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The new Instinctively Charming collection incorporates onyx beads. Here's some fun facts about onyx:

I love shopping at Target! There was a time that I worked next door to our local Target, and found myself traipsing over there up to three times a day (before work for Starbucks, on break for lunch, and after work for anything else I may need.) Since then, I've switched jobs, and opened my mind to more conscious consumerism. So, I don't find myself over there quite as much, but still...I'm the mayor on foursquare. (I've been ousted.) While I'd always suggest buying local, and fair trade, sometimes a Target run is necessary. Target adapts an ethical sourcing policy, and has been named World's Most Ethical Company in the General Retailer category several times. So, if you're hitting up...

A fun fact about me: jewelry was not the first accessory I started designing.  Back in 2004 I was fresh out of 8th grade, and I was 100% sure that someday I would be a fashion designer. Of course, my patience did not allow me to wait to learn to sew.  I took my graduation money, and headed to Sears for a brand new sewing machine, and I taught myself.  I spent a lot of that summer making handbags and totes out of scrap denim and ribbon.  They were...umm...fashionable(ish.)  After about my Sophomore year of high school I had definitely slowed down with the sewing (and eventually discovered my love of jewelry design,) but I have always hoped to pick...

  Yesterday my family and I took a trip to the Pumpkin patch for my niece Joss's 18 month birthday photos.  I was able to convince Casey to score some shots of Maria wearing the Delightfully Charming Swoop necklace.  She styled it with a neutral V-neck, which I think is perfect for such a colorful necklace.  I especially loved the fall colors against the corn in the background, a perfect fall scene. How would you style the Swoop necklace?

  I hope by now, you had a chance to see the new collection, Delightfully Charming. I also hope that you love it as much as I do, but I dunno...I really love it.  Anyways, the release of the Delightfully Charming collection is a bigger deal than you may think.  You see, over here at Peerless Charm two major events were going on at once.  A new ethically sourced collection was released, and two of our oldest collections were retired (and by oldest I mean from back before I was all aware and what not.)  So...we are now 100% ethically sourced! Let's all take this moment to happy dance!