Hope to see everyone there!!

{Jordon+Mary}

Last weekend I went to St.George to help with my nephew's open-house/reception, it was really fun... 

I loved the colors Mary picked! 

I just thought I would post a few pictures to show you how it turned out....

What a cute couple they are!  I got to know Mary a little better, not only is she gorgeous, she is so fun and down to earth.  I know her in-laws adore her! Jordon is a lucky guy...

For their open-house they had an ice-cream topping bar.... with four flavors of ice-cream & all kinds of amazing toppings, including some unusual ones.... yogurt covered pop rocks??? {you wouldn't think so, but seriously good!}

The guests were invited to take a cake-pop as a thank-you.  I thought they turned out really cute! Email me {if you are planning your event in the St.George area},if you would like the information for who made them... she did a great job.

We made aprons in Mary's colors for all the servers to wear.  The girl's were given the aprons as a thank you gift for helping.  I made a copycat version of the Anthropologie Tea-And-Crumpets Apron , {I'll post the tutorial next week}.  They are fun to make and would make cute Christmas gifts.

A few shots before the rain....

The girls and I wanted to do a bohemian shoot yesterday.  We got all set up and took a few shots...  {notice the sky}

The sky gets progressively worse...

{I, of course, don't notice}

Cutie {Laren} waiting her turn....

Love this spot {my backyard}... easy to get to and has lots of old stuff, haha!

I would tell people I was making a teepee and they would look at me like I was a freak & say "Whhhyyyy??" or "What the crap for??"  In my slightly skewed mind I would think "Who DOESN'T want a teepee!" Hello... it just seemed like a no brainer to me, haha!

You can find the instructions from Sunset Magazine here if you are also a freak and feel the need to have one of your own...

Back to the darkening sky....

Loving the combination of clouds, light, and red cliffs... My husband took these pics with his iphone, pretty amazing how they turned out!

This was the last pic we took before we had to grab the teepee {I wasn't leaving it!} and run for the house!

I had lots of fun shots planned, but I will save them for another day.... we had so much fun and the girl's were such good sports {they still let me dress them up}.

You can preview some of the pics here .

January Thaw.....

Sorry it's been so long since we have posted!  We have been having too much fun and not working at all on jewelry.  We are working on some new things that we hope to be posting soon.  Winter has been so awful all over the country... but we have been fortunate to have some unusually beautiful weather here!  I know we are some of the few.  We took advantage of the sun this last weekend and got out for a little ride in our back yard!    Here are a few of the photos...

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE......SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4TH!

THIS SHOW IS BEING HELD IN SANTA CLARA, UT.... IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA AND WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND EMAIL US @ Covet Jewels 

FOR MORE INFO!

SANTA'S WORKSHOP ST. GEORGE, UT

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SHOW THIS YEAR! 

Santa's Workshop is celebrating it's 26th year in St. George, UT.  The show has gained a fantastic reputation over the years and has become a tradition for many people and families!

The show will be located at the beautiful, state of the art, 

Dixie Center

 1835 S. Convention Center Drive

St. George, UT
 

 

There will be over 500 vendors with everything you can imagine!   

See you there!

For more information click HERE

or email us HERE

The Key Necklace is this Season's Signature Look....

Who's wearing it: Taylor Swift wore a vintage key necklace in her "Love Story" video. Jennifer Aniston was photographed wearing the Key to My Heart necklace.....

Other celebrities photographed in the look: Hayden Panettiere, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jessica Biel, Alexa Chung, Miley Cyrus.....

I love the way ALEXA CHUNG wears her keys....

Here is my version:

Wear them LAYERED UP or just little singles.....

These will be added to Our Shop this week...so stop by and get some!




 

Craft Fair in Salina @ the Blackhawk Arena.... See you there!

There are a couple of things going on....

First: We've opened Covet Jewels Etsy Shop so it is easy to check out our inventory and even easier to order!  It takes time to get everything loaded, so check back often... we are adding inventory just about every day.

Second:  We will be doing a couple of Craft Fairs this season the first of which is Oct.22 & 23, in Salina, UT.  Located @ the Blackhawk arena.  Friday the hours are from 10:00am - 7:30pm, and Saturday from 9:00am - 7:00pm. 

Hope to see you there and if you mention you saw this on our blog we will give you 10% off your purchase! 


Third:  Watch for our {Our Shop}'s GRAND OPENING GIVEAWAY....info coming soon!

Fourth:  Do not resist the urge to join our Covet Jewels email list to recieve members- only coupons and specials! Just shoot us an email that says "add me"!   



"new" obsessions:

We haven't posted these in Our Shop yet.... but they are made with the these charming, little, dainty brass lockets... 

Blu Fioritura Hoop Earrings (Italian for blue flower), the flowers are vintage rhinestones that are this really cool turquoisey(not sure that's a word) blue.....

This dark romantic bracelet will soon be listed in {Our Shop}..... This is one of our best selling designs!

Hope to see some of you this weekend!

If you need more info...contact us {HERE}

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition....William Arthur Ward

Took these two friends out (Tessie, my daughter and Breanna) to take some pictures for a school project.  Not too bad for a cloudy day.

Steampunk Chic...

The last couple of days I've felt so inspired. I'm not sure why, but I feel like there is change in the air.   

I'm loving steampunk these days. Old watch parts, clock parts, etc. But I wanted this piece to be a little more upscale with crystals and sterling silver... therefore the name Steampunk Chic.

This next piece includes some vintage brass and a vintage brass chandelier link...

This last piece is fun because it has a little of everything...and looks great layered with chains!

If you are interested in any of these pieces please contact us at:  covetjewels@live.com.  We love comments!  We also created a Covet Jewels facebook page check it out!

Twilight....

Ok I'm not that great of a photographer.  Someone with more skill could have captured this amazing sunset better than me, but I had to try!  These photos were taken right on my front porch tonite.  No Photoshop either (another one of those things I'm not that great at.)

  

Summer state of mind....

Hope everyone is having a great summer!  We have been busy with our families camping, boating, and sometimes just being lazy!  Gotta love it. 

We have been working here and there on a special project for a client named Lorena.  She had the fantastic idea of engraving a locket with an initial for each one of her daughters.  We loved the idea, so vintage!  So we designed a necklace, bracelet, and earrings to go with this look.  We hunted for just the right locket, and charms to go with it.  It was important to Lorena for each piece to have meaning.  Here are the results.... Leave a comment and let us know what you think! 

Necklace includes, vintage chandelier crystal, monogrammed locket, brass key, angel, and pearl.

Bracelet:

Bracelet includes a large Swarovski crystal, various pearls, crystals, monogrammed locket, brass chain and toggle clasp.

Earrings:

Earrings include, vintage chandelier octagon crystal, swarovski crystal, and a swarovski elements pearl.

Girl's Camp Up-cycled Leather Cuff Project

Girl's camp is here again...  It's so much fun, but so much work.  I'm in charge of crafts again and I thought this one turned out so cool I wanted to post about it.  The last couple of  weeks I've been collecting cool leather belts from thrift stores, DI, etc. so we could make these inexpensive leather cuffs.  We used washers from the hardware store and stamped them with the word courage to go along with our theme for the year.   "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." Joshua 1:9.  Then used inexpensive ribbon crimps for the ends (these were not expensive but it was hard to find wide ones.  I bought mine from http://www.twilightsfancy.artfire.com/, Rina was great and shipped them fast.)  I attached toggle clasps with jumprings, added a few charms, and tada!