So Many Naked Necks ......So Little Time (Sigh)

Hi out there

As I was previously undecided about what track to take with this blog, ( and determined to continue because I love to write), I have decided to become a SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTER, like so many others in this world, of my jewelry line Designed In Stone, while helping you become better accessorized and more fashion savvy!

Designed In Stone uses all REAL stones. No plastic please. Each piece is an original, one of a kind design. No copies here.

I am going to try to put up a new design tip or fix a fashion blunder at least once a week. In between my shopping, jewelry making, wine drinking and fashion spying at the local mall.  Unless a see a real fashion faux pas or wardrobe blunder. Then I will run right here and share it with you!

I am going to kick it off with a fashion no no that i really hate. The "naked" neck. Come on ladies...I see so many well dressed women walking around with no jewelery on. Really! Can you believe that. Just the other day, I was watching NBC 5 news here in Chicago and Lee Ann Trotter was talking about something. All I heard was blah blah blah, because I was so flabbergasted that with the gorgeous orange dress she was wearing - she had a NAKED NECK.

With Designed In Stone, (here is the shameless self-promotion) constantly creating original pieces and at really affordable prices, why oh why was this girl not accessorized?

I wanted to give you an example of how a stylish necklace can rally make an outfit, so I asked my friend Chris to come over in a white tee and jeans to help me prove my point.

Pay attention all you naked necks out there.

So happy to be getting a necklace
to wear,  from Designed In Stone
 Whewww

I chose Chris because she is a great example of a woman who knows the value of ACCESSORIES! No matter where she is going or what she's wearing, she is always styled to the nines, (with Designed In Stone pieces of course). She is a master at finishing off every outfit with a great jewelry piece. From where else? You guessed it - D. I. S. She knows that you can elevate any look with the right accessory.

Wow. I really feel relaxed now that I
am so well accessorized.

Take a look at my before and after photos. In the first photo - no jewelry. The white tee and jeans are plain and are rather forgettable. (Why is she looking so happy then you may ask? Well, it was either the case of jewelry or the bottle of wine I opened. You tell me...)

In the next two photos, you can see the difference. See how polished the same white tee and jeans look

with a coordinating necklace like the blue lapis lazuli or the sea sediment jasper. Both necklaces available at my store - www.etsy.com/shop/designedinstone . Thank you Chris for being such a great model for today's fashion tip!

So if you take anything away from this ladies, it is please, please take the time to snap on a great piece of jewelry before you leave the house.
Of course you will look so much better, and BE THE ENVY OF ALL YOUR FRIENDS, if you are wearing an originally designed, REAL stone necklace from Designed In Stone.

Let's try and stamp out naked necks everywhere!

Do You Have A Vagina?...No. Then SHUT UP!

I know it has been awhile, but I was struggling with the direction I wanted to go with this blog. I was also trying really hard to keep politics out of it.  But honestly, with the state of government these days,   I really feel compelled to say something.  To say nothing is really against my nature. Besides, I have found that speaking my mind is really freeing....

Just ask the guy who cut me off at the gas station, or the woman who got up in my grills at the grocery store....

So I hope you hang around, while I get the hang of this and find my direction. It will surely be fun in the meantime.

Anyway, by now you might be asking me what is up with the whole vagina thing. Well here goes...

On June 30th of this year, I happened to have on "Meet the Press". Big mistake. Most of those idiots make me insane. On this particular show, was a certain retired Senator who I found to be arrogant and ridiculous. Jim DeMint (R-SC).

 His comments on women's health and then  how some women wanted the state to force them to have an ultrasound, made me want to jump through the T.V. screen and throttle him, because he is not just talking about any ultra sounds he is talking about  women being subjected to trans-vaginal ultrasounds.   
                                                                                                                                        
Thank God for the voice of reason! MSNBC host Rachel Maddow pointed out that women weren’t given the opportunity to have an ultrasound, they were forced to have a medically unnecessary ultrasound by the state. But of course DeMint assured her that women want that.

Really, he would know that how? Does he have a vagina? Pretty sure not.

So, being a woman, when I look at these two, I think one is more qualified to talk about women's health issues. Hello. I am pretty sure we have a term for forcing something up a women's vagina without her consent,,,,and it doesn't fall under the positive health benefit category. 

Really, how would he like it if he was required to have something forced up his penis and be told it was for his own good and he really wanted it?

How is it, that a bunch of these politicians who don't have a vagina want to tell those who do what is good for them. Really guys...shut up!

And ladies, least I forget to mention this... No matter what your stand on abortion, (and I take NO sides here), when we let Congressman pass bills that give the state or Federal government ANY right over OUR BODIES, we are really taking a step backward.

As an intelligent, upright, breathing female with an IQ over 10, I know that I do not need some politician making decisions over the body that God, (and my parents) gave to me. 


(Alice Paul, who endured harassment, imprisonment, forced feedings, and threats, to give us equal rights, would be rolling over in her grave, to see women today casting her sacrifices aside so carelessly.)
So be careful ladies, once we give away even the smallest control over our bodies and have even one of our choices denied by the state, all on the grounds that the legislature is doing "what is best for us" , what comes next? A Burka?