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Styled up the luxe circle bag from Clare V. for a recent Sweet & Spark fall photoshoot. I love how pop-art inspired they look with the addition of a vintage floral scarf, very Warhol-esque!
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Sweet & Spark Clothing // Sweet & Spark Vintage Scarves // Clare V. Circle Bag
Switching things up a bit and writing this edition from my desk at Sweet & Spark. After all, it is where I spend most of my time these days. Each week is honestly filled with so many different projects, but I thought it would be sweet to share a typical day for me with you here. I usually wake up (very slowly!) around 7:30am, I spend a few minutes snuggling with my kitty Darling in bed, and a few rounds of hitting the snooze button. I wash up, take care of my morning skincare and makeup routine, then sit down for a cup of tea and cereal while I check my emails. Sometimes Jillian and I will meet for a morning coffee date around 9:00am, our usual spots are Blue Bottle, The Mill and Wrecking Ball. My go-to order is a hot chocolate or black tea with cream and sugar, I am not much of a coffee girl. Then, depending on the week, we'll pick up flowers for photoshoots on our way back to the office.
Our mornings together consist of packing up orders, checking over the week's marketing materials with our graphic designer, merchandising the jewelry collection and steaming new clothing and scarf arrivals. I love using natural light to shoot jewelry images and product photography, our studio gets great light from 11:00am through 4:00pm, so I'll spend my day shooting with intermittent breaks for emails, meetings and lunch. Towards the end of the day, Jill and I touch base on upcoming projects and discuss a game plan for the following day. Right now we are busy running our holiday pop up shop at Mudpie on Fillmore Street, you can find us here through the New Year! P.S. Jillian and I were just featured in a WWD article about Bay Area female founders, take a peek!
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2017 has been an amazing year of firsts at Sweet & Spark. Our first vintage designer jewelry collection and our first vintage scarf collection being my two favorites. The next up-and-coming collection we've been growing the past few months has been vintage designer scarves from names like Emilio Pucci, Oscar de la Renta, Liberty of London and Gucci. (PS We just picked up an Hermes peony printed scarf, coming soon!) Similar to vintage jewelry, there is so much history behind each piece. Jillian and I have also gone through a few learning curves when it comes to dating the pieces or knowing what trademarks to look for from designer to designer. My favorite new finds right now are the floral printed Gucci scarves from the 1970s through the 1980s.
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Hosting a little Sweet & Spark pop up shop at the San Francisco Clare V. this weekend, stop by for vintage jewels!
For early fall, the S&S team fell in love with peachy pinks and golden jewels. Peach / noun: for the girl who has too much pink.
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