Tracy Matthews, Author at Tracy Matthews

My Top 10 Favorite Looks from the Met Gala 2014

I always look forward to the Met Gala – one of the only red carpets set in warm weather (watching celebrities freeze to death isn’t always the most glamorous)! This year’s Met Gala paid tribute to legendary designer Charles James, and the red carpet certainly took hints from his creativity. So many dresses were structurally…

My Favorite Wedding Gown Trends for Spring 2015

I’ve fallen in love. It’s true. Not just with anyone, but with some AMAZING gowns from the Spring 2015 Bridal Fashion Week. I’ll always squeal a little inside every time they see a pretty wedding dress, but I’m telling you these runway looks were some of the most gorgeous bridal gowns I’ve seen in quite…

The story behind my passion for heirloom redesign jewelry

I look just like my mother, just with dark hair instead of blond. We have the same laugh, the same smile, the same amount of energy, and I inherited a lot of my creativity from her. 21 years ago today, she passed away…. Her death was surprising! Sudden. A shock to my family. She was…

My Favorite Looks from the Oscars 2014

Another Oscars Season rolled around and I loved some of the beautiful gowns and OF COURSE the jewelry. I picked out some of my favorite “all around” looks to feature today. Cate Blanchett I am so thrilled Cate Blanchett won for best actress (especially since one of my best friends, Shannon Finn, had a cameo…

My 3 Fave Instagram Feeds for Vintage Jewelry Inspiration

Do you love vintage jewelry as much as I do? Since I was I was a girl, I’ve been obsessed with the jewelry that was in my mother’s jewelry box. As an adult, I started collecting my own vintage jewelry and antique pieces from all over the world. In fact, vintage jewelry has become an…

A love note for you…

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind I was Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere they’re in each other all along. ~Rumi Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks Happy Valentine’s Day ♥ My favorite part about designing custom engagement rings and…

If I can do it then so can you….

Do you have a person in your life that has made a huge impact? Maybe you don’t even know them personally, but you follow them possibly or have read their books. Or maybe they have just affected you in a way that changed the course of your life? I’ve had a few mentors who have…

My Favorite Valentine’s Day Gifts for 2014

Valentine’s Day is considered by some romantics to be the ultimate day of love, at least that’s what my first employee once called it! The truth is, I’m also a romantic. Maybe it’s part of the reason I’m in the business of engagement rings and wedding bands. With V-day right around the corner, I have…

Dresses as Jewelry? My Fave Looks from the Golden Globes 2014

So what do you think? Can a dress pass as jewelry? I was in LOVE with some of the ensembles at the Golden Globes this year! Usually I’m focused on the jewelry, but this year I couldn’t help but focus on the sparkly dresses. It seemed like so many of the stars had either ornamental…

My Favorite Engagement Rings From 2013

We are already a few weeks into 2014… where does the time go? I’m not really sure. While this was meant to go live before the year ended, I was having too much fun in California with my nieces and decided that sometimes family is more important than getting a blog post together on time.…