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Face Shape: Heart
Styles that flatter the face: Earrings that fan out at the bottom or teardrop shaped earrings are your best choice.
Not the best choice: Earrings that have the smallest point at the bottom
Hmm Apparently I need to make more earrings with heart shaped faces in mind!
Other Face Shapes:
Rectangular
Round
Square
Oval
I had a request for help with determining face shapes. I think a good visual guide helps. This guide has face drawings as well as celeb examples.
Check out the guide here: Face Shape Guide
Face Shape: Oval
Styles that flatter the face: Most styles flatter the oval face. You can wear hoops, ovals, or chunky earrings with confidence! Triangular earrings look especially flattering.
Not the best choice: Really long earrings might make your face appear to be too long
Examples of good choices for an oval face:
Mother of Pearl Triangle Handmade Earrings
Hollow Brown Shell Handmade Earrings
Other Face Shapes:
I totally overslept this morning. Was running around my house like a madwoman cursing the alarm clock when I decided to check my email really fast (Told you I was an addict).
I got an email notifying me that I was featured in the Indie Quarter today. Hoorah! That made my morning better! Read the article here. It's a great write up.
Thanks Indie Quarter!
Face Shape: Square
Styles that flatter the face: Drop earrings are a good choice becase they add length to your face. Earrings that are curved and angular in shape will also flatter.
Not the best choice: Square earrings
Examples of good choices for a square face:
Mother of Pearl and Onyx Handmade Earrings
Freshwater Pearl and Chain Handmade Earrings
Other Face Shapes:
Rectangular
Round
Just a quick note to let you know that things have finally cooled off and I have started making jewelry again! Yay!
I don't really enjoy cooking. I want to love it I really do but to me it is something that just sucks up my precious time. If it was still just me I would honestly just live on steamed veggies and rice (with ice cream thrown in for variety) but because I have a child and a hungry husband I cook most nights of the week. I also cook because I love delicious foods.
Tonight I got invited to a trial Dream Dinners night. I thought, "Hey a free meal? Sure!" I have heard of Dream Dinners but I wasn't really sure what it was. I knew you made dinners to eat later but I was picturing having to cook everything at the store. Not my idea of fun.
I don't want to sound like a commercial for them but I was really impressed. It really is as easy as they promise! Here's how it works... You chose the number of meals you want from the menu and then make an appt one night to go in and make all the meals. I think the norm is 12 meals.
There are stations set up with everything you need and a recipe to follow. For example, we made Cider Barbecue Chicken.... There was a freezer bag of 6 frozen chicken breasts. First we made a marinade for the chicken. If the recipe called for a tbs of onion flakes then the scoop in the onion flakes was the size of a tablespoon. No need to think. Love it. I made my meal in less than 5 minutes.
Then you package your meal in freezer bags and put a heating instruction label (that hubby can follow too) on it. It also has side suggestions on the label. They let us try the cooked version of what we made and another dish and they were really good!
I grabbed a menu for August (Here is the July one) and came home to sell the husband on the idea. Because I work 3 days a week and don't get home till around 6:00 I almost always have to make really basic dinners on those nights. If I am super tired we might even have mac and cheese. You know how those days are! If I made 12 dinners at Dream Dinners then on those three days a week either my husband could follow the directions and have it waiting for me when I get home or I could cook it really fast when I got home. Heaven!
The servings are for 6 people. The chicken we made tonight had 6 chicken breasts in it. So my thought is that I will split it with my mom who also works too much to cook (Just have to talk her into it). That would bring our cost down to $125 a month for 12 dinners. Most meals are between $16-24 (so split = $8-12). I think that is very reasonable.
I don't think it's for everyone. If you really enjoy cooking you will feel robbed. If you are a veggie there won't be anything for you to eat. But..if you love to eat good food but don't want to spend time making it or are just too busy then you should try it. You can host a preview night if you have one in your area and you and all your friends can make a meal for free. I'm already thinking about who I will invite!
So there you go. My review of the Dream Dinner experience. Definitely worth trying! And no I am not associated with them. ha ha I just love passing along good finds!
Finally! Here is another "Earrings to Flatter your Face Shape". I have to say..I have been testing out these guides on my face (oval - it will be up soon) and it really is true. Test it out and let me know what you think.
Face Shape: Rectangle and Long
Styles that flatter the face: Earrings with curve and width at the bottom that will make the middle of your face appear wider. Circular, triangular and square shaped earrings will also flatter your face. Thick chunky earrings will flatter your face shape too.
Not the best choice: Hoops or long dangling earrings.
Examples of good choices for a rectangular face:
Filigree Grey Shell Handmade Earrings
If you missed the guide for a earrings that flatter the round face see it here
Is it brain frying hot where everyone else is too? The news last night said it was 102 degrees here in San Jose yesterday but it felt hotter. Our house stays pretty cool until 1:00pm or so but after that we are searching for something cooler.
We did find out that my father in law has a pool at his apartment complex so we took Bella swimming for awhile in the heat of the afternoon. She loved it and it cooled us all down a bit. After swimming we went off in search of an air conditioning unit for the house. My husband had seen some at Frys Electronics the day before.
Well we got to Frys and everyone leaving the store had an a/c unit in their cart. When we started walking towards the area where he saw them the day before we were shocked to see a huge line. I kid you not...there was a line of 50 or so people waiting for the opportunity to even look at the a/c units. We decided to try somewhere else.
Next we went to Sears. All sold out. Every unit (and those puppies aren't cheap). They aren't getting anymore until August 3rd. We decided to give up on the dream of a nice chilled house and settle for one where we can at least survive. We went searching for another fan. Sold out.
We traveled back to Fry's and looked there. Sold out of every single fan. Is that insane? Today we are hitting every store until we find something. We are all zombies this morning because we got no sleep last night and at 8:00 it is already scorching outside. **Edited to add: Fans are sold out everywhere. Not a one to be found anywhere. No fans, no pools, no air conditioners.
There won't be a lot of jewelry made this weekend. As I have said before it is 10 degrees or so hotter upstairs where my bead room is. (Maybe I should rally to move it downstairs to the workout room?) I cannot even bear to go up there! I made myself feel productive last night by dashing upstairs for 2 seconds to grab the Totally Indie coupons and cutting them out while I sat in front of the fan downstairs.
At least I got caught up on some reading while I tried to fall alseep. I am reading Jpod by Douglas Coupland and I love it. I keep laughing aloud while I read it. I have always been a fan of Douglas Coupland although he did have a some snoozers a few books back. I'm glad he's back to his old style again.
I hope that wherever you are you have wonderful central air and a sparkling refreshing pool in the backyard. Oh and can I come over if you do?
Wow! It has been so long since I participated. I've been too scattered to remember to take a studio picture. Hopefully I will be able to stay on track now!
So here is my studio sidekick. My little Bella. (I know the topic is kinda animal themed but Bella is allergic to cats and I am too paranoid to have a dog until she is a little older. So for now I have a 2 legged sidekick) I try to work in the studio when she has gone to bed but sometimes I HAVE to get something done when she is awake and well..we manage.
She loves beads and loves to try on necklaces and say "Pretty!" I think I definitely have a jewelry addict on my hand...and hopefully someday a helper. I'm sure she will be the only Kindergartener with necklaces to match every outfit!
Right now? Not so much help. I try to entertain her with things she can't break or hurt herself with but of course she would rather try to grab my pliars or unravel the rafia. She also loves to crumble and disperse the packing peanuts.
She's a lot of fun though and I love having her company in my studio and hope someday we can enjoy making jewelry together.
Happy Studio Friday!
