Tarina Tarantino

My favorites right now.

CLOCKWORK PUNK" EXTRA-LARGE LAYERED MOD RING

CENTER FLOWER CLIP

SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL STUD EARRINGS

Oh, and until 1/4/09, she is having 30% off of EVERYTHING on the website!!! Just enter code SPARKLING2010 at checkout :)

Happy New Year!

Almost a new year!

So I know it's lame, and almost destined to fail, but I have two New Year's resolutions.

1. Be more positive. This includes complaining less and getting less angry when I'm driving. I think I'm pretty positive in general, but these are two areas where I feel like I should try to improve. 2. Stop frivolously online shopping. This is the big one. It is going to be so hard I know. But going into debt by ordering jewelry online seems pretty silly. So therefore it is a necessary step. Hopefully it works out!
In 2010 here are a few trips I want to make sure I take too.

1. NY with Karim

2. Austin to visit Stacey

3. Vacation somewhere fun with Karim

4. (Obviously) Ocean City, MD with my sister and Nicole

I'm actually excited to be starting a new year. I hope everyone has a fun and safe New Year's Eve!

Happy Tuesday :)

I've feel like I've been slacking with keeping up with this recently so I apologize. I am going to try to get better!

I am super excited for Christmas! I can't believe it's almost here. I am completely done all of my shopping, and I just need to finish up wrapping a few things that just came in the mail. Lily has already successfully unwrapped a present, destroyed a stocking, and generally been a menace. But that's pretty normal. I actually expected a lot worse.

Oh, and I had my first listing with over 100 views recently :)

Anyway, here are some of the latest items from Etsy that I like right now!

Brass Lady Leg Earrings

Victorian Floral Cabochon Ring

Aventurine and Sterling Ring

And anything from My Paper Crane

Oh! And I organized a Secret Santa at my work. Yesterday was the first day and my first gift was awesome! I got Skittles (which are now VEGAN! I was so excited when Karim discovered that), a little bandanna for Lily, bubbles and a little animal pencil sharpener! The limit is $5 a day, so my Santa must be a bargain shopper! I can't wait to see what I get today :)

Cameras!

Love this camera charm and pink digital camera from Juicy Couture!

Tomorrow I'm going to New York City for the day!! I'm excited :)

Please hold off rain/freezing rain/sleet/snow. This is one time I will be thankful for an incorrect forecast. Thanks in advance mother nature!

My new sewing table :)

I don't like to gush about my relationship. And I don't really mean to now, but it's almost impossible not to. I got home from work Friday evening and this was waiting for me.

I've been telling Karim for a while now that I wanted a sewing table for my room. So he went and found an antique sewing table. He got all of the rust off of it, then primed and painted it. Then he made the top from scratch and painted it bright pink. Honestly, it could not be more perfect. I was in complete shock when I saw it. It's probably the most thoughtful gift I've ever gotten. Here are some more pictures :)

The note he left me.

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Lily got her picture taken with Santa on Saturday! See my Flickr page for the picture :)

Hiding!

Has anyone seen Lily?!?

Oh there she is :)

Bazaart

I was lucky enough to get to Bazaart at The American Visionary Art Museum yesterday and it was great! The highlights for me were:

1. Getting amazing vegan baked goods from Brunie's Bakery. The owner is so sweet (no pun intended :)) and the baked goods are seriously out of this world.

2. Finally meeting Lori from Loriola in person

3. Finding this amazing artist. I got four of her greeting cards and

already know I am going to have a hard time parting with them to mail to friends!

Have a great week!

Christmas Gift Ideas

Here are two great shops that I can personally highly recommend for cute and inexpensive Christmas gifts!

Jayne over at Pink Saguaro has added a bunch of cute new items. These are my favorites.

Licorice Candy Stripe Ring

Vintage Pink Sea Urchin Ring

Soda Pop Vintage Ring

Also, MD Sparks has adorable handmade jewelry that is so reasonably priced. I'm planning on stocking up on earrings like these.

Good luck finding the perfect handmade gift :)

Lily

I managed to get a picture of Lily in her snuggie. She sat nicely for approximately 3 seconds and then proceeded to rip it off with her teeth! At least the picture is cute :)

And a picture of her after our 3 hour hike yesterday. That's a long time for those little legs to carry her! But she is such a trooper. She runs through the streams now with no problem, and she was out in front of me even at the end!

Happy Busy Monday!!

Stephanie Potter Photography

On Nov. 7th Karim and I had the pleasure of having our pictures taken by Stephanie Potter (actually now Mrs. Corwin). The pictures are so adorable. Here are my favorites :)

Love, Melis XOXO

Featured :)

My shop is featured on the Etsy Veg Blog right now!! It's so exciting!! Please go check it out!

Pink and Teal

In love with this color combination