...is a writer and photographer who likes the well-made, the ingenious, and the shiny. Since she likes more material things than any one person can reasonably consume, she's done what those with a computer and an obsession do these days: start a blog. Shoppista enjoys Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar, trade paperbacks over hard covers, lomo photography, and the em dash. Occasionally, she refers to herself in the third person.
Copper-colored freshwater pearls linked with sterling wire and a swirly sterling pendant, from Ms. Belle Artisan Crafted Jewelry. She had me at "Ms." Or maybe at the swirly sterling pendant.