gorjana jewelry on sale on gilt fuse tomorrow

my friend risa is always rockin' gorjana jewelry and i DIE for it. i absolutely love love love the way gorjana's pieces are so well thought-out, feminine, intricate, classic and simple all at the same time. her jewelry makes me feel like a real lady. these are my favorite beauties (they all come in silver, too):

below: bali arc hoops for $115

below: knox necklace for $70

below: the dove necklace for $70 is my absolute favorite out of everything. one of my favorite necklaces of all time, actually. i need to get me one of these.

two ways to save on gorjana:

• i googled for promo codes and "luckybreaks3" gets you 25% off gorjana's online shop. if that one doesn't work (it did when i tested it, though), "toutie" gets you 20% off.
  
• not sure if any of the pieces above will be featured, but there's a gorjana sale on gilt fuse starting tomorrow! need an invite? click here.

the cutest teeniest tiniest earrings ever

i came across catbird's lowercase stud earrings on daily candy a while back and couldn't get them out of my head. so i fiiiiiiiiiiinally stopped torturing myself a few weeks ago and ran over to the catbird store in williamsburg to pick myself up a little teeny tiny "d" for my second hole, along with two "w"s for my best friend - the first letter of her new last name. i got into work the next day and showed my coworker how cute they are and she, too, ran over to catbird to get herself a "m" for her first name and a "b" for her last name (one for each ear so when she introduces herself she just turns her head left and right, hilarious). and just yesterday i showed them to another coworker looking for a birthday gift for his girlfriend and he, too, ran over to catbird to get a pair of "c"s.

each stud is $28 in silver and $40 in 14k gold. the catbird store itself is also suuuuuuper cute and they have a really nice selection of jewelry, accessories and other small gifts. definitely worth the trek over to brooklyn (or cost of shipping from their online shop, if you're not lucky enough to have brooklyn only one stop away on the L train).

p.s. that's not me - photos are from catbird's website.

disposable jewelry

my office is conveniently located across the street from the soho forever 21. since it can get so crazy and messy in there in the evenings and weekends i like to stop in during my lunch break while everything is still neat and tidy from the clean up the night before. my husband does a fantab job with the nice-jewelry-buying (I voted him #1 husband of the year this year) so i don't mind perusing the baubles at forever 21 for a few "disposable" accent pieces. a few weeks ago i picked up these earrings for THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS. the design looks really intricate and expensive (ha!), and they're really light and comfortable too!

as seen on project runway

nick and i always talk about our "ultimates" - celebrities who we'd drop each other for. one of my ultimates is heidi klum. when i heard about her jewelry line i thought it'd be cheesy and overpriced. turns out i really like some of her stuff! being the recessionista i am, i've been spending way too much time on one of my favorite luxury-for-less websites, hautelook.com, and her line was recently featured with deep discounts. these silver clover hoop earrings were $40 marked down from [i think] $125. i've been waiting and waiting for them to arrive...any day now...hautelook is the slowest. shipper. ever.

handmade earrings that pack a punch

i came across these handmade earrings by sincear jewelry on another blog (thanks true and wesson!) and loved how different they are. bold colors, three different size options and totally unique from anything else i own. yellow earrings + a white sundress + a good tan = my dream come true. plus, they're only 7 bucks and the artist sends them for free. steph got a pair in the peacock pattern. gotta love etsy!