Sunday, May 12, 2013
Tweet The Internets have already declared that my mother, BarbaraB, is a style icon, but in case you need further proof, check out this photo of us. My appreciation of towering hair and a good hairpiece must have come from BarbaraB. Look at her rocking that wiglet! You can see more photos of her here. [...]
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Tweet I picked up a few more sterling-silver bunny stud earrings from my manufacturer yesterday.If you’re in the U.S. and order by Monday night, you can get yours in time for Easter Sunday. Order a pair … … or, if seeing two bunnies together makes you kinda nervous … … you can get just one [...]
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Tweet It’s the Chinese New Year today — welcome to the Year of the Snake, like it or not! Alas, a lot of people don’t like it very much, according to Friday’s Wall Street Journal. The Snake is seen as less auspicious than the Year of the Dragon that just ended. And there’s another problem [...]
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Friday, February 1, 2013
Tweet I bristle when I hear people complain that Valentine’s Day is a manufactured, consumerist holiday, then claim that THEY always express love with thoughtful gifts or acts on ordinary days. That would be lovely if it were true, but I suspect many of those folks of talking the talk, but not walking the walk. [...]
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Tweet One more photo from New Year’s Eve, courtesy of my harem-loving friend Jesse. Artsy, isn’t it! UPDATED TO ADD: Oops! I lied. Here’s one more. How could I not share the photo that Stacy Lomman took of me heading back to my apartment? Also, I love that Stacy included me in her list of [...]
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Tweet A “hostess gown” is described by the website Vintage Fashion Guild as “a dressy full length garment for [home] entertaining, but not as formal as evening wear. Other than the full length, the lines followed current fashion.” The style was most popular from the 1930s to the 1970s, according to the site. In a [...]
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Tweet And here’s a happy song to start your 2013 out right. (Thanks to Punk Glam Queen for reminding me how much I love this.)
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Tweet I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: I don’t like Thanksgiving. The holidays I enjoy include gifts, fireworks and/or costumes. Turkey, overeating and football are not on my list. Also, I don’t need a single Thursday in November dedicated to gratitude when I feel deeply thankful on a daily basis, resulting in [...]
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tweet My Marie Antoinette earrings didn’t win an American Gem Trade Association Spectrum award, but I got positive feedback, so I feel proud anyway. Thanks to Cheryl Kremkow for including my design in her post about earring trends at the awards. READ CHERYL’S POST HERE. I already know which design I’m going to enter in [...]
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Tweet I blogged about an adorable sarcophagus-and-mummy locket I made several years ago, but I never put the necklace on my e-commerce website. I meant to do so, but the one-of-a-kind necklace turned out to be too popular with editors and stylists for me to part with it. Now, with Halloween approaching, I figured I’d [...]
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