Do you know that Stella & Dot was founded by, Jessica Herrin, a mom of two girls, and that Stella & Dot was first called Luxe Jewels back then? Did you know that Jessica made the jewelry in her own home and started selling with trunk shows? {Like so many moms today!} Have you heard about the Stella & Dot Foundation, where Stella & Dot give proceeds from some of their jewelry to three different charities helping empower women and girls? Well now you know!

Stella & Dot do so many great things for women alike and they’re also manufacturing and selling some pretty fun pieces of jewelry too. After speaking with Stella & Dot Stylist, Erica Burton, I looked through their extensive catalog and so many pretty pieces jumped out at me because they were flirty, and different from what I see in the stores. I ended up choosing a set of clover earrings and a beautiful clover key necklace to wear and review and loved them both. When they first arrived I got a sweet treat because they were packaged in some of the cutest packaging I’ve received to date, and I’ve gotten a lot of packages! The cute designs, fun comments, and great reusable packaging was a great first impression on me.

The Signature Clover Chandelier Earrings were an item I HAD to have. Although I haven’t had a night out since Baby C was born I know those evenings are coming soon, and these earrings scream, “night with the girls” to me. They’re lightweight enough not to pull on my ears, while still being solid and not flimsy in quality. I love both the look and the feel of these earrings!

The other great piece of Stella & Dot jewelry that I received is this beautiful Clover Key Necklace that comes with a black metal chain, very unique, and a great, sparkly, key pendant with black and white Cubic Zirconia. I wear it solo, but it’s definitely a piece you could layer longer and shorter necklaces with. I heart key necklaces in general and this one has a little extra flare so I was excited to see it in person and it didn’t disappoint!

I’m typically a little more frugal with my jewelry purchases, {since again I don’t go out much these days}, however by wearing these pieces, especially the necklace I could tell they had great craftsmanship and high quality, so I’d definitely feel comfortable “splurging” {for me} (at $49 and $59) on Stella & Dot or even asking for pieces for gifts. *hint, hint*

Overall, I really LOVED a lot of Stella & Dot’s collection from earrings, to charms, or necklaces and more. Plus, they offer fun children’s jewelry that you could even pair with some of the “mommy” jewelry. Not to mention that a lot of celebs are wearing pieces from the Stella & Dot collection as well, so if you’re a trendy person, or one who likes to have fun, beautiful accessories I encourage you to check out Erica’s site and pick up a few pieces.

Along with the great jewelry Erica Burton has on sale on her Stella & Dot website she also hosts trunk shows so you can view the collection in person. If you or someone you know may be interested in hosting a trunk show email Erica letting her know you heard about her on MommyBKnowsBest.com

Meet Erica in person at the, “Meet Stella & Dot Event” in Charlotte on April 8th from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Southpark Marriott.  Go here for more details: Meet Stella & Dot Event

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Studio Jewel features some pretty nice stamped/personalized pieces as well as traditional and simple pieces. If you take a look you’ll find that there’s something for every taste level. I always love the “mother necklaces” where you can add each of your children’s names, or birthdates, it’s a great commemoration piece, and a perfect gift for any mom *hint, hint!

And even though I adore the women’s jewelry they also have a few great things for the men as well, in case you were trying to decide what to get your favorite man.Check out Lisa’s shop here: http://studiojewel.com/ and check out all the amazing pieces she has to offer. Your gift is guaranteed to be a hit if it’s from Studio Jewel.

And now for another… Holiday Gift Guide Giveaway: Studio Jewel is giving one lucky MommyB Knows Best reader a $50 gift certificate to her shop.

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Giveaway ends December 5th, 2010 @12:00 am. The winners will be chosen at random, verified, emailed, and announced in a Winner’s post. The winners will have 48 hours to respond to the email from MommyB to claim the prize, if the prize is not claimed within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen at random. You must be a US resident and 18 years or older to enter.

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“Each Tuesday night, Marketmommies will host a Mom’s Night In Shopping Event. Grab a cocktail, your credit card and shop an support Mom Owned Businesses while doing your holiday shopping! Each Shopping event will raise money for Mom inspired Non-profits.

Here is how it will work:

* Mom Businesses will have the opportunity to showcase their products via posts from Marketmommies.com on our Facebook Fan page.
* Each Mom Business can showcase up to 3 products per MNI Shopping Event.
* The products will be offered at a sale price that includes shipping. The Mom Business can decide the quantity of each product they would like to offer at that special price. It could be one, it could be ten – whatever the business decides.
* Shoppers leave a comment committing to purchase an item. Comment should include paypal billing info for the seller.

This is a win/win for everyone! Mom Businesses will get to show off their amazing products, shoppers can find unique gifts from the comfort of their own homes, and each week a non profit will benefit for MNI!

A week before the sale, Marketmommies.com will feature a shopping catalog of all of the products to be featured the following week!”

How cool is that? I can’t wait to see what fun sale items I can score through Market Mommies. If you’re interested be sure to check them out Tuesday, October 5th from 9pm to 11pm Eastern Time on their website: http://www.marketmommies.com or their Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/marketmommies

If you’re a business and want to get in on the action email Toni at toniinohio@yahoo.com spaces are limited.

I love the fact that these products are fun for kids to collect and that they come in bright colors. You can’t really see the necklace in the photo too well but the package comes with a necklace “string” with an enclosure, and several Charms to hang from the necklace, the nice thing is you can add so many more to the necklace, and if you really wanted you could probably even use the necklace to store your Googly Bands when you weren’t wearing them.

I love how the Googly Charm Necklaces hold all of the charms though so you don’t have any loose pieces, this may be a great choice if you have little ones that just have to have Googly gear or if you have a child that puts everything-in-the-mouth and like me are nervous about little pieces. The vibrant colors of the Googly Rings and Charm Necklaces help them to not blend in with the carpet or flooring, also helping us parents on the look out for choking hazards.

The Googly Rings are very cute, but not really for my 3 year old, because of their size they would probably fit bigger fingers easier, right now they’re way too big and easily fall right of Miss A’s little digits, so we’ll probably give them to Aunt H, who just turned 13, she’ll love them for sure.

Just like Googly Bands, Googly Rings and Googly Charm Necklaces come in many styles to appease the girls AND boys in your life, and you can collect them all, or mix-and-match at a great low price that won’t break the bank. That’s my favorite part!

Want to get your own or some for your kiddos? Check out Googly Bands Website here: http://googlybands.com/index.asp?pagetype=buynow to find a retailer near you. They’re pretty easily accessible.

Would you rather have the Charm Necklaces or Rings?

I love that there are many choices of pendants to personalize as well as other great designs without an initial. It was actually really hard to choose just one. Another one of my favorites is pictured above and is beautiful for Valentines Day, or even just to give to someone you love.

On a side note my 18 inch chain fits me just fine, but I might suggest to people who like to wear their necklaces long or loose that you may want to get the 20 inch chain instead of the 18″ for a little more “room.”

Here’s a sample of the cute pendant I received.

Yum Yum Pendants has so graciously offered 1 of my readers a tile pendant of your choice AND a free 18″ ball chain to go with it. Here’s how to enter:

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Giveaway ends January 22nd @12:00 pm. The winner will be chosen at random, verified, emailed, and announced in a Winner’s post. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the email MommyB sends to claim the prize, if the prize is not claimed within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen at random. You must be 18 years or older to enter.

I was given the choice of all of the beautiful pendants and choose this one. I’m not sure whatthe designer had in mind for this piece but to me it symbolizes my life as a mommy. When I first became a mom I struggled with the fact that I thought I had lost “me”, and was now “just” a mom. It took some great friends and some experience to realize that I could reinvent myself as both “me” and “mommy” combined. So there I am the tree who has the best of both worlds.

What’s your favorite pendant??

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