Gurl Geek Glam

Rhinestones are a funny thing. They can be gorgeous but it's oh-so-easy for them to cross over into beyond trashy that it takes a particular skill to use them well and still retain a certain elan. Like the rhinestone-studded laptop from which I glam your day... not a Hello Kitty in sight, just white sparkly goodness. Geeky sparkle without the "I shop at K-Mart" factor. Flashy but not trashy, with a certain amount of wry humor thrown in for good measure (it is a Gateway piece o' crap, afterall).

And then there's The Rhinestone Elite. I give you the Sonoro Stardust Elements alarm clock. Sure, it has all the requisite geeky stuff like an AM/FM radio, an iPod/MP3 player, station presets and adjustable bass and treble settings, but let's face it... this baby does bling and it does it well. Really well. Really, really well. 3,900 hand-applied Swarovski rhinestones in an incredibly elegant vine design well.

This baby ain't cheap, but if you've ever tried to hand apply rhinestones to anything, much less an award-winning electronic device, you know why it ain't cheap. And besides, have you seen the price of Swarovski flatbacks lately? Think of it as jewelry for your night table. You need one of these.

$2,500.00 (nope, not a typo) at BurkeDecor.com. And my birthday is next month, in case you were wondering.