels for you to select from by the end of May.





Speaking of May... take a look at these lovely floral earrings. Wear them to a summer wedding. They will also make great bridesmaid earrings. Now available.

Playing...

Today I had fun playing in all of the new supplies that I received from my vendors. Feathers, copper, brass, gemstones, chains, matte gold, coral sticks... oh joy! Peep a couple of the necklaces I made today. They are available for immediate delivery!

Earthy...

Gorgeous chunk of blue turquoise pendant! Turquoise is the color of the year. I was shocked how beautiful it looks with these earth tone artistic jasper gemstones. Available now!