Etats unis

Oh, damn! Missed this sale.

Hot on the heels of Anna's ILOVECALI necklace find is this.



But California is sold out, oh no!

I actually love all Kris Nation's stuff. I mean, this!



And this!



(You know, with a name like that she should also be doing countries.)

Accessorize!

My wardrobe could use a little somethin' somethin' lately, but who has time to shop? These I don't have to bother trying on.

Although I'm more of a pie than a pi kind of person, this looks delicious. If I understood Japanese maybe I could get a chance to taste it myself.



A different flavor altogether, suited to a more flighty mood.



A little more down-to-earth, in a charming way. Is your home where your heart is?




Of course, the items I desire cost more than a new pair of pants. Sigh. I really should just stick to my thrift-store silk scarves.

I don't know the code for the S with the proper accent, and I'm too tired to look it up. Sorry, Alex.

Okay, so the title of this blog is Covetable, right?

This is some seriously covetable covetry right here. Alex Sepkus, the jewelry of.

So I was in this jewelry store - not shopping, just getting something cleaned. And I saw this ring. And thought, wow, that's neat. And went home.

And then kept thinking about it, with that mental version of lust that led me to start this blog in the first place. So now I'm jonesing after gold jewelry. I should get back to coveting kids shoes already.



Also, his bio makes me laugh.

Nibble nibble

OK, yes, it's been a while. What can I say, I've been busy - had a baby. Yep.

But anyway...

hello, is this ring not lovely?



You know I love cocktail rings, but on the other end there's something so nifty about this perfect little nibble by bittersweets NY.

Flower power

Here's another Etsy find - giant cocktail ring.



I love it, and the matching-ish necklaces Jill Popowich makes.

Stringing me along

I recently got a bag of blog swag from 1000 Markets, a new Etsy rival. There was one thing in there that I've come to really love - earrings by Cheap Date made out of guitar strings.

Now, I hate the word 'upcycled'. So that nearly put me off them immediately. But let me tell you why I love them: they're light. Super light. I hate heavy earrings with a passion and these are so light that I forget I'm wearing them, go to bed, and end up with them tangled in my hair. Sorry, that was beside the point. They're great, anyway. And no one would know they're strings, so I can avoid looking like some weird band groupie.


(It occurs to me that both my friends named Cara would probably appreciate jewelry from a place called Cheap Date. A coincidence?)

Drinks on me

One thing that can really bring out my inner seven-year-old is cocktail rings. I always have fun poking around at Forever 21 for giant sparkly rings that cost five dollars. Like this.



Or this.



Or this.

My favorite year

I like this a lot. Not that I have any attachment to that year, but you can choose what year you like, and the numbers themselves are very appealing.

From Etsy seller Chocolate and Steel.

Square covet

I like these scrabble tile necklaces from Little Bluebird Studios on Etsy. There are a million types and she ships them in a test tube and they're on sale, so check 'em out.

Ring around the world

Just realized this is my 401st post, which seems like some kind of a milestone!

But anyway, back to covet. Love this ring from indie round-up site Smashing Darling (shouldn't there be a comma in there? maybe not, kids these days...) -- imagine a curated sort of Etsy. The ring's from a west coast jeweler whose store name I like a lot: go robot! I think the ring is funky and elegant at the same time, always a hard thing to pull off.

Type me

OK, this is awesome. So simple, so perfect.

Gemdrop

I found a new favorite Etsy covet, South Street Designs. I love faceted gemstones, they're so candy-like.

Sparkle

I'm getting all of these catalogs that are really the former tenant's. Some are godawful, some are sort of neat.

I'm kind of in love with the jewelry sold by a company called Sundance, that I've never heard of but is apparently owned by Robert Redford.

Anyway, love these (especially the gold bezel on the ring).


But, um, way overpriced.

Green flowers

Just so you don't think I only write about expensive things, here's a lovely pair of earrings from letitiah on Etsy.

ABC

You may have noticed that I do love stamped name jewelry. Here's some lovely stuff I discovered on that disastrously addictive Etsy.

I like the big loops above the discs a lot, and the crystals.

My name, your name

My friend Traci has this fantastic necklace I've long been meaning to write about. I have a thing for personalized jewelry, or personalized anything, really. Heather Moore makes really covetable, beautiful family jewelry. It's all customizable, with or without gems.

Cheep, cheep

Doing a little Etsy diving, I saw these lovely little earrings with birds etched in silver. There's other nice stuff, including a good present for a crafty type.

Small beauty

My friend Anna pointed out these beautiful small things.
The silver jewelry is so simple and gorgeous and covetable.

Sealed, delivered (I wish)

Oh my god, covetable! Daily Candy alerted me to these and I adore them: pendants and rings by Pyrrha, inspired by old seals (the wax kind). I've always loved seals, and I love heavy silver, and I've also always loved wheat as a pictorial element (seriously). So I'm coveting hard.

Bird on a chain

Another Etsy find to covet -- this delectable sparrow w. birdhouse charm necklace. Sweet.