Mrs. Tiramisu, Annapolis, MD/Maine
Age and Occupation: 26, Eye Doctor
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Project Manager/Real Estate Management grad student
Engagement Date: May 15, 2007
Wedding Date: July, 2008
Blogging Since: March 4, 2008
Venue: Oceanfront lawn and tent
About Me: I was born and raised in Maine, now living in Annapolis, Maryland and planning a hometown wedding from afar. I’m nothing short of obsessed with wedding planning, and am loving the do-it-yourself madness that has now taken over my life! As for me, I’m a craft-loving, martini-drinking, girly-girl who loves traveling, photography, my schnauzer, and above all, spending time with Mr. Tiramisu.
Something Lost
June 12th, 2008 @ 9:28 am by Mrs. Tiramisu
Something blue. Check. Shoes and garter.
Something old. Check. My Nana is graciously letting me take a piece of lace off of her wedding gown to wrap around my bouquet.
Something new. Check. Take your pick… dress, bracelet, veil, shoes…
Something borrowed. Check. Make that something lost! My friend L. called me this week to tell me that the perfect and beautiful chandelier earrings that she wore on her wedding day- and generously offered to let me wear on mine- have gone missing! Somewhere in Pennsylvania is a box with her wedding shoes, headpiece, and earrings, and no one can locate it.
Sniff, sniff… here they are:
They are actually still available for purchase- the Saratoga chandelier earrings from Perfect Details- but sadly there is not enough money left in the Miss Tiramisu accessories budget for these $170 babies.
Here’s L. sporting them while goofing off in the limo on her wedding day:
There’s a chance they might still turn up, but in the meantime I’ve been scouting out some other options. The blog The Notebook recently ran a giveaway featuring these by A. Jaron:
which I entered but sadly did not win. Pricetag: $275 = moving in the wrong direction.
My step-mom suggested the option of renting jewelry. I didn’t know that the idea of rentals had expanded from designer handbags into the jewelry arena. (Don’t get grossed out- they sterilize earrings in between borrowers.)
So I checked out Bag, Borrow, Or Steal. My heart went pitter-patter when I spotted these earrings by Vera Wang (note that I named it “Vera Want” by accident when I right-click-saved this photo):
Unfortunately, as a non-member, these Akoya pearl and diamond lovelies would run you $70 a week ($20 less if you are a member) to rent- and that’s if you make it off of the waitlist for them. That seemed a little steep to me (and without a guarantee of them becoming available), but it’s not a bad option to consider- and bonus! they’d still be borrowed.
In the available for Tiramisu purchase and so, ahem, not-real diamond, category we have these by Carolee:
At $45 these are the current front-runners- what do you think?
Faux yet glam diamond and pearl chandelier earrings for a reasonable price. Do they exist? Help me out hive!
24 Responses to “Something Lost”
I have found some very fun and sometimes glam earrings at H&M and even Target. Another place I’ve had some good finds is Forever 21 (I’m well past 21 these days but still find good things in there, even if I look like an intruder amongst the younger trendier chickadees!) You might not find a future heirloom at these places but you might find what you’re looking for! (of course I hope your friend finds her earrings - that would be faboo!) Good luck!
Eve’s Addiction has some CZ and pearl earrings:
http://www.evesaddiction.com/items_248__page0.html
They’re really reasonable — I ordered bridesmaid jewelry from them. Google for coupons, they have them all the time.
And more here:
Have you tried White Aisle? or Anna Bellagio? They have some great, affordable options.
I actually like the Carolee the best (and even bookmarked them for myself)
Try overstockjeweler.com (20% off sale now, too) for nice knock-offs, and overstock.com for real designer jewelry discounted.
GL!
I actually love the carolee, but it’s too bad the other ones are lost:( Honestly, I think whichever ones you pick will look great!
Have you tried White Aisle or Anna Bellagio?
I actually think the last one are the best ones: much more original than all the others combined!
What a cool idea to have your something borrowed be from a rental place! Pity it isn’t working out for you but nice idea to share here 
Have you tried Sorrelli jewelry in the white bridal color? Their prices are very reasonable and I think they are a bit more unique than some other options out there.
http://www.sorrelli.com
Click on “colors” on the left hand side and on page 2 click on white bridal. Then choose “show jewelry in this color”. Starting on page 4 the earrings begin. The options go through page 9. Hope this is useful to someone. I’m going with the toated almond color myself since I’m wearing ivory.
Have to agree with a few other posters… the Carolee earrings are my favorite. Beautiful and unique. I found my earrings at Nordstrom (online or in-store). The Nadri line has a lot of options with many unique styles.
I agree with SKH. They look great and I like the design.
And to be perfectly honest…looking at all of those choices, I couldn’t tell you which is real and which isn’t. (And I am looking at them from a close up picture.) Do you really think anyone else at your wedding will?
have you tried http://www.emitations.com/? they have great designs, but not too pricey either.
love them
The Carolee ones are my favorite of all the ones you posted!
I LOVE the last ones. I think they are beautiful, simple and elegant. I say go for it - they LOOK pricey even if they aren’t!
@Miss Pomegranate: Ditto! Miss Pom you stole my exact words!
I love the last ones, but if you do go the Bag, Borrow or Steal route I highly recommend them. I borrowed a purse that I was interested in buying for a couple of months to make sure I liked it, since it was a huge purchase. After I borrowed it for three months, I actually bought it from them. It was great! Good Luck.
but really that website has TONS of beautiful stuff inspired by people like Vera Wang and Harry Winston.
Try the brand “Monet” at Macy’s. I search high and low and day and night on the web and little boutiques. And where did I find the best chandelier earrings for me? Macy’s. On sale for $30 and they were georgeous! Check it out, maybe you will get lucky.
Count me in on the Carolee love! And I second Weddingmuse: Overstockjeweler.com does “designer inspired” jewelry (in other words, close copies of the high-end stuff), and some of it is truly stunning. Their Chandelier Earring section has at least 5-6 pairs very much like the ones you list.
they have Carolee at the department store here, and I think their stuff looks great. go for it!
Thank you all for the suggestions! After all the thumbs-up, I went ahead and got the Carolee earrings!
Just wanted to share that you can get 15% off at Carolee.com if you sign up for their email list. (Which is easily un-subscribe-able if at any point you wish to do so 
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