Accessory Tuesday: 14K Gold Opal Cabochon Studs
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When I was vacationing in Australia, I noticed opal jewelry was a popular souvenir. Stateside, consider Quince’s delicate opal studs.
These 14K gold opal cabochon studs play the same role as pearl studs — perfect on their own, but also great when paired with another piercing. And as an added bonus, the materials were “sourced from a Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) member” that has standards regarding traceability and ethical supply chains.
These earrings are $79.90 at Quince.
Sales of note for 9/5/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 45% off all sale
- J.Crew – Everyday styles from $34.50
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off fall faves + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Nordstrom – Summer sale has started, up to 60% off top brands
- Talbots – 25-40% off select fall styles + extra 30% all markdowns
I posted about this on the main page but if anyone is looking for toddler bedding without polyester, I am in love with my daughter’s quilt from MakeMake Organics. I really wanted a blanket that had both cotton fill and cotton exterior and it was surprisingly hard to find! She used to wake up sweating with a polyester quilt and the cotton has eliminated that.
Their selection is limited and I didn’t like any of the styles for my boys, so I bought Woolino’s 4 season wool/cotton blanket. TBD on how those are since tonight will probably be the first night we use them.
I had no idea how hard it can be to find non-poly containing bedding for kids!
Suddenly my couch, carpet, and everything upholstered smells bad in my house- like feet, BO, musty stuff, and unwashed hair. Love that for me. I live with boys/men. Besides carpet cleaning, what else can I do? Is this a good enough reason to get a new couch? I hate the smell of Febreze.
What calendar systems are working for your family this year? We use Google calendar but I don’t like that my kids (preschool and K) don’t have any visual of it. I’d like to do a wall calendar in our kitchen area. Not sure I want to commit to a digital one unless it’s overwhelmingly going to be amazing. I was thinking maybe the kind with a little pouch for bday invites and field trip forms? Any suggestions?
My very sensitive 3.5 yo is expressing pretty major fears of things that might “get him”: monsters, foxes, and yesterday, goldfish. Unfortunately I don’t have control over what he is exposed to at his dad’s house or daycare (daycare is pretty careful, and I can understand why they didn’t expect a video about goldfish to scare him).
What’s the best way to talk about these things to calm him down? Some of these animals are real and some are imaginary, but I’m not sure if it would help to discuss that? Any advice welcome.
Hi kind of a weird question. My go to for birthday gifts, teachers gifts, etc. was always a target gift card. I know target isn’t popular with everyone anymore, what store would be a good for as an alternative?
I’m looking for advice on potty training. Best methods? Resources (that don’t require reading a 250 page book)? Anything that was helpful or hurtful?
We are planning to work on potty training after an upcoming vacation. My daycares approach is that they will take her to the potty every hour or so, and let her try. But I’m not sure how to approach it at home.
How did you find your after school/evening babysitter? Do you pay them on the books? We’re having trouble finding someone that would pick up our elementary school kid, walk him home, and hang out for about 3 hours until we get home. Any suggestions?
Can we have a thread for happily one-and-done moms? There’s still so much negativity about having “only children” and I’m only recently starting to see more positive narratives about it (including some comments on yesterday’s thread about going from 1 to 2). For us, having one just fits our capacity better. We can give him abundant love and attention without feeling grossly overstretched (just a *bit* overstretched with the adjustment) and do really fun things together that he loves and that we love without having to balance the sometimes-competing needs of two kids. We’re more financially stable, even in a VHCOL area, and can save for college/career. I had pregnancy complications and can’t chance another one (fortunately we were decided on one before that reality presented itself). My husband had postpartum anxiety and it would be a lot to go through that again. I love the idea of traveling as a family of three; the number just sounds right and the travel we’ve done so far has felt manageable. I have time for my hobbies and feel like I still have my identity. If he ends up needing any special services or education, we’ll be in a position to solely focus on his needs and make decisions about medical care, school, residence, etc. just for him/us. We’re able to handle the stress of things like illness without totally losing our minds, plus we simply need more downtime (and sleep!) than many other people. Finally, we saw a close relative and her husband struggle a lot with the transition to 1-2 when the husband really hadn’t wanted another kid; it honestly seems to have broken him and their home is unhappy. I think that probably had an impact on us when we were thinking about (and not jumping at) having two. No shade whatsoever to anyone who loves having a larger family – it’s SO individual, and many others will be much more equipped than I am to handle things like hobbies and personal identity while having a large family. What do you love about being one and done?
Help! My 5 year old does not want to get out of bed. 2nd week of kindergarten and we’ve been late every. single. day. Nothing crazy, about 5-15 minutes, but still. Likes his school and teacher and no issues with other students. Sleeps for around 10+ hours but claims he’s tired. Was recently diagnosed with ADHD combined type so that could be contributing.