Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Pink For Spring







Companion piece to the white necklace shown
in yesterday's post.
The pendant is detachable.


Separate Single-Strand Sterling Silver Chain Necklace
with Mother-of-Pearl & Carved Rose Quartz
Pendant


these pieces were special order items to be
worn by the Chairwoman of a Houston charity
organization luncheon


once again
don't forget to sign up for our
GIVEAWAY
shown on Monday's post
xx's


special note, this photography is our studio record
photo, not meant for public display;
sincere apology for the poor quality of visuals
taken by me, Marsha
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White For Spring




One of our newest pieces,
a statement necklace for Spring/Summer
White Coin Pearls mixed with 
Crystal Quartz Nuggets, 
White Onyx & Sterling Silver Chain
20" Long




DON'T FORGET OUR GIVEAWAY
going on in the previous post.



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Monday, March 29, 2010

SPLENDEROSA'S GIVEAWAY

Spring, Flowers, Women

Over at Violetta's VM Design Atelier
she made the comparison of how women
& flowers are so much alike.
Why?  Because they are both magnificent
and changeable.






Queen Rania of Jordan March 2010

With Spring upon us as well as Easter Sunday

I am having my 1st GIVEAWAY
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Please forgive my unprofessional photography;
I usually have my son who is a professional
do this for me...but he's in Texas and
I'm in Florida...so I had to wing it.

The Necklace & Matching Earrings
shown below will be the
GIVEAWAY
retail value $ 140.00






17" Single Strand Handmade Sterling Silver Beaded Chain
Blueblack Freshwater Pearls, Iolite & Pale Blue Swarovski Crystals
with a hook & eye clasp
&
Matching Earring Dangles

RULES
Sign up to follow my blog if you're not already following
and make a comment on this post.
My daughter, who doesn't know any of my lovely
blogging buddies,  will choose the winner on Friday at 6PM.
The winner will be notified on Saturday.

As you all know, the retail environment has been greatly impacted
by our economic decline.  If I can determine that I have enough
of a following I will open a store on ETSY with my entire
collection of Splenderosa Jewelry, all semi-precious.
This proces will take a bit of time to be up & running,
but in the coming months
I'll continue to do GIVEAWAYS.

I would like to ask each one of you to tell your world
about my GIVEAWAY, and direct them over, please.
 
So, this is only the beginning.
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xx's to each one of you guys, I adore all of you !!




Sunday, March 28, 2010

Just By Chance

I came upon these photos
of a beautiful girl named Louise Ebel 
with her blog postings of herself in Paris.
pandora.blogspot

Ruffles & Dots


This is true perfection of today's fashion





I wish I had the ability to sharpen these images, alas.

I don't like the tiny run in her stockings, but OMG
everything she has put together is so lovely
one cannot fault her with normalcy, can we?



her words:

Nude again, sorry guys !
I’m wearing Topshop dress and tights,
Zara jacket, Miu Miu shoes.


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Friday, March 26, 2010

My 1st PINK Saturday

I am joining Beverly and all the ladies participating in the
PINK SATURDAY
POSTINGS

please use the BUTTON TO THE RIGHT to visit them
and see what fun is in store for you...



In a land of enchantment, not too far away,
lived this lovely young woman, Chantelle, who had always
seen life through rose-colored glasses


Well, one couldn't blame her as her grandmother, Mom-Mom, who was
exactly like Auntie Mame, was responsible for teaching
Chantelle about the refinements of life.


Chantelle's 1st bracelet, made of pink art glass & Swarovski's given
to her by Mom-Mom.  Chantelle wore it every day, and each time
she made a wish, she would touch the bracelet for good luck.


you see, this is how Chantelle loved to dress from the beginning


her grandmother lived in a lovely old home, not too far away from the ocean
And everything was pink. 
No wonder Chantelle wanted to
be with her grandmother all the time.  Perfect & Pink.

So so pretty.
everywhere you looked you could see pink when at Mom-Mom's house
and she had
PINK flowers in every single room of the house.
and baskets of pink flowers everywhere,
Mom-Mom loved gardening you see.


Chantelle's 1st car was PINK, imagine.


She also had a
pink poodle, who also wore rose-colored glasses


and then there was Gertrude, the family's
perfectly beautiful PINK cow...oftentimes Mom-Mom would
let Gertrude come to the garden parties she had
because people would smile when they saw her.
Gertrude loved watercress sandwiches.


Chantelle & all her friends loved to go to the beach

they would ride their bicycles down and take a picnic basket

all the shop keepers knew Chantelle's bicycle, so it would have
been quite difficult to hide wouldn't it?  I mean a PINK car
AND a PINK bicycle?

one day Chantelle received some lovely pink gift boxes...
she was so surprised.
One by one she opened them.
Each one contained a perfect pink gift.
Sent from a young man who had caught her fancy.
She was thrilled beyond belief.  You know how girl's are.
He asked if he could take her dancing...
but she said it would be better if he came to meet her
grandmother at home, maybe they could have tea or something...






His name was Sean.  So, Sean & Chantelle...sounded nice didn't it?


Mom-Mom wore her favorite jewelry to the tea party and, of course,
her favorite PINK dress, but I won't show that.






 


Chantelle's new dress for the afternoon
and her grandmother gave her a new pair of earrings to mark the occasion








And, so it was, they had tea in the garden next to the pool







things went very well...so well, her grandmother even liked Sean.
this was HUGE!

and so they planned a dinner party at Mom-Mom's pink house
and invited Chantelle's brothers & sisters, mother & father +
all the aunts & uncles, nieces, nephews.

a few photos of grandmother's house
(I know, you were afraid these were coming, weren't you??)


well, the pink dining room;
she changes out the table so that it will seat 12



and sometimes she allows younger guests to dine in this room



this room is always reserved for the gentlemen for their
 brandy after dinner



Mom-Mom loved pink and pink patterned things she couldn't
ever decide upon draperies, so she just used mix & match
and it made her very happy.


 this is, of course, where the poodle slept each night.
no one was ever allowed in this room but Chantelle
& the poodle.


& so it is ladies, that this story will be continued on our
next PINK SATURDAY

I am having a lovely GIVEAWAY next week
for people who are following me.
It will be a piece from my jewelry collection
known as
SPLENDEROSA.
I'm attending an art festival this weekend as an exhibitor
and won't know until we return which piece we will
GIVEAWAY.

XX'S


Part 4, The Amalfi Coast - CAPRI


Capri...


you arrive at Capri by either a ferry (shown above) or a hydrofoil
from Sorrento, a very short boat trip, one is seated  in what
felt like a big luxury bus on the water.

The boat docks at Marina Grande, which looks like any other small port,
and you instantly feel disappointed.  Where are all the beautiful places, I wondered.


Then you realize you must take a small funicular (rail car) UP to the main city
...the port is only for ARRIVING on the island.




Funicular arrival area





your 1st view of the magical Capri, waaaaay up the mountain





Piazza Umberto



this is a good definition of "how to dress on Capri"
in this rarified air no one is not dressed, casual elegance rules



sidewalk cafes abound, music is playing, and everyone wears
someone else's "brand" on something they carry, or appears on
their backs.  i've never seen a place where the label is so important.
and, believe me, there are NO French labels here.



Please believe me, this is how all the women dress on Capri,
no fashion disasters anywhere.
this woman is a famous cooking tv hostess,
Ms Guida De Laurentiss




This magical island is my idea of heaven
 with its charming streets covered in flowers
and studded with some of the world’s most beguiling brands.
 It takes time to savor the fragrant scent of Stephanotis,
sit in the piazza sipping a Limoncello,
and still savor the joys of fully stocked Prada, Dolce, and Malo,
not to mention Fendi, Ferragamo and a host of jewelry stores,


their windows crying out for attention.


 
 
 



Lindsey Lohan coming out of Prada with shopping bag



pastisserie



Capri is known for it's jewelled sandals, which can be
made-to-measure if you simply cannot wear stuff from DSW.
Above a sandal & jewelry store.



shot from one of the "nearly" private residential areas.
breathtaking views abound



entry into the Augustus Gardens, a must see, ladies



drag your husbands (or whatevers) or leave them in a sidewalk
cafe with a book, but you must take in the beauty of this place.




part of the Augustus gardens, so beautiful


Beautiful Fruit Table, Note the Italian Porcelain Dishes



Hotel Canasta



  • Hotel Grand Quisisana, only the best


Hotel Grand JK, the newest hotel on Capri



my son left us on our own, his soon-to-be wife, Gisele, me & Ned
so he could go exploring and find the best sites for shooting his pics.
while he was gone I found the perfect pair of Gucci shoes for him, which would
never be in the USA, and he loved them.
I didn't purchase anything for myself.  I was so very interested in the
thought that the beauty of this lovely island, which is spectacular,
isn't the reason people come to Capri.

they come to see & be seen, to shop for Italian designer labels and
be with their friends.

I must tell you...in all my life & travels I've never seen such opulent and
expensive jewelry as I saw on Capri.  Every major Italian fine jewlery name,
you all know them, was well represented.  No Tiffany, no Cartier.

Everything on this island is completely, perfectly Italian.

One can venture up the mountain to Anacapri, a smaller, more casual
place with great views back to the mainland.  But, that day I was ready to leave
and return to the peacefulness of Sorrento.









this piece was sold long ago, but I think it would have the perfect piece
to wear for a day on Capri.



I'm going to an art festival this weekend where I'll be exhibiting my jewelry.
Once home, I'll post pics of the jewelry
GIVEAWAY

have a lovely weekend, ladybugs xx's