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studying Colored Stones and registered for the Lab class in California, very excited !
Gwen looks flawless here with her beautiful engagement ring and stacked bangles
this is what is in my purse–sour patch watermelons & Benjamins, Chanel blush & Blue Moon bottlecaps
Van Cleef & Arpels piece featured in the showcase at Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum
been enjoying getting images for my SHOW ME YOUR RINGS project, I’ve met so many collectors
me wearing my new Barrett Ford hand-made earrings featuring some gorgeous gemstones
collage of drawings, scrapbook of jewelry designs by Gustav Manz (after a reader suggested I get familiar)
bunch of stickpins–I am working on taking a bunch of stickpins and converting them into pendants at work}
oxinsocks April 2, 2011 at 12:04 pm:
Fantastic collection of great stuff- thank you for the information about Barrett Ford and for the picture of VCA's turquoise necklace. Gorgeousness. Your presentation and great love of wonderful things inspired me to create my own blog about my enthusiasm for jewelry's creativity and beauty, so thank you for the inspiration. Have fun with Colored Stones! Wish me luck- I've got Diamond Grading at the end of the month in NYC! (Now I have to go clean out my purse…)
IndiviJewels April 4, 2011 at 10:33 pm:
So many fab items on show here, Really love the big pearl ring.
J April 7, 2011 at 2:16 pm:
Love all the pretty things! I just bought a great ring at Pippin Vintage in NYC that used to be a stickpin–it's even more beautiful because of the delicate band. That shield would be killer as a ring!
LGM April 8, 2011 at 8:40 pm:
Love your SHOW-ME-YOUR-RINGS project and seeing my great-grandfather's jewelry drawings on Gem Gossip!
Laura Tedesco April 9, 2011 at 4:05 am:
Oh, looks like I have to get myself familiar with Gustav too!