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Looking for the perfect excuse to get together with some of your friends AND go shopping at the same time?  Looking for a way to get FREE Erin McDermott jewelry?  Looking to see what’s new and to see the jewelry first hand? I’ve got the perfect answer …host an Erin McDermott Jewelry trunk show.  My jewelry trunk shows have been set up at homes,  offices, clubhouses,  restaurants,  schools, and outdoor parties.  I will provide the flyer, the online e-vite and the set-up and all you have to do is provide the people.  It’s so easy and a great way to finally get those pair of earrings you’ve had your eye on…for free!  Please feel free to call me (757) 570-9500 or send me an e-mail: erin@erinmcdermott.com OR ebmcde@gmail.com if you are interested in hosting a show.

My hair is in the strange in between length right now and I just can’t decide if I should cut it short or grow it out long.  Growing up, I always had long locks & I would love to twist up layers of hair in  french twists and french braids.   After my first year of college, I spent the summer traveling around Europe, and my long layers just had to go.   The heat was too much and the first thing I did was cut off 14″…yes, all in one big chop.  I actually found I like short hair, and I’ve had fun clipping it up in all different ways or just rockin’ the roll-out-of-bed shag.  These twig hairpins from The Sparrow’s Nest reminds me how great short hair can be, but I also love this photograph of long hair swooped up in thick side french braid. Decisions, decisions.

Great news…we have a new employee at Erin McDermott jewelry!  Everyone, meet Patty…Patty, meet everyone.  I will be moving down to Charlotte in the middle of the summer and will pursue my jewelry full-time.  Patty will be working at the Charlottesville Farmer’s Market for me every Saturday.  Today she got her first taste at the market… meeting other vendors, getting to know the regulars, and making sales.  She met me bright and early with a cinnamon bagel and cup of coffee in hand…obviously I made the right choice.  

It’s been a while since I’m written a blog post, but I have some exciting news to share…I am engaged!   I’ve posted a photo my ring…the most amazing ring I have ever seen…speechless, right? 

I couldn’t be happier  & I thought that i’d share with you a few of the reasons I love Bryan (my fiance)…I love the way he challenges himself…without him even knowing it, it makes me want to be a better person, get up earlier, work harder, take risks, fail, get up again, and to love with all my heart.  His little brown freckle inside his right ear. The scar on his lower back.  His appreciation for friendships. The fact that he knows his mother loves hand-made pottery and collect birdhouses. The way his niece Avery sits on his hip and looks like a little peanut next to him.  His appetite. His dance moves.  The way he’ll actually take the time to make chocolate chip cookies from scratch instead of buying a package.  His stability, consistency and unforced confidence.  The way he always makes me feels like I can do anything…and actually be successful at it.  The fact that he always draws me a map instead of writing down directions.  The sound of his voice when he calls me, “babe.” The leather strap from the necklace I made him that sometimes peaks out of his collared shirt.   His ability to communicate and find out what I’m thinking even when I’m having a hard time getting it out. His laughter at my craziness and nuttiness.   The way his fingers feel on the back of my neck when he fastens a necklace for me. The fact that he always lets me pick out the movie, even when he knows that I will fall asleep within the first 15 minutes.   Watching him crush up cookies to put in his ice-cream and add just a splash of milk.  The fact that he’ll stay up all night long to help me finish a woodcarving…well, he’ll finish it for me when I fall asleep.   His house made from candy for my pre-school class.  The fact that he never says, “I told you so…” The colors on all his crazy tennis shoes.  The way his earlobes are so soft.  And, most importantly, the way he loves me with everything he has.

I finally have dual citizenship…I’m finally a French & an American citizen!  I just might move to France and open a small Bed & Breakfast or a winery… please come visit!   

Here I am at my birthday party…I think that I was about eight years old in this picture. I was so excited about a jewelry making party & this is a picture of me beading a necklace. I loved that corduroy jumper and the wooden beads that I used in my necklace. The beads had large holes so it made it easier to string the shoelace through them. I’m sure that my mom still has that necklace somewhere in a box…it’s probably sitting beside the pressed daisy or the painted macaroni pin I made her for Mother’s Day…