Gorgeous Ring

(via Etsy, Specimental)

I love this ring. Absolutely gorgeous. I'll take a roughly cut stone with a hammered gold band any day.  Considering I was just gifted a shiny somethin' somethin', I wont' covet, but what a great Valentines gift, eh? 

Wedding Question

(dress via Weddingdress) 

Despite my worry and moaning, it looks like my dress will work out after all. Can I just say, Woo Hoo!? It was a rough go there for a while. Now onto the business at hand . . .

The stone

 

In the past year, I had only sent boy one jewelry designer, mentioning that anything from Miss Sarah Perlis would suit me just fine. In the midst of conversation a few weeks ago, he appeared oblivious to this request and couldn't recall that I had sent him anything. I shook it off, reminding myself that he had good taste and capable to find a jeweler himself.

Rich Little Poor Girl

My friend Katie pretty much has the best job(s) ever. As a cook at a year round camp in mountainous Asheville N.C. by day, and jewelry peddler by night, her life is surely coveted. Her jewelry line, Rich Little Poor Girl {I thought of the name, right Kate? } features recycled and new odds and ends,  creating asymmetrical, minimalist pieces. I love her tagline- 'clever with the quarters.' With exciting opportunities on her horizon, the Saturday afternoon hobby is turning into a real venture. I'm so proud of this girl, and she's truly a hippie, Asheville native now- bravo! Check out these shots from her recent photoshoot, and I want that green leather bracelet!

2 things

My posts are fairly lame and disenchanting today, but it's Monday and the obnoxious cups of coffee aren't keeping pace with the weekend exhaustion. So two daydreaming {and random} things today:

1) I just stumbled upon these lovely handmade studs by Doble Ele on Etsy. Look, more neon!



2) I was reminded today how much I adore this composition by the Cinematic Orchestra and Patrick Watson, To Build a Home. I have big plans for this song someday- shhhh.

How to: Audrey Hepburn

If you've been poking around here at all, then this shouldn't come as a surprise, I adore Audrey Hepburn's style. Truly, I do. Any lady that can pull off black slacks and deemed as fashionable for decades is ok by me. Not to mention, she had those very same pants named after her. That being said, she will be the first in many on 'how to get that look.' 

(1) Chambray ex-boyfriend shirt by Madewell (2) Handmade Brass Cuff Bracelet by the Etsy shop Vostrejs (3) Setai Foam Skirt via Shopbop (4) To modernize the look, neon fushcia flats via LuLu's  

(photograph- unknown)

Summer Must Haves (2)

I am a huge fan of audacious, dangling earrings, but I'm not a fan of the wind whipping my earrings around on blustery days at the beach. I adore these geometric studs by Moonlight for Violet.

This top is slightly elementary- rhinos! But, I think it would look rad with a semi sheer, black maxi. Don't you?