Temptation Tuesday

While doing research for a project I came across this beautiful jewelry line. I thought it would be perfect for Temptation Tuesday. Here are just a few sneak peeks. You really should check out their website. I especially love their earrings!

(all images via)

Happy Tuesday!

Shareen Vintage

I just read some exciting news about a wonderful woman that I have known for quite some time- Shareen Mitchell. Shareen is the force behind the popular Shareen Vintage stores that are in Los Angeles and New York. If you aren't familiar with her you really should check out her website. She has an amazing eye for vintage clothing that she makes look new, fresh, and up-to-date, and she also creates her own pieces as well. Now she is getting her very own reality series on Discovery's Planet Green channel which will show how she puts everything together!

My Mom, Sisters and I have been shopping with her for years- starting when she just had a booth at Melrose Trading Post. In fact, one of my sisters did some modeling for her and can be seen on her website.

It isn't that we are close friends, we haven't ever been out to lunch, and don't socialize, but once she did an incredible thing for me that had nothing to do with shopping or clothes. Mom and LAG took me to her store for my Birthday and as she was helping me try on a piece, Shareen noticed that I wasn't feeling well. We started talking about how I had been having a health problem for a while, that no doctors had been able to help me, and that I couldn't work because of it. She told me about a woman she used to see and recommended that I contact her.

Like I said, I had been out of work and was thinking that there was no way that I could afford to go to this woman, and as if she was reading my mind, Shareen insisted that she would pay for my initial work up and visit! I couldn't believe it! I really needed something and here she was offering her help, and asking only that I get better.

She really is such a fantastic and generous spirit, and I am so happy things are going well for her. Best wishes to Shareen! I will be watching and supporting, and I hope that some of you will too!

(photo courtesy of The New York Times- Gordon M. Grant)

Love Story

Below is a video that I found from a friend's blog. I couldn't help but be moved and I HAD to re-post. It's a beautiful story. I hope you enjoy it. (If it doesn't automatically have a play button for you click on the "Danny & Annie" portion of the icon.)

Danny & Annie from StoryCorps on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday!

Today is my Precious Girl Darla's 6th Birthday! Mr. R, my Darling husband, thinks I am completely crazy for making even a mention of this. Why? Well, if you have looked at the photos of our children you will find that My Precious Girl is actually a dog. (DO NOT tell her that!)

I never really understood before her how completely attached you can become to your "pet". I kind of thought that people who treated animals like they were children were more than a little crazy. But, now I am in love! Sometimes I wonder if I will love and fuss over my human children this much. (Probably.)

Anyway, take a look at this face and tell me what's not to love...

(poor thing was still drugged from having teeth removed)

(this is her serious shot)

(she's a sleeper -just like her Mom- and loves to nest in any clothes she can find)

(snuggling with her best stuffed friend Elephante)

(she loves to travel)

(this is her scruffy puppy "I didn't do it " face )

So, with a face like that and inspite of my husband's laughing at me, I want to wish my little angel a very Happy Birthday!!!

Temptation Tuesday

I am back just in time for Temptation Tuesday! We went with a Bachelorette theme for last week's TT, and I thought we would stick with it since this season came to a close last night. No need to boycott today's post if you have not yet seen it- I'm not commenting on the outcome only using one of it's hotties as this week's inspiration. I thought we could take this opportunity to be Tempted by some of the Latin Hotties out there. Collected for your viewing pleasure...

Roberto Martinez from The Bachelorette

Mario Lopez

(If you read this today, sorry Honey. I love you.)

Benjamin Bratt

Javier Bardem

Adam Rodriguez

Reynaldo Giannechini

and my personal favorite Mr. R!

(sigh)

Temptation Tuesday

In honor of the up coming season finale of this season's Bachelorette I thought we would make today's Temptation Tuesday about Engagement Rings. They are so personal and should be a reflection of a couple's (read: woman's) style. Here are just a few of the hundreds of different designs.

(via)
You could go Cartier
How about a pop of color? (via)

You could go Vintage

And what girl doesn't love Tiffany !

What style of engagement ring tempts you?
Do you have a great engagement story?