WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14

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Girl from Queens today in the New York Post!

The fabulous Tom Tom Earrings designed in New York City and handmade in the U.S.A with Swarovski Elements.Now back in Stock at a very special price $44.00 RobertaChiarella.Com

Paper Beads- Green (and beautiful!)

I have been working with the men and women in the Philippines who make quality paper beads from old magazines and catalogs. I love the paper pinwheels they produce which I now offer as earrings. I am so impressed with the workmanship. They are not just beautiful and durable, but are also made in a clean and safe environment.

Paper Pinwheel Earrings

Paper bead making has become popular in poorer countries because they have readily available materials; glue and paper. The tools used can be anything from hand made dowel to metal wire. The raw materials are magazines, newspapers, catalogs or any kind of paper that's "old news." Just take a look at the earrings. You can actually see a newspaper here, a magazine there, all woven together. 

The Paper Pinwheel Earrings are in stock and ready to ship. $28 for the single pinwheel and $38 for the double.

Making paper pinwheels and beads is a real art, and in places like the Philippines where employment is scarce, 
it's a talent that provides them income. I buy the their pinwheels and finish them here in NEW YORK CITY, with 22kt. gold and platinum plated wires. They are so cool, i thought you would like them too. Big and dangly, light and bright, they are really fun to wear. I'm truly thrilled to offer these earrings. It is not every day you can wear something that looks good and helps people. Ciao!

Academy Award looks

Wow, we did it! Check out the 'Today Show' videos and you'll see Academy Award looks for less, with some beautiful dresses, shoes and (of course) roberta chiarella jewelry!

Princess Drop Necklace

I'm so honored to work on this again this year, we have some great pieces on the clip, with a dead-ringer necklace, the 'Princess Drop Necklace' being my favorite. It's available right now and ready to ship (free shipping on this one!) to you, filled with swarovski elements crystals .

The crystals are sparkly and you'll love it. Also check out the linear crystal earrings, recently featured in People StyleWatch as well as on the 'Today Show'. These are some of our nicest earrings, and you can find so many other great pieces on the site as well, don't forget it is the last days of the winter sale. Ciao!

And the winner is.. .. ..

Wow, it's Academy Awards night! We're home in front of the television, watching to see what goes on. I hope 'the artist' wins big, this was one of the most inspiring movies I've seen and I can relate! If you haven't seen this one, go out and do so.

You know that for me the red carpet is almost as important as the show. Take a look at some of the great earrings at robertachiarella.com, many were inspired by runway looks and this year will be no different. Harry Winston may supply a starlet's jewelry on loan for the night (after all who would pay one million dollars for a necklace?) but the rest of us look at the styling and the design of 'the look'.

As is customary I have my sketchbook (and my ipad) ready so I can try and translate a winning look to our factory. Sometimes I have sketches and designs in my portfolio that get the last 'kick' from the impression I get when I see that perfect look on the red carpet. Swarovski Elements nearly always has the right stone, we have the ability to put together a piece of fashion jewelry literally overnight and the academy awards show has the star-power to give us inspiration.

 Enjoy the show, compare notes about the movies you enjoyed this year and admire the actors and actresses. Program your calendar to check the Today Show later in the week, we'll have some 'oscar looks for less' jewelry on display so you can look like a red carpet actress next weekend. Ciao!

We're in People StyleWatch!

Just look at this! You know it's a jewelry designers job to be out there predicting trends, right? We've got to see what's hot, walk around New York City and check out what people are wearing and visit those little boutiques that have the coolest new stuff. Then I draw, and take my ideas of what you are going to like next and send the drawings off to the factory.

Linear Crystal Earrings


After that the jewelry is delivered and we hold our breath, cross our fingers, light candles and rub Chicklet's belly for good luck, hoping people really do think we've got a great new item. One super-accurate way to know if you got it right is when a magazine editor picks up your newest design and features it. It's an amazingly fantastic sign of 'you hit the nail on the head' when that magazine is People StyleWatch. If they don't know what is in style today, nobody does!

So, take a look at this. The linear crystal earrings, part of Selena Gomez' 'cover look' ensemble in People StyleWatch are here! We've got them in stock and ready to ship to you. We love Selena, she favors dangl-y earrings and seems to really like platinum. Her hair is perfect and the color is a perfect backdrop for the linear crystal earrings. And her mother is Italian!

You should get a copy of StyleWatch while you can and look at the great pics. Browse over to robertachiarella.com and look at our earrings, many are super-affordable with our winter sale still going strong. It's going to snow this weekend here in New York so I've gone to the newstand so I can catch up on my reading while we stay indoors by the fire. We'll make some popcorn and watch the Grammy Awards on Sunday, there's never a Red Carpet I don't love to watch. Ciao!