Small Haul from Ambiance in San Francisco

Hello Everyone,

Finding items on sale from boutiques is one of my favorite things to do in the city. There are a lot of small boutiques along Union street and sometimes that is where you can find unique pieces for a decent price. After dinner and desert, my bf drove us to Union street and I was happy to find some cute accessories from a well known romantic boutique called Ambiance San Francisco. I believe there are only three stores in SF.

The owner, Donna O'Leary opened her first store on Haight Street and ever since then she expanded her business by opening two other stores in the city. Donna has a passion for fashion... hey that rhymes. She got her inspiration from Coco Chanel- one of my favorite entrepreneur and brander. Very classic and chic.

So, wondering what I got?

I saw this cute cluster necklace for $10, original price is $25 in one of their sale sections.

I can picture wearing this necklace with just a plain solid color t-shirt or sweater. It has such an unique style and combination. The turquoise cloth that looks like a flower mixed with metal charms and pearls gives off a vintage inspired look.

The next accessory I got is a square inside a square gold chain necklace. The quality is very well made, similar to the jewelry from Jewelmint. It is such a simple piece which makes it easy to match with almost any outfit. I would wear this with a black v-neck sweater with black skinny jeans to make this piece stand out or just a casual t-shirt with jeans and a black blazer.

Again, it was $20, but I got it for $5.

The next two accessories are head bands. The silkiness and puffiness of the bow makes them look so precious. This is definitely a summer accessory which I can't wait to wear. The bow will add an extra oommph! to an outfit.

I can't pass up such cute head bands that cost $5 each. Original price: $15

The quality of the fabric is what makes this head band stand out from others.

Awesome deal for amazing pieces.

Go check out your local boutiques. =)

<3 <3 <3

A hidden Gem

Hello Everyone,

It's always exciting to find a boutique store that sells affordable jewelries and clothes. As I was strolling along Castro Street in Mountain View, I came across a cute boutique store that is "hidden" by great restaurants in that area. On the outside, the store doesn't really stand out if you are just driving by, but it's a whole different story when you walk in. I didn't even notice the poster that says "Voted for Best Boutique of 2010 Mountain View" before I went in. And after going in there, I feel that they do deserve that title.

The store is called Boutique 4. It's nicely decorated and very spacious. The store is opened by two sisters who enjoy shopping. I talked to one of the owners, Tamera, who is extremely nice. I told her it's a nice surprise to stumble upon a cute store like this during my lunch time. She said her and her sister would always go shopping during their lunchtime and not until four years ago was when they decided to open their own store. I am always on a hunt for cute boutique stores because you can always find unique items that not everyone has.

They have these cute mannequins wearing clothes made out of candy wrappers/boxes.

The clothes that they carry are hip and edgy. The clothes are a bit expensive, but affordable. They also have some clothes that are 40% off in the sales rack so watch out for those.

What I enjoy looking at the most are their jewelries. They have more jewelries in the store than what I displayed below. Some of them feels a bit cheap, but most of them are good quality, not like forever 21. They feel like jewelries that you would get from Jewelmint. I saw quite a few jewelries that I would like to have, but they can add up in price, so I selected 3 pieces. I really wanted that green flower necklace on the bottom right hand corner... but it cost about $68-$95. Yikes!!!

The three pieces:

Here, I have a sparrow carrying a love letter from an envelope. I love how it looks simple and romantic.

The envelope opens up too. How adorable!

The next piece here is a colorful circle pattern bib that just caught my eyes as I was walking by. I find this piece unique because it looks like there are strings woven into the circles but it's actually metal, but at the same time some of the circles does have strings connected. That sounded kinda funny..... it's hard to describe. I will just leave at that.

The last piece I got is a ring that has a large octopus in the center with little rhinestones on it's tentacles.
I just thought it is cute and something fun to wear with a plain outfit. If you look closely, there is a fish in one of the tentacles.

The service was great and Tamera was just so fun to talk to. She allowed me to take pictures of her store to post on my blog.

I will definitely go back there if I am ever in that area.

<3 <3 <3