It’s February and love is most certainly on my mind! I look around at my bustling studio and sometimes my heart skips a beat – I see jewelers hand making pieces for hundreds of ‘special someones’ across the globe, my sales crew working with retailers big and small, my marketing team capturing stories and planning for our next photoshoot. I even get to see the love of my life, my husband, wear many hats including accountant, operations director and IT expert. It’s magic to see your dreams become reality and with that sentiment in mind, I chose a fellow LA visionary for this month’s Finding: mama, model and Art Director, Elaina Bellis (you might recognize her from our Total Eclipse Collection too). I’ve been a longtime follower of her genuinely cool Instagram feed @laylaygibson, where you can see glimpses of her family and her work with tastemakers in LA and beyond. Whether she’s the face of a new campaign or behind-the-scenes helping to refresh a brand’s vision, it’s her effortless style and ethereal vibes that reign supreme. While playing ‘pretty woman’ in studio, we swapped stories about raising our kiddos, she spilled the beans on some of her go-to clothing brands and graciously shared styling tips for my recently snipped locks. Elaina is a dream to work with, her energy is playful and her beauty radiates from within…swoon! I hope you fall in love just like I did! Elaina is a dream to work with, her energy is playful and her beauty radiates from within…swoon! I hope you fall in love just like I did!
| photos by annie mcelwain |

Let's just get this out in the open...Elaina is gorgeous! Her skin is flawless, her hair is what dreams are made of, and her style is beyond compare. With all this perfection, you might like to know that she has one self-professed flaw: tiny ears. In an effort to accentuate these little lobes, she zeroed in on our brand newthick round huggie hoops and our super simple gold ear cuff. On the other ear, we urged her to try on our

Definitely a 'less is more' kind of gal, she wanted to stick with just one long-ish necklace like our small mantra medallion. We couldn't resist showing her another soon-to-be-released necklace, our large sunbeam medallion, and perfecto! For rings, she wanted thin diamond bands that she could wear all day, everyday so she chose our half pave diamond band and tiny bezel set diamond band which make a great pair.

Elaina came to the studio looking for classics, pieces you put on and never take off. She found what spoke to her and I was smitten with her choices. She's the epitome of a Zoë Chicco muse...creative, driven, a lover of all that life has to offer, a style icon, a true classic, a real woman!
When it comes to Elaina...more is more if you ask me ;)