In honor of the first weekend of fall, September’s Jewels of the Month are my oak leaf and acorn necklaces. The gold leaf has a diamond dewdrop set in platinum. The backs of the leaves are as detailed as the fronts, and the gold acorn opens up to reveal a squirrel inside. The oak leaf…
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Jewels of the Month: New Swear Rings for Pre-Order
Due to popular demand, I’ve created two new swear-ring sets. The “OMG” and “LOLZ” rings are August’s Jewels of the Month and you can pre-order them for fall delivery now. Just like my original “F@#!” swear rings and their asterisk sidekick, the new rings are solid sterling silver — these aren’t bubblegum-machine rings that are…
Jewel of the Month: Xenobia Ring
While on my way to Washington, D.C., last month for an interview with the hometown paper, I was browsing the vampire section of the airport bookstore when another book jumped out at me. Not literally, of course. It wasn’t an evil zombie book that was trying to kill me. I just noticed it because the…
Jewels of the Month: Vamping It Up for True Blood
I couldn’t wait for True Blood’s third season to start this Sunday on HBO so I recently spent three days reading eight of the Charlaine Harris books that inspired the show. I downloaded them one at a time on a Kindle and, by the end of the three days, my credit card company was calling…
Jewels of the Month: Cleopatra Earrings and Necklace
I’m sure it’s no surprise that my Cleopatra styles are May’s Jewels of the Month. I’ve been telling you … and telling you… and telling you… that my gold and diamond Cleopatra earrings will be seen on Samantha (Kim Cattrall) in Sex and the City 2, out on May 27. I’ve already spotted the earrings…
Jewel of the Month: Chicken on Nest Necklace
I’m jumping the gun on April’s Jewel of the Month because Easter is coming and I’ve got the perfect Easter gift for you. Forget about baskets stuffed with delicious Jelly Belly jelly beans, scrumptious Cadbury Eggs and indestructible Peeps. My petite, sterling silver Chicken on Nest necklace is much cuter and less caloric. This is…
Jewel of the Month: Freudian Links
Like I said yesterday, crazy is the new chic, so my sterling silver Sigmund Freud cufflinks are the Jewel of the Month. These cufflinks would be a thoughtful gift for the well-dressed psychiatrist, psychologist or psychopath in your life. People who don’t fall into any of those categories like the cufflinks too: MrB, who is…
Jewel of the Month: Vampire Valentine’s Day
This winter, I’ve spent a number of insomniac nights watching 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Logo. After seeing the episodes Double Meat Palace and Dead Things, I complained via Twitter that Buffy was unkind to her Billy Idol-esque, Brit, bad boy vampire lovah, Spike. To my surprise, I…
Jewel of the Month: Susan Earrings
Centuries ago in blog years — or 16 months ago, according to the calendar — I held an online auction to raise money for NieNie, a blogger who had been severely injured in a plane crash. The highest bidder won blue topaz earrings, a specially engraved silver Diana necklace and immortality in the form of…
Jewel of the Month: Virginia Woolf Whistle
December’s Jewel of the Month is my most complicated mechanical piece yet: the two-pun Virginia Woolf Whistle. The whistle pops open to reveal a Little Woolf with tiny diamond eyes. But the mechanical marvel is that the whistle really works. Make a working whistle that opened was a huge challenge because any gap that lets…