We love the Courier Journal’s Her Scene magazine—it is Louisville’s fantastic guide to style, and here in the final stretch to Derby, their photo spreads of beautiful fasions arrived just in time! Elva Fields necklaces are part of a few track-side looks and also show up with a great party-worthy strapless dress in this season’s issue…just another reason we love this time of year in the Bluegrass…an excuse to throw on some jewels and enjoy the races on or off the track!

One of the most fun things about catching up with old friends is finding out what fantastic things old friends are up to these days. Case in point: Lindsay, my friend from high school, who has a smashingly creative business with her friend Jessica in Atlanta taking bee-yoo-tiful portrait photographs of children. Sweet Snaps elegantly and stylishly captures kiddos at portrait parties…the results are incredibly refreshing, adorable, and priceless. We were fans even before she featured Elva Fields Jewelry on her Sugar Buzz Blog! Check out Sweet Snaps for some sugary sweetness here.

We should have done this a few months ago…amidst the holiday shopping frenzy of November and December…but we think it applies just as much today. In fact, this should be important every day, no matter the occasion. If you’re buying anything at all that can be made by hand, then buy handmade. Click below to make it official…and spread the word, despite the non-holiday season!

We are huge fans of Louisville’s own Underwired Magazine, filled with beautiful photographs, insightful musings, great local adverts, and uplifting stories…and we couldn’t be happier about this month’s “Raves” section of the Vintage Issue, where UW editors and staffers highlight their latest favorites.

Meredith Klapheke, advertising extraordinaire, selected Elva Fields as her current rave, and we are super pumped about the props to our jewelry. Thank you, Meredith and Underwired, for including us in such a fun, thoughtful issue! (Check it out online here or pick yours up at Louisville area Whole Foods, Heine Brothers Coffee, and other great spots around town.)

Contributing stylist Kira Overy-Simpson gave Elva Fields Jewelry some serious street cred here in Louisville with her recent selection of one of our spring collection necklaces as an “All-Access Accessory” in the Derby issue of Louisville Magazine. We love that our jewelry can go from a simple soiree to a grand gala for the Kentucky Derby and hope to see lots of Elva Fields baubles on party-goers this spring!