Happy New Year! (cue the confetti) I hope everyone had a sensational New Year and relaxing holiday with family and friends, we did! I know right now there is a lot of talk about resolutions and all that, but I wanted to bring up a new idea that I heard recently and decided to take to heart.

This is a resolution for your resolutions. Instead of thinking about them as goals, because that word gets thrown around so much and goals seem like these hard to attain tasks we add on to-do lists that never get done. What if we changed the thinking around goals to dreaming instead?

  

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I am sure you are feeling all the cozy wintery holiday feelings and with the seasons being only a month long, there is no time like the present (pun intended) to get started.

We spent this past weekend getting the house all ready for the season. We started pulling out all the decorations and also finding a few new ones. As you know my design aesthetic tends to go towards more minimal than over-the-top and I love finding just the right touches.

It’s impossible this time of the year to not get excited because everywhere I look there are glorious light displays, fresh greenery, and vibrant colors that signal the holidays are here.

I have created a seasonal mood board that showcases everything I love about the holidays and hopefully will give you a bit of inspiration if you are in need.

 Till Next Week,

It’s been a little while since I've updated you guys about the new FINE collection and I have to tell you, the reaction I've been getting is amazing. It really makes me happy when I hear how much you're loving the collection.

I put a lot of thought and energy into creating something that feels like the Stephanie Kantis brand but in a whole new light. This collection is so truly wearable for everyday which is exactly what I wanted to do.

I also really wanted to give you lots of options of gold finishes so you can truly find the piece that speaks to you and your taste. I also made the collection easy to mix. I love to collect pieces and building upon my style and this is easy to do with the fine collection. 

I wanted to share with you some of the pieces I’m loving right now and also pieces I believe are easy to gift. Let me know what you think and don’t forget to enjoy the little things in life.

Till Next Week,

It's time again for a little lesson on some environmental issues that are close to my heart. As I mentioned a few weeks back I really want to use this blog as a platform to talk more openly about what is important to me. 

This week I want to talk about one-time use plastic forks, spoons and knives. I have talked to a lot of people that think plastic cutlery is recyclable and it’s not a problem but it is because not everyone recycling them. Here are some shocking statistics

-Food and beverage packaging make up 67 percent of all littler on the streets

-Plastic utensils rank among the top 10 most common trash items

-The ocean contains more than 8 million tons of plastic

With Halloween right around the corner, you know what that means…gift giving season is here. I have always believed that November is the perfect time to get ahead of your holiday shopping list. By the time December rolls around the stress is on and we feel overwhelmed with holiday parties, decorating, cookie baking and all the other fun stuff we love doing.

Now is the best time to check off your favorites ladies on your list with a gift that has a lot of thought behind it.

I get the question every year around this time, what’s the perfect piece of jewelry for my mom, sister, daughter, aunt, best friend, etc. So, I decided to get ahead of it this year and I put together a little list of the best pieces of jewelry to buy that will work for everyone!

These pieces are literally the pieces I make every year that never fail me or my clients in impressing loved ones. There are a few pieces in every category, so start browsing and get ahead of the holiday stress with some fun early-bird shopping.

Til Next Week,

  October turned out to be such a beautiful time to be in Europe. I wasn’t sure if this was going to be a family vacation but my mother had already planned a river boat cruise from Amsterdam down through Germany and I was scheduled for a fine jewelry conference in Vicenza, Italy.  When we were finished with our respective trips I decided to meet them both in Zürich and toured the city for a few days.

My mom's husband, Gordon, headed back home to the states, and my mom and I continued to several cities in Switzerland before ending our trip with a three day shopping spree in Milan. It was such a great trip and I wanted to share a few images with you guys.

We started in Zurich, which is a Swiss German speaking city. This is me and mom enjoying the scenery and talking about how fascinating with all it’s multi-languages Switzerland is.

Red flowers and multi colored buildings with shutters are so typical of northern Switzerland and this was a shot of my favorites. Also, we couldn’t resist inducing in some of the best chocolate in the world- Laderach Swiss chocolate, yum!

Next on our tour was Lucerne Switzerland. It’s still considered central Switzerland and is Swiss German speaking. We loved the old wood bridge internationally known. I am sure you can recognize it from a movie or two. Also, everywhere we looked there were fountains and flowers.

We got brave one day and climbed the big medieval tower walls. To our surprise on the other side were these fabulous long haired cows! We couldn’t stop taking pictures of them!

Next stop, we headed to the western side of Switzerland. These are the French speaking cities along the northern part of Lake Geneva. I found a beautiful spot to take a picture.

We then took a train with the most amazing views and had a beautiful lunch and a glass of wine on Lake Geneva.  On the way to Lausanne we witnessed many beautiful chateaus and villages dreamily wiz by.

We made it to Bongiorno. Here we are in the Italian speaking section! This is the southernmost lake in Switzerland and the city of Lugano. Mountains are all around the beautiful lake and this was the view from our hotel terrace and a shot of a fabulous Italian villa.

Just look at this view from Mount Bre. We had a fabulous lunch and spent the afternoon enjoying nature’s bounty. How perfect did my earrings match Lugano. The sodalite stone was perfect with the lake blue water. So much inspiration and I can’t wait to go back.

Till Next Week,

A few weeks back I told you about my new intentions to bring more awareness to a cause that’s close to my heart, the environment, and today I want to share some facts.

I always look forward to this time of year, because it feels like a brand new start. The Fall Collection unveiling gets me so excited because it’s time for some newness. Can’t you feel the energy?!

This past week was New York Fashion Week and I got to (once again) work with one of my favorite humans, Christian Siriano. Christian and I have been friends for a while now and when he asked me to help with his Spring '18 collection, I jumped at the chance.

There is so much creativity that happens during these collaborations because the energy that Christian gives off is magnetic and I want to match it. I have included images of the pieces straight from the runway here. Let me know your favorites! I was in love with the ear pieces, so beautiful!

Also it's very exciting for me to announce that we're launching a capsule collection together this Spring. I will have more information coming later in the year so stay tuned.

Christian and I were jokingly calling the collection "Crazy Flowers" because of the scale and boldness of the pieces but we will also be creating smaller more wearable pieces for everyday. You will be able to layer and mix-n- match, so the styling ideas are endless.

I still have to pinch myself sometimes because this job feels like a dream. Another fashion week in the books!

 Til Next Week,