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New Holiday Jewelry

We have so much new jewelry in the store right now, it's making us giddy! Only a smidge of it has been posted onto the website, but more will follow as I photograph it and upload it onto the site. Here are a few pics of new stuff:

Fall 2009 Preview

A very old clover locket I found in the Chelsea flea market in August. I attached it to a gold and turquoise chain for contrast.
Another item I scored from Chelsea while in New York; an old Chinese slipper in gold fill. Really cool..
14k gold and sterling pink tourmaline and diamond ring, now in the shop.
pave diamond jewelry we have or have had.
Just for fun: we love organic jewelry so I put some of my favorites together.

New Spiritual Jewelry

3 old buddha charms
Tahitian Pearl on 14k chain

Gorgeous Rose Cut Diamonds set into oxidised silver with 18k earwires. They look sooo elegant on! (2.68 carats)

An assortment of our new diamond set spiritual necklaces

Estate Rings and Hands

This ring from the 1940's sold over Mother's Day. I loved the spring like color of the stone and the setting was a combo of 14k yellow with 14k green gold floral detail.

This baby is brilliant! Nearly a carat of European cut diamonds are set into a classic cluster design. The gold is not quite yellow and not quite rose gold. Very deserving of a bride.


The cast hands are a new addition to the Pica line and they include a figa, a mudra, and a Santo hand. All cast in bronze with 18k gold jump rings, they are $78 each for the figa and mudra and $98 for the Santo.

Mother's Day!

various musings

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My son Ben and I having fun with photobooth; Spring is in the air!; a photo taken while at the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market in Feb;
some beautiful jewels by Ruth Tomlinson, which we have carried in the past but only have one lonely ring left...boo...

Love Tokens

Love Tokens-Handmade sentiments of love

Miss Do-Gooder

My talented and gracious friend Susan created Miss Do-Gooder in order to raise awareness to those causes out there that need more attention and support. She started with animal cruelty and has just recently launched the super cool grey T which supports literacy. She plans on making and selling t-shirts to support poverty, AIDS, domestic abuse, global warming and unfair trade. She gives 20% from each sale to these amazing causes. You know those guys who call you at home and ask you to support their charity or police department or whatever? They give about 1% of your donation to their cause; Susan is giving 20%. That is huge! So proud of you, girl!

Pica in Daily Candy

Skulls

Ya know, I just have a thing for skulls. Maybe it's because my 2 boys enjoy drawing skull and crossbone tattoos on me--maybe it's because I'm just a little bit too aware of my mortality--maybe it's because they are cool looking!! I just like em..

Pica Vintage Letters

About 2 summers ago, at a flea market in Chicago, I stumbled upon a bucket filled with old letters of various sizes which appeared to be made of lead. I thought these old letters, which were probably used for small signage and doors, were so unusual and would be such a cool way to wear a personalized initial necklace without the same old stamped disc look. It took me a while, but I finally had them cast in bronze and after many weeks of playing around with noxious and hopefully not too toxic chemicals, I created a hand-rubbed antiqued finish which makes these letters look old again. I drill a hole into the top and solder a nice sized ring of 18k gold so you can slip them onto different chains. I am really excited about these and so far, the response has been wonderful. I recently found another lot of letters and will be casting these along with some vintage numbers in January. I named the line Pica. Enjoy!

A New Year

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted in over a year--I'm bad at this blogging thing! I have been busy with the store, trying to create some of our own lines and still hunting for new and interesting jewelry designers. In the past year, we have carried designers such as Ruth Tomlinson from London (show above), Basia from Canada, ila & i from Houston, kothari from San Francisco/India and a lot of reworked vintage. I will make a new year's resolution to try to keep up at least weekly with this blog.

Nunu

A darling designer from Texas, Nunu created these luscious semi-precious cluster earrings. They are just the right amount of festive for your lobes!

Laura Kitsos

These are 3 of my newest designs. I am getting into doming and nesting right now. Also, the mossy green rutilated quartz earrings have 18k gold tendrils which move slightly when you wear them. They are my favorite new thing at the moment!