In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday, December 18: If you don’t get the jewelry of your dreams this holiday season, go to Steve Quick Jeweler in Chicago and treat yourself to my 18K gold Agrippina poison ring. It’s the only one of that style that I have…
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Giving Tuesday: Final Hours to Make a Big Donation
Today is #GivingTuesday, the charity-oriented antidote to the post-Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza. Remember, if you shop with me before midnight ET, you’ll give and get in one fell swoop: For every in-stock, price-listed item purchased for $800 or more, half of the retail price will be donated in your name to one of three organizations: the…
October’s Other Birthstone: Tourmaline
October has two birthstones: opal and tourmaline. I’ve already done two posts about opal jewelry, so it’s time to give tourmaline some love. Tourmaline comes in a variety of colors, and I have two on display in the toi et moi ring I recently created for my friend Monica Stephenson’s ANZA Gems project. Can't get…
Jewels of the Month: Order Your Opals for October
Can you believe September is almost over? That means it’s a good time for the official debut of my opal birthstone jewelry, now available by special order for October birthdays and beyond. I’ve been working on this little suite of designs all year. You’ve had glimpses of the collection since March when I started wearing…
Wednesday’s Video: Engagement-Ring Advice
I’ve written about the problems of using nontraditional gems in engagement rings: People are just too tough on everyday rings to mess around with pearls! That’s why I prefer to use only the hardest gems in engagement rings. Diamonds, for instance, rate a perfect 10 on the Mohs hardness scale, while rubies and sapphires (aka…
Jewelry Peeps! Come See Me in NYC & Portland
I will be on panels at two jewelry-related events in the next few weeks. First up is a New York Jewelers Group event on Tuesday, Sept. 26. I’ll be on a panel about how the jewelry industry and jewelry customers are changing. If you’re on the West Coast, you can catch me at the Portland…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week: Monday, August 14: I do a weekly political action newsletter for my local Indivisible chapter. Sign up for it here or, better yet, join your local Indivisible chapter. Indivisible was originally created as an online guide to grass-roots resistance to the Trump…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday, August 7: Thinking about Lucille Ball on the 106th anniversary of her birth. Tuesday, August 8: Rihanna looks amazing, what else is new? Wednesday, August 9: I put on a jacket I’ve owned for over 20 years in honor of my…
Wednesday’s Videos: I’m a WJA Winner!
A huge, huge thank you to the Women’s Jewelry Association for honoring me with an Award for Excellence for design Monday night! I was nominated for this award last year but didn’t win, and I sincerely expected the same result this year. The award recognizes a body of work, rather than a single design, and…
Shopping My Closet for a Square Bag
Shout out to New York Magazine for alerting me to this square bag by Moynat. I’ve been inspired to dust off my old square bag by Muxart. (Isn’t it odd that the brand names are so close?) It was never as glamorous as the Moynat bag and it’s a little the worse for wear now,…