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Our jewelry collection is in full bloom right now! See a few snaps from a recent Sweet & Spark photoshoot below, I loved styling our vintage statement earrings with our new selection of Spring apparel. Our clothing assortment this season is filled with eyelet tops, the most fabulous floral tunic and lace camis in pretty colors like soft marine and dusty rose.
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Sweet & Spark New Vintage Jewelry Arrivals // Sweet & Spark Clothing
I've been lucky enough to live in cities where cherry blossoms are in full bloom this time of year. When I lived in New York City there were a few blossom trees tucked away on little streets, but each year I would still make a trip out to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden to see rows upon rows of cherry blossoms blooming. It was one of my favorite Spring traditions.
Now living in San Francisco, the city is covered in pastel pink blooms, every walk outside really feels like a dream. My new cherry blossom tradition here is to take a day trip to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park to enjoy the blooms with a cup of tea and a slice of green tea cheese cake. My favorite part is when a little gust of wind comes along blowing pink petals everywhere, just like a cherry blossom snow globe.
While I am in the middle of Spring cleaning, I thought I would share my new beauty products of the moment since I usually get the urge to update a few things this time of year. I always try to incorporate new scents into my collection and most recently my go-to for date nights has been the new Chanel No. 5 L'eau perfume, a lighter version of the classic No. 5 which is known for its strong aroma. My favorite everyday scent is usually something from Chloé. I finally bought into the Glossier craze last month and I have to say I am now a huge fan. I have followed Into the Gloss since the beginning, but I never felt the urge to try any products until just recently. See, I have begun the process of growing out my bangs and for the first time in a long time you can see my brows. I desperately needed a new brow product and I after hearing only good things about Boy Brow I decided to give it a go along with the haloscope highlighter and the cloud paint blush. Call me obsessed, I already have my eye on a few other products.
Now onto the beauty accessories. I have been carrying the Cuyana makeup bags for a few years now, I absolutly love the blush colorway. I keep my makeup and brushes in the larger pouch, any jewelry I want to bring along when I travel goes into the smaller pouch. As a special twenty-first birthday gift years ago I received a full set of Chanel makeup brushes. I cherish them dearly, but I do not like to travel with them since they can get pretty scuffed up. The uber chic travel brushes I have been using recently from a new brand are equally great in quality plus they are a pretty gold color.
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Chanel Makeup Makeup Brushes // Gold Makeup Brushes // Chanel No. 5 L'eau Perfume // Chloé Eau de Parfum // Glossier Boy Brow // Glossier Haloscope Highlighter // Glossier Cloud Paint Blush // Chanel Nail Polish // Cuyana Makeup Pouches
Each season at Sweet & Spark I get to design the creative themes, color palettes and photoshoots. I begin by creating mood boards filled with inspiring imagery and layout ideas for Jillian and I to refer back to when buying the jewelry and apparel. Inspiration research is a key part of kicking off each season, I can remember falling in love with the process at my first job out of school designing jewelry for Marc Jacobs. I would spend hours at the library scanning old magazines and, surprise surprise... vintage shopping!
Having grown up antique shopping with my mom I was used to buying things I liked to wear, but vintage shopping for design inspiration trained me for buying seasonal themes. It has been so rewarding to combine my love for vintage with my design background into Sweet & Spark, which is why I want to start sharing a little bit more behind what goes into creating each season on my blog. For Spring, we focused on florals and pastels, both of which were pretty common themes throughout the 1950s and 1960s. For an added touch of Springtime nature, we also focused on collecting critters like butterflies, frogs, caterpillars and bumble bees.
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These vintage brooches are pretty enough to eat.. See a few snaps from a recent Sweet & Spark photoshoot below, I loved styling our vintage brooches on our bell sleeve jacket and funnel neck sweater. The mix of pinks, blues and gold jewels was so dreamy, by far one of my favorite brooch collections we have curated.
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Sweet & Spark Vintage Brooches // Sweet & Spark Ruffle Sleeve Jacket // Sweet & Spark Funnel Neck Sweater