Shopping Around ... Bullseye!

This blogger ordered the dress in the picture from the Q. Notice anything odd about it???

Take a closer look at one of the boobs ...



Bullseye!!!


Ellen DeGeneres will be on QVC remote from LA in January to present Halo, Purely for Pets, a natural pet food company that she partially owns. I hope she's funny. I hope she comes back. And I really, really hope that the "I love Jesus, but I drink a little" lady calls in to talk! She is a hoot!

Miss Tina likes to design her clothes for the curvier woman. She was inspired by "the forgotten woman," noting that "some of Beyonce's backup singers are plus size women." How sweet of her to think of all us fatties.

"Holy mamacita!" Shawn Killinger writes just like she talks. This entire blog entry is pretty funny. Maybe Shawn Killinger and Rachel Ray speak the same strange language that only they fully understand.

The is some controversy surrounding some Upper Deck baseball cards sold exclusively on the Q.

Former HSN host and owner of her own cosmetic line, Kellie Olver, was recruited to manage the marketing for Eveline products.

Debra Messing will collaborate with designer Robert Lee Morris to create a piece of gold jewelry to benefit Youth AIDS.

Here are two inventions that make me wonder why I'm sitting here writing this and not toiling away in the basement trying to invent something:

Real Estate agent and mom, Joya Machabee, invented the Kiddie Kangaroo, which is a storage system for car seats and strollers. She's getting the chance to sell on HSN.

Vince D'Onofrio found a way to mount those little solar lights everyone puts in their yards onto gutters, thus putting lights all along the top of your house. Not only was he smart enough to come up with these Gutter Lights, but he managed to get them scheduled to be on the Q next fall.

One day I’ll think of something to invent.

Creede Rocks the Bracelets!

It's Creede Silver Strike Day on the Q!!! I love jewelry and I love silver, so I certainly have no problem with an entire day dedicated to silver jewelry!

After looking through all the Creede pieces, I was most struck with the bracelets (and I'm not just talking about the TSV either). Normally I'm much more of a ring and earring kind of a girl, but the bracelets were clearly the stars of the day.

The TSV is an Arte d'Argento Sterling Multi-gemstone Charm Bracelet. I love just about anything Arte d'Argento, but I'm sure we'll soon be hearing stories of beads falling off the bracelet (or arriving already broken). I always worry when a manufacturer has to make enough of something for it to be a TSV. If you have to make 10-20,000 bracelets (I have no idea how many they have), I'm guessing that the quality is naturally going to slip a little. Although I have to admit, it does look like it would be fun to wear and jingle.

There's also some great Artisan Crafted items, like this Sterling & Brass Bead Scroll Design Cuff:

And this Artisan Crafted Sterling Bold Woven Bracelet:

There's even some designer jewelry like this RLM Studio Sterling "Molten Wrist" Couture Cuff (be still my beating heart ...)

And some designer knock-off stuff like this Sterling Twisted Cuff Bracelet w/Decorative End Caps:

Blue Plate Special Daily Round Up ... the Calm After the Evil Pay Storm

Take a deep breath ................. now exhale! Evil pay day is over. Time to step into the recovery room.

QVC has a Breezies bra TSV that's supposed to keep you cool in the sweltering heat of summer. I wonder if that UltimAir lining really can keep the girls cool ... that sure would be nice. If you haven't noticed, it's hotter than hades out there lately.

The bra is also seamless, so it's supposed to look better under those thin, knit tops and also help with those unsightly back fat bulges. Considering that I just bought a bra that makes me look like I have 4 boobs, I might want to look closer at this one.

Don't forget that RLM will be on with some new pieces today! I thought about getting that Forgive/Forget ring, but then I realized that every time I looked at it, I would be reminded of who I was mad at and why! Read about Robert and the Olsen twins here.

HSN has a JVC 35xzoom flas memory camcorder for their TS. Using a memory card would be soooo much easier than that stupid, pain-in-the-arse digital tape I have to use in my camcorder.

Ken Paves, you know that cute little blond guy with the funny voice that is Jessica Simpson's hairstylist, will be coming out with a line of hair care products June 24 called Healthy Hair to add to the hair extensions line, hairdo. I'm always so tempted to buy that fake hair, but then I always geek out and cancel. I don't think that I'm responsible enough to take care of fake hair--it would turn into a rat's nest for sure.

ShopNBC has a beautifully-designed diamond ring for their OTV. The diamonds are so-so, but overall it's a beautiful ring. not gonna spend $900 for it, but I like it. Not bad Chuck Clemency!

Calm selections for our calm post-evil-pay-day recovery. Breathe, chickadees, breathe!

Robert Lee Morris Hooking Up with the Olsen Twins

From Women's Wear Daily:

Sure he's worked with Anne Klein and is a longtime friend of Donna Karan. Now CFDA award-winning jewelry designer and sculptor Robert Lee Morris is partnering with a new young design duo: Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. According to sources, the trio has been hard at work for the past few months on a collection of jewelry dubbed Robert Lee Morris for Elizabeth and James. Apparently the twins long have been fans of Morris and pored over his vast archives in at his headquarters in downtown Manhattan. The line of silver and brass dagger necklaces, amorphous knuckle rings and edgy earrings will bow in the next few months. A representative for Morris could not be reached for comment.

I just love the RLM Studio line at the Q, even though listening to Robert talk about the sensual undulation of leaves and whales can be a tad unnerving at times.

The funny thing is that when I hear Robert Lee Morris and the Olsen twins, I don't immediately think about their high end lines (in fact, Queen Bea didn't even know about Elizabeth and James!) ... no, no, no ... my mind went straight to Wal-Mart and QVC. I guess there's just no place for cutting edge "dagger necklaces, amorphous knuckle rings" where I shop!