the trend of the evening.

The Oscars.  We know others are talking, tweeting and blogging about clothing silhouettes and fine jewelry trends, but as far as we're concerned, THE trend of last night's Academy Awards Red Carpet was obvious.

The Akimbo.

Congratulations to the talented presenters, nominees and winners.


Ps. Our favorite look of the night was the sleek ivory dress by Tom Ford worn by Gwyneth Paltrow. In our opinion, that's how you combine modern and fine jewelry. Stunning.


Images via JustJared.

breaking the ice.

Many thanks to MJSA Journal for their feature article on the inspiration and creative process behind our 18kt gold, aquamarine, and diamond pendant necklace from the Antarctica collection.  My dad was the inspiration for the collection, so it was extra special that they featured him in the article. (Dad is thrilled!)

A mention in the Letter from the Editor on how we deal with stress was a nice surprise too. 

vicente and chanel.

Had a ridiculously good time playing with the Chanel Make-up Confidential font this weekend. Try it for yourself here, and send someone a love letter.

chestnuts roasting.

Warm holiday wishes from us to you.

sarah michelle gellar & self magazine cover

There's Team Edward and Team Jacob, but we've always been cheerleaders for Team Buffy. And now that the television show, "Ringer" has captured our attention, we can say that we are simply Team Sarah Michelle Gellar. So naturally, we were doing herkies when the lovely actress wore our Fountain Splash earrings on the cover of the December 2011 issue of Self Magazine. RAH!

world gold council 2011.

Thankful.

discarded to divine.

Jewelry we designed in conjunction with the program, "Discarded to Divine" will be on exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco tonight. Clothing, accessories and jewelry designers were asked to contribute and create one of a kind items made from materials found in the discarded bins at the St. Vincent de Paul Society Help Desk. The stipulation was that all designs had to be inspired by works of art shown at the de Young Museum. We converted cufflinks, tie tacks into earrings inspired by Gauguin's “Tahitian Women on the Beach” and Oceanic tribal art. We even transformed a pair of earrings from the lost and found, into a necklace that was inspired by Van Gogh’s “Starry Night Over The Rhone.”

Here is the finished necklace along with two other earrings we made for the benefit.

The donated jewelry will be sold at a gala auction on April 28, 2011 to benefit the good works of St. Vincent de Paul Society, known for providing a helping hand to the homeless and working poor. For ticket information to attend the gala auction, please click here.