10 March 2010

iceberg on the chanel catwalk.

This week, Karl Lagerfeld and company imported a 265 ton iceberg from Sweden for the Chanel AW/2010-2011 catwalk presentation during Paris Fashion Week. During this spectacular and titanic (sorry, just had to) show, models for the illustrious French brand walked through the melting ice water on the runway, presenting innovative knits and new designs.

On a similar, yet vastly different budgetary note, we will be unveiling new precious jewelry designs from our Antarctica collection at the Smart Jewelry Show in Chicago. We launched this inherently cool collection in 2008 and have continually added “one of one” items to the collection for our international collectors. And while I will readily admit that our marketing budget is not the same as powerhouse Chanel, the quality and craftsmanship of our fine jewelry is representative of any superior luxury house.

If you are a qualified fine jewelry retailer, please come see us at our for-the-trade presentation in April. We will have some exceptional fine jewelry to enjoy and friendly warm personalities that can keep any chill at bay.

And although we won't have an iceberg on display, perhaps we’ll have some icy cool refreshing mints and extra ice cubes for your Diet Pepsi. =)

For more on the iceberg presentation, please look at the Wallpaper.com post.

Photo and more iceberg runway facts from New York Magazine, theCut Blog.

Please click here for more information on the InStore Smart Jewelry Show.

03 March 2010

the genius of ok go.


I love things that are clever and quirky. And this video by the band, OK Go (with the help of Syyn Labs) definitely falls into that category.
Watch, marvel and laugh with delight.

For more information on the making of this vide visit wired.com here
Inspired by a tweet from the lovely @ByMinhKhue

22 February 2010

a green olympics.


The glory that is the Vancouver Winter Olympics continues this week. What makes these Games even more glorious is that this marks the first year in which recycled metals were used to create the Olympic medals. Since our fine jewelry is made with recycled precious metals, this news made me very happy, because ecology makes us all winners.

For more information, please read the ScientificAmerican.com blog post here.

Inventive nature photography by David Lev.

09 February 2010

valentine's day gift guide 2.


Isn't this a sweet silhouette? The Examiner.com featured our 18kt gold silhouette pendant with a diamond accent as part of their annual Valentine's Day Gift Guide. Using a photograph that you provide, these silhouettes are individually drawn and then hand-cut with a tiny jeweler's saw We just finished a sterling silver and diamond silhouette of a beloved family dog that I will be posting a photo of soon!

Thank you very much to the Oakland Style Examiner, Kasey Ellison! To read the entire story, please click here.

UPDATE: Uncle Beefy of the deliciously delightful design blog, The Bedlam of Uncle Beefy wrote about our custom silhouettes also. Please take a look at his post here!

08 February 2010

valentine's day gift guide.


Fashion editor, Catherine Dayrit recently wrote about our beautiful 18kt gold/fine silver pink tourmaline ring in the 10x blog. Featured as part of the National Jeweler’s 2010 Valentine’s Day Gift Guide, we agree wholeheartedly that this ring is a perfect choice for your sweetheart ... or for you!

The ring is from the seventynine47 collection by Vicente Agor and is also available in a stunning Swiss blue topaz or glorious peridot shown above. The name of the collection, “seventynine47” is derived from the atomic element numbers for gold and silver. (Remember that from the periodic table in chemistry class?) Read the 10x blog post in its entirety here. Thank you Catherine!

  • 18kt gold/fine silver pink tourmaline ring, style# sftr02-pt retail $690
  • 18kt gold/fine silver Swiss blue topaz ring, style# sftr02sb retail $390
  • 18kt gold/fine silver peridot ring, style# sftr02pd retail $390
  • prices subject to change due to precious metals market fluctuations


01 January 2010

twenty ten.

For more information on our hand cut silhouette pendants, please visit our website here.

09 November 2009

we get the nicest emails.


A client sent us greetings from her long awaited vacation. As you can see, she expressed her appreciation for our hand-cut fine jewelry.

Thank you Susan for the wonderful note. Glad you love the earrings!