I am a huge fan of Pottery Barn. Husband is too! It’s the one store we both like to shop at. Having lived so close to their stores and outlet, we have a lot of our furniture and decor from there so I receive all of their catalogs. I usually briefly scan them to see if there is anything of interest and then toss them into the recycling bin.

Today, when skimming through the magazine a cool-looking jewelry bust caught my eye. Then something on it intrigued me even more.

Just a lovely dresssing table set-up.

Decorative Bust

A closer look…and what do you see?
J Crew Flowerette Sash
J Crew 4-Strand Pearl Necklace
J Crew Crystal Coletto Necklace

Vintage Jewelry Stand

J Crew Crystal Colleto Necklace
other random J Crew Jewelry (some were/are in-store only)
Even more J Crew jewelry

Now I really want that bust.

I stopped by the J Crew Factory Store before heading back home from the office. I was excited because the store had some new arrivals.

Evening Primrose Print – Color: BOL, Burnished Olive
Strapless Dress, Style #25208, $98 (I didn’t try this on.)

Cotton Belle Skirt, Style # , $69.50 ($10 off), Size 4
I love this skirt. See it on Dina here.

Size 8 – This is about an inch longer than the 4. There wasn’t a 6 or I would have snatched that up. I can’t wait to pair this with tights and boots.

Cotton Sweater – You remember this from Fall 2009 in Merino Wool.
Style #28428, $72.00 (less $5), Size M

Imperial Tee – Outlet version -Style #29155, $29.50 (less 30% off all graphics)
This is not as sheer as the original. These are selling out. My store only had 2 Larges left.

Art Workshop Tee – Style #28400, $24.50 (plus 30% off)
Now this is still in stores. I purchased this two weeks ago, on sale for $9.99 plus 30% off.

Headache Tee – Style # , $29.50 (less 30% off), Size M
From what I can tell, it is just like the original.

Corduroy Blazer in Natural, Style #27611, Size 6
They had this in a light purple (maybe Light Berry) and navy. It fit well and was really cute.

Silk Pleated Posy Top – Style #30524, $74.50 (less $10), Size 4, Color WWI

Black, Size 6 – This was a better fit than the 4. Not as snug on top.

Shirred Wool Skirt – Style #28747, $69.50, Size 6
This came in Heather Charcoal, Black and HLA (heather ?).

Size 8 – This is about an inch longer than the 6 but still above the knee.

What did I get?
The Headache Tee since I missed out on it the first time. Both colors of the Silk Pleated Posy Cami. The Belle Skirt and the cardigan in the Evening Primrose print. The stretch shirt below

 Solid Stretch Shirt, Such a pretty saturated color. $44.50 (less 30% off)

Hi everyone! Sorry for the absence. Work has been, well, work. So much that I needed to make an office trip Wednesday. I haven’t been in to my office since the end of April so I was due to go in for a day. Going in meant two things. 1)..Wearing a new item, particularly one of my new pencil skirts; and 2) Stopping by the J’Crewlet, where dina found some goodies I had to see in person.

So the first part will be taken care of below. I will post later today or tomorrow the outlet finds.

Here’s the Polyvore.

And how I wore it.

(I don’t have the bag but I saw it IRL and it is gorgeous!)

I am so happy with this outfit, except for one thing. The tank had a rouge ribbon that stuck straight out in the most inappropriate place. AND, it was right where it could be covered by the cardi, or not. So I need to do a little stitching to lay that sucker back down.

Have a great day!

…You wash some clothes that are “dry-clean” or “hand-wash” only in your machine that has a “Hand-wash” setting?

Everything comes out great. The Silk Tiered Camis didn’t fray. The pencil skirts didn’t shrink. The beading on the tees didn’t fall off.

Now…what happens when you add this dress along with your light colors?

And toss in a few white items. Yes I said white.

Favorite Bermuda shorts

Great summer skirt

An ebay purchase I haven’t even worn yet.

HTF!
Double HTF! (But I have another in a different size.)

And let’s throw in my favorite color Jackie.

WAAAAHHH!

Did I mention I also had these in the wash?

I really did cry.

Any way…This all happened before my birthday and party and family visiting. So I re-washed as quickly as I could with bleach. All, except for the whites, came out of the 2nd wash with no green or barely noticeable in natural light.

As for the whites, I was finally able to soak them in a water/bleach mixture today and re-wash with more bleach. (I know…very bad.) But everything now seems to be it’s original color. I took all of them outside for a good sun-dry and don’t see a spot of green anywhere.

Lesson learned.

But I’m glad to know I can wash those “dry-clean only” items in the machine on the “Hand-Wash” setting. I’ll just make sure to stick with the same colors. Even if that means washing one item at a time.

Have a great evening!

In honor of my birthday on June 30th, I’m having a Giveaway. So 4 lucky people will be opening a gift with me on my birthday.

First, the big prize…The Double Torsade Necklace from Anthropologie.
I have it in the Coral and this is in a light green color.

And 3 other, smaller prizes…J Crew Reusable Canvas Tote

Rules:

1) One entry per person please.

2) Leave your name AND email address in the comments. Don’t forget to subscribe to the comments.

3) Entries will be taken through Friday, June 25th at 7 p.m. Central time. No entries will be counted after that.

4) United States and Canada entries only please. 

5) If you are a previous winner of one of my giveaways, you are welcome (and encouraged) to enter this one. I want all of my blogger friends to participate to have a chance to celebrate with me. 🙂

6) I will use Random.org to select the winners. Please respond in a timely manner so I can ship quickly (and so you can open your “present” by June 30th). A new winner will be chosen for those who do not respond within 48 hours of my email/announcing.

7) I will contact the winners via email and also post it on the comments/blog. Please check back and see if you’re a winner.

Note: I am not affiliated with Anthropologie or J Crew. All items for this giveaway have been purchased by me and not donated.