Style Trends for Holidays 2012 & Spring 2013

I know that I like to stay on top of the lastest trends in Style.  So a few weeks ago, I put together a "Jewelry Style trends for the Holidays and Spring of 2013" Flyer for my Sara Blaine Jewelry business with Willow House. I went through some of the fashion magazines as well as I went searching on the web to websites in the know such as Jewelry of America and several other top googled fashion trend reports out there. 
So for the next ten days I'm posting on my Facebook business page a Style tip to know about: www.facebook.com/Pamatwillowhouse1 

For myself I feel that whether your are younger or older, you can still be a Style force in your circle of friends. Nothing makes you feel better than knowing that you are wearing what is considered "In".  So for you all my followers, Keep up with me on both of my pages as I post a style trend for you to learn.

Remember that with my company, we have this awesome Customer Program called "Nifty Fifty" as well as Hostess Rewards that makes it really easy to save. I'm going to save that for a post another day or click on my link above to find out how you can get a discount and save.

Day One: Wear a Statement Necklace & Earrings

Style Trend One: The Number One Style Trend for the Holidays & Spring 2012 is "Wear a Statement Necklace & Earrings." A spectacular piece of jewelry is a great investment and makes the perfect gift. Isn't this beautiful? It's one of the prettiest necklaces we have to offer right now and a definite statement piece. Pink looks good on everyone.  We also have a slightly smaller one as well. 
This is a photo of the large Aubree Necklace. The Large necklace has a 13.5 karat ink Tourmaline Quarta stone that has been handcut in this beautiful mosaic pattern. heres the link if you have to have it! better yet, make a wish List and send me your favorite person who buys for you information. I'm happy to be Santa's Helper. 

 http://pamlau1.jewelry.willowhouse.com/product.aspx?zpid=6857

Here is a photo of our other Aubree necklace , I do have this necklace and absolutely love it. what's great about it is that you can slip this Gem off of the necklace and wear it plain or with another enhancer. ( Another style trend:)

This necklace has a 8.5 Karat Pink Tourmaline Quartz stone, hand set in these beautifully detailed prongs as well as the stone itself is a mosaic cut that just absolutely sparkles. It's pretty special and it's something that you can absolutely wear every day! 

Here' s the Link: http://pamlau1.jewelry.willowhouse.com/product.aspx?zpid=6856


You can't forget the earrings! They are stunning as well and will make quite a statement on their own too. What do you think?! Here's the picture and the link. 

Aubree Drop Earrings

Small Aubree Link earrings

P.S. My bonus for today! I'm having a 12 days of Bling Sale!

The Offer is in the Photo. Check it out and you will fall in love with this ring! It's the same size as the medium necklace above. LInks are below.

 The Aubree Links Necklace has a 8.5 karat Pink Tourmaline Quartz stone: 

http://pamlau1.jewelry.willowhouse.com/product.aspx?zpid=6856

Well that's it until next time. Enjoy & put this on your 

Wish List or go buy yourself a Statement Piece!

Glass Hurricanes

It's Wednesday- Time to talk about Interiors!

When it comes to designing what goes in your Interior 

or the inside of your home, 

It's ALL IN THE DETAILS.

Today, I want to talk about using Glass Hurricanes. Glass is a nice medium to use to display just about anything that you want. It's great to because if you invest in some great Hurricanes or large vases, it is easy to use them all the time but to change them up with the Season, Holiday or just because you want to see something different. I think I said on an earlier post that you only need to get one item to transform your room. A Hurricane would be one of my suggestions. The height gives you the advantage to make a beautiful display and showcase flowers, candles or something as pretty as Potpourri.It's the perfect decorator's sweet item because they are an interior design "work horse" as: 

"Glass contains, but yet reveals."

Look at the pictures and you can see how versatile and so many great uses you can have with  one great glass container. Here are some of pictures showing the details of what I used in my Mantle article. You can buy hurricanes just about anywhere, I would suggest that you make sure when you buy one that they are a heavier glass. If it's too thin, being a larger object, they tend to break easier. I am showcasing a just a couple of our Willow House Hurricanes as that's what I have at my home and what I've made my displays with. We have even more in our current catalog, they are all very pretty.

Introducing...
The Coronado Stone Pedestal

The Coronado Stone Pedestal  is shown here with the WH Mediterranean Sage Bowl and a ceramic starfish tea light holder. Multi colored sea glass is used in the glass base and a white pillar candle placed on top. The colors and textures of all of the arrangement together leaves you with the impression of the sea. YOu can find it on page 15 of our Spring WH catalog.

This is our newest Hurricane that we currently offer in our Willow House line. I really love the Coronado Stone Pedestal because it is a bit different than the usual glass hurricane. It has a glass body, but the base is almost as big as the body and it is made out of stone with a detailed design and a white washed finish. If you think the picture is pretty, 
you should see it in person.

 The Hemingway Hurricane

We have had this product for awhile and there's a good reason why! This pretty items is just so versatile, you can use it for almost anything. Look at a couple of pictures and I hope that it helps inspire you to get a little creative too!

By the way, I've got more ideas to share about what you can do with these lovelies. But I'm going to save it for another post.

 I'll give you some more ideas too.

This first Hemingway photo shows how a red pillar candle and
matching potpourri can work from Christmas time through  Valentines Day. Find this on page 42 of our WH Catalog

Version Two Hemingway makes us think Spring with Sea Glass
and lovely soft yellow pillar candle.  You could also tie a ribbon
around the middle of this or at the bottom to give it even more detail.

Our third view makes a spectacular display with Winter branches
and potpourri on the bottom to give a base to the display. 

The Galveston Hurricane

I love our Willow House Galveston Footed Hurricanes.
The ironwork gives these just that extra touch of style.
We carry two sizes & they're on page 37 of our WH Catalog

Here are just a few of the many ideas of what you could do with a Hurricane.

If you use Potpourri, I love the Yankee Candle brand, as they have very interesting lovely scents as well as pretty objects inside of there different flavors. I love Pier One for Pillar Candles, they are very nice quality candles and although you may pay a bit more than if you go to the local grocery+ convenience store, they usually go on sale and they are really nice and last a long time.

Design Style 101

It's Tuesday, Let's talk about Style.

Style to me for the most part is up to your individual taste. Not everything that "designers" suggest is for everyone. It's good to keep up on current trends, but don't let them dictate  how everything in your home needs to look. After all, if we all had the same thing, it would be a pretty boring world. My personal style is a traditional, but eclectic look. When my daughter Alyssa is older, she says she wants to have an ultra modern clean feng shei type home.

 You can however, pretty much combine different looks into a couple of styles types. Next week I'll start to discuss what we at Willow House have identified this season as:

Chic Organic 

Cottage Romantic  

Bright and Bold 

You may like more than just one style type too, like I do. That's okay. It will give your home character. Most of us do not have million dollar budgets to hire top interior designers and custom order the furniture and accessories. I'm going to tell you that you don't need to have that kind of money either to have a great looking home.

My best advice to give you is that you should buy something that :

Really strikes you when you see it, You love it!

It is of the best quality that fits your budget.

Don't spend a lot of money on anything that is a Fad.

I hope you know what I mean by a Fad. It's usually something that is really popular, everyone has got to have it. It's fun to by something that is a hit in all the magazines and in stores, but don't invest a lot in it because 5 years from now, it will look very dated.

Well, that's it for this week. Next week and for a few weeks after, I'm going to explore what the current styles are and how you can get them. 


Note: Special Thanks to our Fabulous Designers at Willow House for all their creative inspiration and coming up with the names to the Latest trends out there.