Seven Days of Gift Giving!

We've decided to list some of our favorite pieces and lines we have in store and in stock this week for those last-minute gift grabs.

Kicking off this series is one of our favorite non-M.Flynn lines-- Alexis Bittar-- who we regularly stock in our retail store.

Hailing from Brooklyn, Bittar crafts his line mostly out of lucite, metal and crystal. His pieces are like wearing transparent, delicious and sparkly candy on your ears, wrists and decolletage. The perfect pairing for a festive holiday look!


Medium Gold Crystal Encrusted Liquid Link Earrings. $175

Ugly Christmas Sweaters?

Bundle up, grab a hot cocoa and come down to the South End this weekend! There's lots going on!

You can sport an 'ugly' Christmas sweater or you can visit M. Flynn for your holiday shopping, where you can find this Moss Mills Reindeer skinny belt-- festive and fashionable! We love these belts so much we also have them with owls, birds, fish and bows!

While you're here, come to the Seventh Annual SOWA Holiday Market, located at 74 Union Park Street in the Cathedral HS Gymnasium. The market features 80 unique artists and designers!

See you this weekend!

Bostonians - Save the Date

Shop Local, Dine Local Night

December 8th from 4-8 p.m.

Come to the South End to visit over 50 businesses, all offering 15-20 percent off for 4 hours only! It's a fun night to grab some friends, get some holiday shopping done and finish off with dinner specials at a fun participating restaurant.

Free parking available. For More information and a list of the businesses participating this year:

www.southenders.com

Kate Middleton's Ring

It’s very touching to see a piece of jewelry reused and passed along to another generation. Prince William’s decision to propose to Kate Middleton with his mother’s ring was very appropriate and moving to many who loved his mother. Many men would have chosen to change the setting or made the ring new in some way to make thee piece about the new future the groom will share with his bride. While I usually really like the idea of some change or just using the stones in another setting, with such an iconic ring or a ring that has unique workmanship, it would be a shame to change anything. It will be interesting to see what they choose for the wedding band. We have many women who come in with oval-shaped engagement rings and it's always hard to find a band style they like that will also sit under the engagement ring. I say that they should get the band that they like and wear it on the opposite hand or wear it solo on the left hand without the engagement ring. With approximately 25 Total Carat Weight in her ring, the modern Kate Middleton may want to give her finger a break sometimes.

I have always loved ‘used’ jewelry or estate jewelry. Jewelry is usually given on a joyous occasion and while some may be resold because of a divorce or death, I choose to think about the positive energy that the pieces possessed when they were purchased out of love. Many of these pieces are also made by hand (if you go to a big store to buy your jewelry, this is usually not the case) and even using methods or stone cuts not used today. While Kate Middleton’s ring is not an estate piece, it’s a fine piece of jewelry from the 1980s with a 18 CT Sapphire center. The 14 surrounding diamonds are probably .50 CT each. There’s no getting around that it’s an impressive ring made by Royal Jeweler, Garrard Jewellry. I am sure that this will be a very popular style moving forward…I have read that the orders have already started to come in and many jewelers are creating replicas. Obviously, there will be people who will miss the point by buying a copy, but there will be many who will find their own family treasures to reuse or pick jewelry from a local artisan that perhaps holds a little more meaning.

Speaking of Estate jewelry and classic workmanship, Stay tuned for a picture of my latest purchase, a Victorian Slide bracelet.

Beat the Chills in One of Our Tolani Scarves!

This just in: Cold weather and cool scarves from Tolani! We love the look of these fun, colorful scarves, all handmade in India by local artisans. They are perfect for brightening up a cold-weather outfit, or updating a neutral wardrobe. Since the weather has gotten chillier this week and winter seems to be just around the corner, we think these scarves are a great pop of color to bundle up with a heavy jacket!

The perfect bag for that LBD.

When we got this bag in, we thought of all the holiday parties we have to go to and how this bag will jazz up any of our LBD's!

Something Blue!

Wow! Our first blog entry!
The idea behind this blog is to keep our friends and customers up-to-date with new things we're seeing, new things we're loving, and of course, new things we're making. Today, I wanted to show you something we recently made for a bride we've been working with:
This is a simple but beautiful Hand-knotted Two-Strand Blue Topaz Necklace. The bride came in and she was dying to find something bold and blue to wear on her wedding day. We had made a version of this necklace but with long gold beads. We agreed that with her dress and considering her style, a white gold clasp and removing the gold beads would be perfect.

What I loved about this project is that this necklace will be a very special keepsake to always remind her of her wedding day. It is something that can be passed down and worn again and again. I think jewelry is so important because it with last a lot longer than the wedding dress and it can be brought out at any time. It reminds me of a piece of jewelry that I still have dreams about. My high school friend, Katie, got married probably almost ten years and she wore a brooch that has been in her family for generations. It was a beautiful piece made of diamonds and white gold in an oval shape. It's a piece of jewelry so special and with so much history for her family. It really touched me how it must have really made her feel connected that day to all the women who had worn it before her... Katie's brooch made me think of how important jewelry can be on the wedding day and how it should have meaning and be something that a bride has forever.
I think this blue topaz necklace with be such a piece for our client. I can't wait to see it on her when she comes to pick it up.