All Things Fashionating by tracy mausser

Edina Kiss Rose Gold Earrings with Smokey Quartz, $45 Every year, one of my besties Tracy has an all-girls holiday gift exchange.   Thoughts of a white elephant gift exchange may be conjured up in your mind and, if you aren’t familiar with the term “White Elephant” – according to Wikipedia – it is an idiom for a valuable but burdensome possession of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost (particularly the cost of up keep) is out of proportion to its worth. I still have a sombrero chip and dip platter that I scored at a family reunion many moons ago, so you catch my drift. Well, Tracy’s party ain’t your grandmother’s white elephant gift exchange. The premise is sort of a favorite things party.   Each woman – who wants to participate (as it is optional) – brings a nice gift valued at about $100.   Each player then selects a number based on how many participants are partaking in the festivities and predetermines the order.   Each woman can s...

There is definitely something to be said about Six Degrees of Separation. Before the holidays, I was visiting my friend Robyn in Santa Barbara.   We were engrossed in idle chit chat when it somehow came up in conversation that a friend of hers – Lori – was hosting a jewelry event in Hermosa Beach.   This happens to be where I live, which is more than 100 miles away from where Robyn, who previously lived in Hermosa, lives now. Coincidentally, my son Shane is a classmate of Lori’s son.   Neither of us had any idea there was a connection. Nothing too earth shattering at that point, but then Robyn started showing me her jewelry created by designer Edina Kiss and it blew me away. Edina Kiss Designs creates modest jewelry – necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings – that are simple yet out of this world with style. According to the Edina Kiss website ( http://www.edinakiss.com ), “Her pieces are designed with beautiful and natural stones such as Amethyst, ...