New Indie Shop Discovery!

Recently while browsing the New Arrivals section on the Shana Logic website, I noticed a new company called Locketship. The description of the company from Shana Logic is:


Shana Logic is super-excited to introduce you to the couture jewelry collection by Locketship! Each piece is hand-crafted with love and is an incredible mixture of cuteness & extravagance!


Here are a few of my favorites:

Their jewelry can also be purchased directly from their website. So cute :)

Miss Marc

I've been really enjoying the "Miss Marc" collection from Marc by Marc Jacobs lately. I've actually been liking a lot of his latest collections. His pieces are so fun.

These necklace and earring sets are my favorite. All pieces can be found at Nordstrom.

Also, speaking of Marc Jacobs, I adore this Lola solid fragrance ring. I actually just ordered it from Sephora. I'm so excited to get it and try it on! I'll post pictures when it gets here!
I hope everyone is staying warm! It's tough here in Maryland, but I'm trying to make the best of it :)

Dreaming of Wonderland . . .

I'm excited for the Tim Burton take on Alice in Wonderland. Here are some of my favorite wonderland inspired items!

Most of the Queen Alice Collection by Tarina Tarantino The vintage lucite mod ring is my favorite right now.

Cheshire Cat Cuddle Alice in Wonderland gothic fairy tale fairytale art print by Jasmine Becket-Griffith 8x10

Talking Roses Alice in Wonderland

What's the time Alice.... I'm Late.... Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Tea Party Pocket Watch Necklace

alice in wonderland little blue haired blythe doll dolly necklace holding mini white rabbit on vintage black beaded chain ALICE IN WONDERLAND FLAMINGO FAIRY TALE GIANT MAGNET BIG EYE ART BY BLONDE BLYTHE

Alice in Wonderland on Grey Small zippered Pouch

Wonderland Cards - Teacup cutie ring

Happy Tuesday to everyone :)

New Links!

You may have noticed some new links near the bottom of the right side of the page. I decided to link to a few blogs that I enjoy reading.

The first one is probably my favorite blog. It's called A Beautiful Mess and it's written by Elsie Flannigan. She also has the online shop Red Velvet Art. I love their website and actually have blogged about it in the past. She is so creative, it seems almost impossible not to be inspired daily by her posts.

The second is The Dainty Squid. I think I first found out about this blog and Etsy shop via the A Beautiful Mess blog. I've found out about some really cute new sites from this blog, and I generally just enjoy reading about this life of someone who's making their living by being a seamstress and selling their goods on Etsy. Also inspiring. PS I've ordered two pouches from this shop and they are so adorable.

The third is a new blog that I just recently came across. It's called Skunkboy Creatures and there are equally cute and whimsical things there. Her Etsy shop is also really cute!

If you get a chance you should check them out! Let me know what you think of them :)

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 :)