Growing up I always had a fair amount of jewelry accumulated mostly from birthday and Christmas presents. I didn't wear my jewelry that often though. My ears where pierced, but I played sports, so during practices and games I couldn't wear earrings, or any jewelry really. When we went somewhere nice, I would put some jewelry on, and I typically wore one of my crosses to church, but it wasn't till high school that I started wearing jewelry more consistently.
You will hardly ever find me without a watch and over the years I have progressed to nicer looking ones. My current one is silver with gold trim and a navy blue face. My favorite necklace is a gold chain with a cedar tree pendent (I am half Lebanese & the cedar tree is for the Cedars of Lebanon). Then there is my bracelet, composed of small, alternating gold & silver oval links. Completing the look are 3 rings: a silver band with an imprinted design for my left pinky, my gold and blue high school ring for my left middle finger, and my gold and blue college ring for my right ring finger. These were my staple jewelry choices. Depending on the occasion, I might switch out the necklace or bracelet, but for the most part, those six items were what I wore.
I would look at other women--for example my friend, Annie--and think, "I wish I was better at accessorizing my outfits." I never knew where to start and so never really pursued it. Then one day, I walked into my hairdresser's salon and a whole new world of jewelry was opened up to me. I looked at her Stella & Dot display, oohing and ahhing over everything. I especially fell in love with the Libby Layering Necklace in gold and the Millie Necklace. The Libby Layering is a necklace composed of several delicate gold strands connected by clover detail. The Millie Necklace is a mix of square and round blue glass beads on a gold chain. That combination greatly appealed to me as my favorite color is blue and I prefer gold to silver. Plus, I had recently bought a navy dress that would look amazing with those two necklaces.
That day I took home with me the Stella & Dot catalog and some info about becoming a Stella & Dot stylist. I soon decided to give being a stylist a try and within a week of signing up, my first order of jewelry arrived. I lovingly opened each box, tried on each piece, and then spread them out on my bed. Since then I have hardly left the house without wearing at least one piece of jewelry from my collection.
I get excited to plan out what outfit I will wear with what jewelry. The jewelry gives me a more feminine & sophisticated look. I feel more put together, stylish. I have been enjoying styling my mom and sister with the jewelry when we go out. There was one time in particular when my sister, Nicole, was going to her friend's bachelorette party and it was cowboy themed. Cowboy isn't exactly either of our styles, but we managed to put together an outfit and I chose the Tranquility Charm Necklace, Tribute Bracelet, and Goddess Teardrop Earrings in rose gold to complete the look. Nicole looked fantastic! The jewelry really raised the outfit to the next level. It was so much fun styling Nicole, and I am very much looking forward to styling all my future customers (I'm looking at you pretty lady!).
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