Fall Reopening Scheduled for Thanksgiving

Due to extended time in France, I won't be reopening the site until November 24, 2006, the day after Thanksgiving, when I'll be offering sales on most of the items on the site to make room for new designs.

I just won't have time to get it together until then, and even that is going to be tight. I won't be able to ship toner until after the New Year, due to lack of product testing time, but mask will be available, as well as two new dry products and herbal facial spritzers. Also, I'm upgrading the spritzers to glass bottles, but I'm not sure I'll be able to get those in time for the holidays. They're more of a summer product, anyway.

I look forward to returning home and getting the site redesigned and new products up. As I mentioned, I'll be phasing out most of the more assembly line designs and will be offering more one of a kind designs and fewer of them. It just makes more sense at this point in time.

I hope everyone had a pleasant summer and is looking forward to a pleasant fall.

A bientot,
Jenie

Long Time, No Post

Hi, All -

Nesting with Style has moved to typepad. I'll update my template when I get time, but for now, Lauren's homey, comfortable blog is at http://nestingwithstyle.typepad.com/. You can also get there via link at the old blog, which is the one listed there on the right. My laptop is not cooperating with Blogger just at the moment, and I was getting frustrated trying to change the link, so I'll do it later.

I understand why she changed...any time you want to make a change to your template here at Blogger, it's a miserable hassle. CSS is just not my friend. Nor, I suspect, is it most people's, outside of the realm of those happy few who webdesign for a living. I have another blog at Diaryland, and though writing posts is a bit of an html hassle, I have to say that changing my blogskin is a dreams, compared to blogger. I can't beat blogger in terms of simple to add posts, though. And free comments. Still, I wish it was easier to design a new template that more adequately reflects who I am.

Thanks to Lauren, btw, I have a new Tuesday Treasure to add, so I'm looking to reinstitute that on Tuesday next. I'm really busy with photography here, so it's sometimes hard to fit in anything else. I'm getting some very nice shots, though, and seeing a lot of great jewelry. It will be fun to get home and start working on new designs. I'm going to do more one of a kind designs and stuff in short runs of 5 or 6. Maybe 10 for some things, but never more than that. I wish I had more money to load up on Murano-style silver and gold leaf beads here. They cose a third or less here than they do in the States. I got some gorgeous pendants the other day for about 1/6 of what they'd cost me at home. I think I'm going to pair them with copper leather, which will go just beautifully with their orange-pink color. I'm making one for me and will have 2 others available. I think with gold-fill findings. That's the other thing. I'm going to start doing more chunky things and gold designs. Gold is making a major comeback.

And on a sidenote, I have discovered the searchlight outside my window is from the Eiffel Tower. How cool is that? :)

Jenie

Eclat de Mode & Wendy Mink

I went to the big fashion expo in Paris this last weekend, Eclat de mode, and the best jewelry there was Wendy Mink's.

It's gorgeous. Photographs and images just do not do it justice. I know that's the case with most jewelry, but the colors Ms. Mink uses are just delightful. Everything glimmers, shines, or sparkles, and the colors in each piece compliment each other beautifully.

I was also really impressed with Ms. Mink's staff, who were very friendly and courteous, but more, they are obviously proud of the company they're involved in and happy in their jobs. It was a great experience, and I would have liked to have been able to spend more time at their booth.

Aside from Ms. Mink's, there was one other booth with jewelry I liked, but the show was mostly disappointing. The big styles for winter - and I suppose next year - are mostly more of what's on now and a rehash of 80's styles - big, gothic crosses and chunky, kitschy jewelry in black, white, red, and gold. Baroque and gothic styles are totally on their way back in. And if you make beaded peyote or embroidered cuff bracelets, I am sad to tell you that those are being mass-produced in China now, and will probably be all over US department stores by mid-year or next fall, if not this spring.

So there you have it: rehashed 80s styles, bad. Wendy Mink, good. :) Live from the heart of Paris, this is Jenie Clark, signing off. Back to you, Bob. ;)