Jewelry Overboard!

Just my luck! Today was our day to visit our dear friends who live on Staten Island. It was a beautiful morning, but I was dressing in layers, cause the ferry ride across New York Harbor can be breezy and the water is still pretty cold this

time of year. Imagine my surprise when we heard the ferry had crashed
into the dock, and there were injuries too. I pictured myself swimming to shore, although they do have lifeboats and there were a million rescuers who were at the scene immediately.

And the jewelry! I was carrying some really nice gifts, who'd want them at the bottom of the sea?

Thankfully it wasn't a huge disaster. The Staten Island Ferry is one giant operation, and there are a number of boats, some seem like they can hold a couple of thousand people. There are a series of piers or docks on the New York side with a terminal, shops and waiting rooms that are brand new and a great place to take out-of-town visitors.

The free ferry ride passes right by the Statue of Liberty and you have a fantastic view of Manhattan, the harbor with all it's giant cargo ships coming and going, and you can see coney island on a nice day, too. So, by the time we got there, the unfortunate ship that had crashed was off to the side, and some other boats from their fleet gave us a safe, swift ride, complete with a perfect landing! I feel bad for those injured in this crash, thankfully they saw it coming and the crew made the people back up to the rear of the boat, which is gigantic and could absorb some of the force of the crash. Needless to say, we weren't riding in the front on our journey.

It's mother's day today, and to all you moms out there, enjoy your day! I know a few hundred of you will be opening up a nice package containing jewelry from robertachiarella.com, we shipped countless packages and as is our practice, hand write the gift notes and messages our customers want to send to their mothers. One of the most popular mother's day gifts was the medium Sarah, a great CZ earring that can be worn by anyone, it is so sparkly and hangs just right on your ear.

With our special promotion that we were running, customers could also get one of our new rc2 Trend Collection pieces for 30% off, and we sold plenty. I am so glad I ordered a lot of statement necklaces, ours is called the Brava Bib Necklace and has been well-received, with people ordering all 3 colors, turquoise, coral and jade.

The other rc2 Trend Collection neclkace we call Dolcetti, and boy is it sweet! It's available in fuschia and blue zircon, and comes with a bonus- matching earrings! We've priced this one low so you can get these as a set for $68. There's an introductory promotion going on at robertachiarella.com, see the site for your promo code and you can save $10. Buy yourself another couple of items and you'll get free shipping too!

If you like the luxurious CZ look, the petite Sarah, baby sister to the medium Sarah is $10 off this month. You can't go wrong with these jewels, just picture yourself cruising on the open water, safely tucked away at the back of the Staten Island Ferry, (near the lifeboats) with lots of people admiring your look. Ciao!

Brrrrrrrr!

Our blog and website are hot, but not much else is here in the big apple. It's been a cold snap that is affecting the whole country, and we saw TV clips of the poor farmers working night and day to keep their oranges from freezing down in Florida. Here in Manhattan, you need your warmest clothes and your hat, scarf and gloves to keep warm, the wind howls through the streets and tries to blow you over.

I usually take this as a message from the powers above to stay indoors, and so my house is cleaner, my closet is organized and our jewelry inventory is ahead of schedule. I am glad we schedule the inventory this time of year, if it was in the summer, we'd be griping that we had to stay indoors counting the jewels when it was so nice outside. Speaking of inventory, when we count, people save!

Our january sale is in progress, and the best way to reduce the number of pieces to count is to have a sale and move them out from my studio to your home! I took a peek behing a large plastic box and found a bunch of glacier cz rings we thought had sold out, they went into the sale section right away.


So, to that lady who called before christmas asking if we had the purple ones in stock and I said I thought I did but couldn't find them, here they are!

And to the customer who wanted to know when the bean earrings would go on sale so she could have a 'spare pair', now's your chance, they are reduced to $25 for the sale.

I've also put the fried egg necklace on sale for because I accidentally ordered extra, our boo-boo is a bonanza for anyone who wants a fantastic piece made of tiger eye glass beads, natural shell with a dramatic center, now only $25 for our sale.

We hope that you've been watching your morning TV, our favorite editor Jill Martin has been busy as usual with her fashion segments, and has been wearing some of my favorite earrings as well as using roberta chiarella jewelry for her makeovers and 'ambushes' that make the Today show fun to watch. I got a DVD from the Wendy Williams show where I introduced Wendy, and we watched it today, I was amazed at the audience reaction when Wendy said every member of the audience would get a pair of my earrings.

The studio lights are bright and there are loudspeakers right in front of you, so you can't really see the crowd when you are on stage. I appreciate Wendy's staff for sending this to me, I watched it 4 or 5 times until my brother made me take it out. Happy birthday, BRIAN!!!   Ciao!