Friday, June 20, 2014

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

jewelry show this weekend!



I'm very excited to announce that I will be back at Artists & Fleas this weekend! if you are in the area come visit me, I will have an exclusive preview of my fall collection.

Monday, June 16, 2014

hostess gift guide

staying with friends this summer? here are some suggestions for gifts to get to say "thank you".




1. Katie Bartels gemstone jewelry Montauk earrings // 2. domaine chandon, blanc de noirs special edition, NV // 3. Anthropologie pineapple ice trays // 4. Furbish Studio blue ditsy cocktail napkin // 5. Vineyard Vines crab wine tote

Friday, June 13, 2014

bon weekend


I hope your weekend is as good as these brown butter fried nutella banana croissant sandwiches look! just throw in some bacon...and a mimosa..

xx
katie

Thursday, June 12, 2014

inspiration thursday: pineapples

so I'm having a pineapple moment...

I'm not so much interested in eating them as I am looking at them. there is something about the juxtaposition of the green leaves and the scaled base that is just so pretty. here are some images that I'm getting inspiration from this week:
















Wednesday, June 11, 2014

wedding wednesday: custom bridesmaid necklaces

random fun fact about me: I own every martha stewart weddings magazine published since 1999 {I was 14 in 1999...}.

so now that you know that, it won't come as a huge surprise that I love designing jewelry for weddings. I have made necklaces and earring sets for mothers of the bride, necklaces for brides, a headpiece for a bride, and necklaces and earrings for bridesmaids. 

last year I had a bride reach out to me with her wedding colors (red and tiffany blue) and ask me to customize my ribbon necklaces to fit the theme of her wedding. I was super excited to put this together and we worked on design ideas and came up with bridesmaid necklaces that we were both super excited by (see final design below):



I then decided to make this process more accessible for other customers. so I now have many more ribbon color options on my site and a note that you can email me if you need a more specific color {katie@katiebartels.com}...more exciting news? I have a sliding scale discount based on the number of necklaces you purchase. so more bridesmaids=more savings. 


here are some of the styles you get to choose from {the natalie, the shira, and the samantha} and some color options are below...so get designing!!



Wednesday, June 4, 2014

items under $50


so I did a little math, and put together a list of all of the items on my site that are now under $50 thanks to the discount I am doing with People StyleWatch. my kind of math!




Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Cornell reunion trunk show!

I am so thrilled to announce that The Cornell Store will be hosting my jewelry trunk show during Reunion Weekend! And more good news: a portion of sales will go to the Cornell Plantations. So if you are attending Reunion make sure to stop by!







1. Katie Bartels Janna earrings in red // 2. Katie Bartels Natalie necklace // 3. Vineyard Vines Cornell tote {available at The Cornell Store} // 4. Essie nail polish in really red // 5. TOMS red canvas women's classics // 6. Uniqlo women supima cotton v neck short sleeve t-shirt in white // 7. J.Crew 4" chino short in navy


Friday, May 30, 2014

may in instagram

rocking my susan necklace with a bold palm print


participated in the BUST Magazine fair


another view of my table


my mom rocks her blake necklace


a custom necklace for mother's day :)


nothing beats dinner at a diner


ran a race, got beaten by a lot of 5-year-olds #lame


BBQ time in CT


word


ever since I saw "house of cards" I've been craving ribs
so took a trip to blue smoke with some friends


maya hayuk's brooklyn studio


took an art class, was obsessed with the paint pattern on the tablecloth


final product of my block printing class


scenes from my show at Artists and Fleas in Williamsburg


my ribbon necklaces!


the darling viriginie millifore models my laser cut pineapple earrings


you're never too young to start stacking bracelets!


terrarium making class


my terrarium (it died soon after #RIP)


its summer!!


rocked this necklace to my brother's wedding party


my mom was in charge of flowers #killedit


hanging with my mom at the beach


flip cup #college