FASHION: brights + weaves

♡.....genius!

FASHION WEEK: colors

caught my eye/Jonathan Saunders/brilliant use of colors+pattern/another talented colorist print master a la Dries Van Noten???

JEWELRY: engagement ring/brilliant cut diamond

a traditional brilliant cut diamond set in a non traditional mix of metals retaining a modern yet classic look.
info@tamtranjewelry.com

JEWELRY: heavy bangles

heavy oxidized bangles/inspiration the ancients
www.aurumvitae.com

TRAVEL: road trip Arizona

INSPIRATION: authentic western style

the real deal/authentic gear/boleros are for dress up days

JEWELRY: engagement rings/rose cut diamonds

for those looking for an alternative to the classic platinum+diamond engagement ring consider this, a rose cut champagne diamond ring handmade in 22k gold, gorgeous classical style with an "ancient" feel.

www.tamtranjewelry.com

INSPIRATION: ranchers

Arizona ranchers seen from the 110

TRAVEL: on the way from Sedona to Grand Canyon

amazing and inspiring landscape

JEWELRY: stacking fossilized ivory rings

natural reclaimed fossilized material/stacking plain or carved twist or carved branch rings/natural shades of ivory/mix + match.
available at www.aurumvitae.com $60/each

JEWELRY: unisex blue beads

optimistic signs of spring/shades of blue/trade bead/pile them on. available at www.aurumvitae.com or @JUSSARA LEE NYC

JEWELRY: showing your love

6 tiny hearts with gemstones spelling REGARD, a Victorian tradition of giving jewelry with a message, to purchase/more info please email info@tamtranjewelry.com or www.sicaria.com

SNOW DAY

last week's snow day

JEWELRY: custom men's pendant

a custom pendant with message stamping for my friend Mark's birthday.

STUFF: Santa Maria di Novella

One of my favorite products is the rose water from Santa Maria Novella. It's an amazing place to visit if you are ever in Florence, Italy. A little more about its history below excerpted from Smithsonian magazine.

But as home to one of the world's oldest pharmacies, Santa Maria Novella boasts an attraction no other church in Italy can match. Dominican monks began concocting herbal remedies here in the 13th century, in the time of Giotto and Dante. Today, the Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella still sells traditional elixirs, along with more contemporary skin-care products, oils and perfumes.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/heaven-scent.html?c=y&page=1

http://www.lafcony.com/smn/index.php

TRAVEL: Joshua Tree

This is a flowering Joshua Tree in Joshua Tree National Park, they bloom in the spring like any other plant and is a site to be seen. I love being in the desert, it's such a unique sensation with just the colors of brown earth and blue sky as far as the eye can see and the strange shaped cacti and vegetation compared to the green Northeast.
The Joshua Tree, the largest of the yuccas, grows only in the Mojave Desert. Natural stands of this picturesque, spike-leafed evergreen grow nowhere else in the world. Its height varies from 15-40 feet with a diameter of 1-3 feet. Originally thought to be members of the Agave (Century Plant) Family, the Joshua Tree and other yuccas have been reclassified as members of the Lily (Liliaceae) Family.

STUFF: C magazine

California style/a great read if you are suffering from the winter blahs/refreshing fashion editorials/great alternative to superpowers CONDE NAST/HEARST
http://www.magazinec.com/

STUFF: lip balms

lip balm obsession/latest purchase Korres.

STUFF: suite303 sexy sugar scrub

My friend April's first product/handmade/all natural/smells amazing/skin so soft/
212.633.1011/www.suite303.com

NYC

All these images were taken in NYC.