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Not Such Easy Reading

If you start reading a book, do you feel compelled to finish it?
Once I start reading a book, especially if it qualifies as literature, I feel totally compelled to read it all the way to the end. 
Sometime about a year ago I decided to attempt to read the works of English female authors from the 18th and 19th Centuries. I did this because I knew that there were outstanding female authors that I missed.
But I'm having some trouble with this.

 

Do you ever read books where the main character is so obnoxious and so unsympathetic that you just can't turn another page?  Well that's how I feel about Margaret Oliphant's 'Miss Marjoribanks'.  I was actually hoping that the main character would catch consumption and die so that we all could be put out of our misery.

And then there is 'The Female Quixote or The Adventures of Arabella', by the prolific Charlotte Lennox. In many ways it is a brilliant satire but the main character Arabella is so annoying.  Even by three quarters of the book, Arabella is as puerile and foolish as she was in the first chapter. And I'm sorry but, no feminist literature professor is going to convince me that the wealthy and well bred Arabella, with access to an extensive library  yet who floats in a fantasy world ruled by French Romance novels, is some kind of 18th Century feminist heroine.

So, I've done something that I rarely do. I've tossed these books aside and just given up on them.

Still, I feel kind of guilty.

Things That Make Me Go Arrrrgh

I suppose that most of you were raised with a certain list of rules for behavior as I was.
If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all
Speak quietly and use proper English
Don't bring attention to yourself
Never, never brag about your accomplishments or expect credit for anything you've done
Yes, I'm sure that you all know the list
In spite of this blog, in person you would find me to be a wallflower type...at at social event, I would be the quiet woman at the side of the room nursing her glass of wine watching everyone else...in fact you probably wouldn't even notice me.
But when it is business all these rules go by the wayside because at Beladora we don't have a publicist or a marketing department. Well, actually I take that back.  I am the publicist and the marketing department, as well as many other things and that is the primary reason that I started this blog.  
And, when I see beautiful Beladora jewelry in publications, without credit, it makes me go arrrgh.
Take these gorgeous images from Elle.com for example

Great image isn't it but the snake necklace,  turquoise ring, and turquoise bracelet are from Beladora.com with no credit (and those look an awful lot like our david webb earrings too).

OK, let's see, vintage doorknocker earrings, turquoise ring, turquoise bracelet and link bracelet from Beladora.com , once again with no credit.

The vintage coral ring and diamond ring, weingrill coral bracelet, marina b bracelet and vintage tassel bracelet are also not credited.

And here we have the vintage gold collar necklace and black onyx ring, once again from Beladora.com.

Don't get me wrong, we are thrilled to have our awesome estate jewelry shown in Elle.com.
But if our competition is getting credit  for her estate jewelry on the Elle website, we would like to be credited too.
And, I'm promoting my brand and coming out right here in full bragging mode and telling you that Beladora estate jewelry rocks.
No other vintage jewelry website has as wide of a variety of exceptional pieces at attractive prices...or the friendly customer service...or the easy returns...as Beladora.com does.

His and Hers Gifts of Christmases Past

From the 2010 Neiman Marcus Christmas Book

A Tequila party for 75 of your best friends with Colin Cowie for $125,000...sounds like fun for $1666 per person.
A swimming pool sculpture installation by Chihuly for $1,500,000..doesn't everybody need one?

But what I really want is this gift from the 1974 Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog

Yep, his and hers hovercrafts
$3640 for the pair.
Really who wouldn't want those?

Non Stop Style - Giovanna Battaglia

Giovanna Battaglia never fails to amaze me

I particularly appreciate her unique style in jewelry

Photos from easyfashion blog