Falling Leaves

I love Colorado; I really do. I can't imagine living anywhere else...except in autumn. Having grown up in Connecticut, the fall is the only time that I long for another state. Now, don't get me wrong I love our aspen trees and brilliant blue skies but every now and then I fantasize about for a damp cold New England October, some apple cider and a dizzying array of colors on the trees. I get lost in those colors. They mesmerize and boggle my mind. So I figure if I can't bring myself to the chilly autumn of my youth, I'll at least surround myself in the colors: Fire citrine, Green Amethyst, Golden Topaz, Peridot, and Smoky Quartz. Ahhhhh, yes, I think I can hear the crackle of those leaves underfoot...

                            'Captured Topaz' with Pearls and Tourmaline

                       Green Amethyst and Topaz Earrings

Mom's Favorites...Shhh...Don't Tell!

I know you're not supposed to pick favorites really I do. You start favoring one piece of jewelry in a collection and suddenly that other necklace that wasn't quite so sparkly is never going to get in to Harvard. But let's face it, we're all human and try as we might, there's always some trinket or another that just tickles our fancy a tad more for some intangible reason. So as I pored over my many photos and old blog posts while creating a look book I definitely stumbled upon a handful of favorites! I hope you like them as much as I do (although that already seem to be acting a little cocky!)

                                             Grab the Brass Rings!

                     Sterling and Goldfill  Intention Pendants

                          Tanzanite, Green Amethyst and Vermeil Gold

                                      Green Garnet with Vermeil Gold

                  Rutilated Quartz, African Beads on Deer Skin Leather

                                   Rubies with Citrine and Goldfill

                                         Sterling Circle Necklace

                          Leather Cuff with Turquoise and Sterling Plate

                                   Blue Agate on Goldfill Ball Chain

                           Turquoise with Freshwater Pearl and Goldfill

                                            Vermeil with Sunstone

                              Ancient Coin with Sunstone on Goldfill

                                   Carnelian and Citrine on Goldfill

Spring Has Sprung!

I would love to be a gardner...really I would;days spent with my hands in the loamy soil under sunny skies sportin’ a floppy hat. A couple of months elapses and there you have lilacs and gardenias and tulips-a panoply of color brightening your world. But the fact of the matter is I can’t grow a damn thing. Perhaps it’s because I’ll spend about three exhausting minutes in the garden and suddenly realize I desperately need some fresh squeezed lemonade, so off I go, and gee whiz I may as well have some cookies to go with that. So I sit down with my hard earned snack and find myself in my studio lemonade i  one hand sparkling gems in the other. It is there that I have to admit if I’m going to make something with pretty colors you’re probably going to end up seeing it in your ears not in a vase. So the ‘Spring has Sprung’ is dedicated to the gardner in me with no soil under her finger nails but awash in, periwinkle hued tanzanite delicate leaf colored amethyst, forget-me-not blue aquamarines and the promise of Spring!

Spring has Sprung!

                                                     Iolite with Vermeil

                                                     Tanzanite and Green Amethyst with vermeil

                                                      Vermeil Discs with Green Amethyst and Tanzanite

                                                     Tanzanite and Vermeil

                                                      Green Amethyst and Vermeil

                                                      Vermeil with Tanzanite

                                                         Gold Vermeil wrapped with Iolite

                                                        Tanzanite and Goldfill Chandeliers

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                                     Gold Vermeil Diamonds with Long Green Amethyst

The Emerald City

I originally was going to call this line "The Emerald Isle". Emeralds being the star of the show and March being home to St. Patrick's Day, but then things got a tad flashy. When I think of the Emerald Isle I think of bucolic rolling hills of green, pastoral settings and of course those saucy leprechauns! But this line apparently had no interest in being pastoral and wanted some serious sparkle to liven things up. Enter black spinel, black garnet and opals-oh my! They give the pieces a little more flash than a country setting might allow thus I followed the yellow brick road and landed in The Emerald City! Think of these pieces as having both the glint in a leprechaun's eye and the mystery of The Wizard. And hopefully, you'll find a piece that simply says, "There's no place like home!"