Monogramed Etsy Picks

Who doesn't love monograms?

Baby bloomers, beyond adorable these give me baby fever.

Address labels from The Preppy Ladybug , a preppy bargain at $5 plus shipping from Etsy.com

love, each one  is custom made to order.

 vintage unigram- anyone can call it their own! Confession I bought this and its one of my favorite vintage necklaces, I'm wearing it now! 

XOXOXO

JSR

What's In A Name?

                                                                    
                                           JSR
 Jenna Rose Stern, named after my father's grandmother Rose. Almost named Gennarosa , yes with a G but my mother decided against that idea because the name would have screamed my mother is Italian and my father is Jewish! for forever I have been called Jennarose by close friends and family and its how I sign all cards and notes people I am close to. If you call me Jennarose it means you know me very well and or you have known me since I was little. I have always liked my name.Yes Jenna is a somewhat common name of my generation, but I have not been in close contact with any other Jenna's. Go figure.
My name is beautiful though, why you may ask? because yesterday a friend of mine told me so , and that there are no Jenna's in his country. What can I say, foreigners always have me at Hello.

How did you get your name?

XOXOXO
JSR

Weekend Whereabouts

Headed to the vintage flea again...my saturday afternoon routine! One of the vendors said I was one of the top three best dressed customers of the day.I stocked up on more vintage magazines! Got that S-O-B to bargain with me last time, took $10 off this week ! I also picked up some vintage fabric from the 60s. will post pictures. On saturday walking back to my building Ashley Olsen passed me walking hand in hand with her boyfriend Justin Bartha. She was wearing black Prada flats , huge Chanel Glasses & her hair was beautifully naturally wavy. Haloween came and past , I ate plenty of Candy. My Diet Starts tomorrow.

XOXOXO
JSR

Drop Dead Gorgeous...Nope. Just feel like dropping dead.

Where Do I Start?

Tuesday, made quite a splash. Was The Star Of 2D class, by accident. woke up late, rolled out of bed and ran up the block to be told that I was the only one that did the homework fully and correctly. What a shocker. 3D, my fabric hamster wheel thing cover was reviewed. I was told that it was wrong, very screwed up but very interesting...the teacher loved it. She did say however that I was so trying to sell everyone oranges when they thought they were getting apples...meaning i was going to sell it as what is wrong with it, nothing? Busted, not really. Yes, its a bit screwy but its stunning and unique. My teacher used mine as a example to point out that there are other ways to doing things, and there's the right way and the other way which every time is a hell of a lot more fun and interesting. This has always been who I am, I rather produce work that different but me every time than " correct" and boring.

Wednesday, woke up home! headed to my dermatologist first thing to get a cortisone shot...now I now what its like to get botox not that bad. Hopped back on the train with mother & a very good family friend, who is a aunt to me....to The Nate Berkus Show! Mother took up like half of the Q & A with Nate LOL,  one of the crew was like we kinda need the microphone back now.

yesterday...spotted Liv Tyler walking down my block!! Her skin was flawless. Me & Madeline were walking to pinkberry, we needed our fix ...people were stopping and taking pictures of ...Maddie looks alot like Reese Witherspoon so we thought we were having a Milly Show paparazzi re - peat LOL then we turned around and gasped together on cue LIV TYLER!

today all i did was shlepp to class in my juicy tracksuit, and clean my shit show of a room ...the place was making me nausea.

Drumroll Please.....The Winner Of The Giveaway is Sarah Gould Long..send me your information & ill ship out your goodies!

beyond exhausted.off to get some beauty sleep. The Vintage Flea Market is waiting for me !

XOXOXO
JSR

A Walk In The Park...

Spent the day siting in Highline, sketching for drawing class. for six hours. Highline, is a sanctuary located above the streets of chelsea in nyc. It was beutiful, but the height of highline scared the shit out of me. it was a beautiful day, and i have to say my drawing came out great today, it did not look like a trash can thank you very much.

the beautiful view I sketched.

my drawing! I had a audience today, while showing some of my classmates my drawing , a crowd of people gathered around me staring in awe and complimenting me . People are so nice. 

another view, like my Tory Burch flats? just scored them for half off on ebay!

don't forget to enter the giveaway!

XOXOXO
JSR

Weekend Whereabouts

Hit The vintage Flea markets again, thinking this is going to be my saturday routine, there's a overturn of amazing vintage finds and i love getting out walking around, and getting inspiration & ideas! Went to a two floor flea in chelsea...don't go it was a shitshow. I will never ever go back. But right across the street was New York Vintage, where Rachel Zoe goes when she's in town. Oh my word this store was amazing. Yes everything was suer expensive i'm talking about numbers hitting over $800 to well over a thousand for pieces but the stuff was impeccable everything was carefully cleaned and cared for before putting on the floor to sell. The selection from 60's cocktail dresses to coats, shoes, handbags, scarfs, jewelry. They had the biggest selection of vintage Emilio Pucci I have seen in one place. I wanted to take pictures so bad, but they had about 30 signs all over the store stating no pictures were allowed. If you're in NYC take a trip, just to look its a amazing collection of vintage, as a designer and artist its a great place for inspiration. I will be going back & hey you never know maybe ill run into Rachel Zoe one day! 

 some brocade closeups I snapped at the vintage flea! love the prints!

 Vintage magazines I scored for $5 each tried bargaining even lower but no budge! still an amazing deal!

 my fabric polyhedron cover...took up my friday & saturday night! but so worth it no rushing around & I'm pretty pleased with it so ready for tuesdays presentation. Bring it.

GIVEAWAY TIME! upon my travels I picked up a preppy pink & green koozie , pens & thermal mug to be given to one of you, my fabulous fans. So Contest Details , I will be picking a name out of a hat, you get one entry to being a follower of this blog, one for leaving a comment telling me what your favorite vintage/ and or family heirloom item that you treasure. And you will receive more entries for every person you get to follow this blog ! I will announce the winner next friday, October 29 the day before halloween!

xx Talk to me I love hearing from all of you, leave me comments or shoot me a email!

XOXOXO
Jenna

There's A Chill In The Air

Fall is officially here..its getting chilly here in NYC. Time to pull out the coats from the back of the closet. I just had a friend email me , asking me what's in right now, what kind of coat should she buy for the upcoming season? Let me tell you what's in my coat wardrobe.
Black trench- lightweight can be worn all seasons.
light nylon rain coat- even lighter than the trench good for really hot summer rainy days or to shove in your bag on crappy weather days.
fur- trimmed black parka-short, the long ones look good on no one, unless you are a eskimo of course.
peacoat, adorable, functional, can be worn from early fall to late winter giving this piece great use.
Please Don't Judge Me or Throw Blood On Me. Please. I'm A Nice Person. Really.
Rabbit bomber- black.
Mink Coat- currently waiting to visit the furrier unwearable at the moment.
A array of fall day coats: blazer, topper types perfect for the in between chill days.
I've been keeping warm with a vintage rabbit pom pom scarf lately since my last vintage scouting.
I plan to add a Rachel Zoe like fur vest to my collection soon or another fur.
If you're looking to expand or start your coat collection, Ill break it down. You need:
A waterproof rainy day jacket- may it be a trench.
A wool peacoat or puffy parka for cold weather.
A not too heavy topper for early fall days
I recommend sticking to neutrals, or buying a coat in a stunning classic color such as lipstick red, or tiffany blue( just got a coat in my favorite color). Yellow coats are tacky, run the other way when you see orange, and please hide too.

Tomorrow I'm hitting another Vintage Flea Market, wishing for amazing finds.

Giveaway to be announced.

XOXOXO
Jenna