It is never to early to start your holiday shopping and handmade jewelry is a GREAT gift idea!
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If you are going to wear a sexy cocktail dress you HAVE to have a cocktail ring to go with it!
Created with sterling silver and a smashing gold plated druzy cabochon, this ring is sure to get people's attention! Ring has been oxidized then brushed carefully with steel wool to soften the steel grey finish of the sterling silver. Artist's initials are stamped on a raised charm on the underside of ring.
See it in my Etsy store here: Can I Buy You a Cocktail ring?
Project Runway
Season 10, Episode 7: Oh My Lord and Taylor
Air 8/30/12
My Lifetime, Thursdays 9pmPST
To celebrate the 10th season, the designers get a chance to be part of the 10 piece Project Runway Capsule Collection at Lord & Taylor that will be sold in stores and online. They had to design a cocktail or evening dress for Lord & Taylor customers that will retail in the $200 to $300 price range. A designer from each of the other nine seasons has also created a look and the dress must fit in with the collection. The winning look will be manufactured by Lord & Taylor along with the others and sold online and at the flagship store. The dress will also be displayed in the window.
For our EtsyMetal Translation:
Design a sophisticated piece of jewelry for evening wear. Something that could go into production. You can choose one of the PR Lord and Taylor designs to complement or for inspiration, check them out here www.lordandtaylor.com/eng/CMS/PRDress_Dress.cfm
If you do use one of these dresses, please post a picture of it also.
Make it work!!
Deadline: Thursday, September 6 by midnight, your time.
To see all of the kick ass pieces created by EtsyMetal members for our Project Runway challenges, visit the EtsyMetal blog!
Much to my Mother's (and husband's) chagrin I am a animal lover through and through. I think I got it from my Dad. We are both a bit animal crazy.
So I am going to narrow it down to the here and now. For the most part anyway...
Okay, moving ahead to present day and the love of my dog life: Samson.
Samson is a Boston Terror. I mean, Boston Terrier. After a life of having BIG dogs, Paul and I decided that maybe, just maybe we would try a small dog this go 'round. After spending some time with a Boston Terrier one day at Paul's office picnic, we decided THAT would be the next breed we would welcome into our home. When my brother caught wind of the fact we were considering a BT he said to me... "a terrier? Are you sure you want a terrier?" Pashaw! Of COURSE! What does HE know? Boston Terriers are the GREATEST DOG IN THE WORLD, don't you know?? We spent a WHOLE day with one. We KNOW what we are talking about...
Obviously he KNEW what he was talking about. Terriers are just another word for Terrors. But we LOVE this Terror:
But we do have an overload of videos of him. Here are two of my faves:
The beginning of this one is a little stomach churning due to the Blair Witch style camera handling ... but the under-the-cabinet dive near the end makes it worth it (well, at least I think so).
Paul is trying to get Samson's leash on so he can take him outside. Sammy wants NOTHING to do with it...
He is quite a handful. His personality is larger than life. He isn't your typical Boston Terrier. He weighs in at nearly 30 pounds. That is about 10 pounds over a typical BT. His ears insist on bending over at the tips. They should stand straight up. But. Samson has NEVER been one to play by the rules. EVER.
We here at the Clark household are pretty smitten with him. Even Paul, who has forever and always put up with my love affair of animals. He knew going into it how I was (that is what I tell him whenever we see a "free kitten" sign...). Gotta love him. He has put up with a lot of animals in our 20 plus years.
