Lace Ruff in Blue

The height of fashion in the period of 1550-1600 is characterized by increased opulence and the rise of the ruff. You know the ruff, that fluffy collar worn by women of wealth in old paintings. Here is my version of the ruff in a modern, wearable, fun version for the year 2010! This piece has a handmade glass bead by Lisa joy Sachs teamed with one of my baby bluish boulder opals. Both are wearing a ruff of sterling silver. They are strung on natural, fine blue zircon facetted beads.

$425.

Candy

Lisa Joy Sachs designer bead teamed with a pure white quartz cabachon and strung on gradient, facetted rubies! This is a killer look. I wore it to the ski resort today and received many compliments at lunch. There are sterling accent beads that complete the design. It has a lobster claw clasp.

$425.

Red and Gray Pagoda Necklace

The two focal beads in this pendant are jaspers. It is strung with micro-facetted Tandru sapphire briolettes and sterling daisies and pearls. The pagoda pendant is about 2” long. It has a sterling spring ring clasp.

$225.

Fall Links

Jasper focal bead with pearls, citrine, sardonyx, andalusite, and “cherry quartz” Sterling clasp. Link pendant measures 2” long.

$165.

Spring Links

Jasper focal bead with pearls, labradorite and tourmaline accents. Sterling clasp. Link pendant measures 2 3/8” long.

$195.

Pointy Boulder Baby

This opal is mostly a bluish boulder opal but I really like this opal mostly because it has one pinpoint flash of orange that is really intense. So intense, that it is clear why flash is also called fire. You can see this flash perfectly framed in a white spot in the upper right quadrant of the stone.

By the way, it is hard for me to get good photos of these boulder baby necklaces because the luster on these stones is so good that it is hard to avoid reflections. In my opinion, they are all much prettier in real life. The white freshwater, cultured, very round pearls are great quality with beautiful luster. It is 16.75” long with a sterling spring ring clasp. Dainty in scale, this piece is so feminine and elegant!

$265.

Wines and Berries Wacky Wonkie Necklace

Freshwater, cultured, color-enhanced pearls with a sterling spring ring clasp.

$95.

Neptune Wacky Wonkie Necklace

Freshwater, cultured, color-enhanced pearls with a sterling spring ring clasp.

$95.

Lemon Lime Wacky Wonkie Necklace

Freshwater, cultured, color-enhanced pearls with a sterling spring ring clasp.

$95.

RAINBOW!

Mostly white jasper focal bead has tan bubbles and is strung with Botswana agate, rubies, citrines, peridot, chrome diopside, apatite, sodalite, amethyst, iolite, and labradorites. The rest is very lusterous white fresh water, cultured, rice pearls.

$95.

Jasper Cubes with Jacks

This unique jasper necklace is strung with jasper cubes and amethyst of varying tones. It is strung to 16.75” on a durable wire with a soldered sterling spring ring clasp.

$195.

Bronze Boulder Baby

Teeny-tiny bronze color-enhanced seed pearls with a beautiful pear shaped boulder opal pendant. The opal measures 5/8” x ½”. It has a sterling spring ring clasp.

$265.

The Perfect Tourmaline.

I wish every tourmaline was as nice as this one. It is a HUGE bi-color blue and pink baguette. The stone itself is 35mm x 6.75mm. It is elegantly strung to 17” on 14K gold waves.

$2900.

Wacky Wonkie Blues Necklace

Freshwater, cultured, color-enhanced pearls with a sterling spring ring clasp.

$95.

Jasper & Ametrine Vine Necklace

This beautiful necklace looks so soft and feminine. The jasper has tans and lavenders so I have added a touch of sparkle by teaming it with light ametrine facetted beads and baguettes and roundels. This necklace is strung to 17.5 inches in length and has a spring ring clasp.

$265.

Lavender Boulder Baby

There is sweetness about the scale of this boulder opal focal bead. It measures 5/8” x ¼” long. It is strung with color-enhanced lavender seed pearls and white fresh water, cultured pearl accents. The white, freshwater cultured pearls are very round and of great quality with a beautiful luster. It is 17” long with a sterling spring ring clasp.

$265.

Blue Tourmaline Daisy Bracelet

Micro-facetted blue and watermelon-blue tourmaline and sterling silver daisies comprise this gorgeous bracelet. It is strung on a flexible, durable wire.

$495.

Reduced $395

Ocean Jasper

This is ocean jasper simply strung with peachy color-enhanced fresh water cultured pearls. It has a light mint-green tourmaline and sunstone accent at the base and green seed pearls at the top.

$95

Dancing Boulder Baby

Sthis baby boulder opal is strung on sea foam green keishi pearls. The opal is about 5/8” long. It is strung to about 17 ½” long and has a sterling spring ring clasp.

$195.

Endless Wacky Wonkie Necklace

Freshwater, cultured, color-enhanced pearls with a sterling spring ring clasp. This wacky wonky uses smaller pearls and it wraps around my neck 3 times! It is a great look.

$95.

Flirty

This jasper necklace is very subtle yet it flirts with color. Lavender tanzanite pebbles, facetted citrines, and facetted quartz are accented with sterling silver daisy beads. This piece would look great on a sophisticated lady with a great tan in a crisp white cotton blouse and tan khakis. It is strung to 16.5” long on a durable flexible wire with a soldered spring ring clasp.

$145.

Special Piece.

This is a special multi color HUGE tourmaline baguette briolette. It is strung to 17.75” with multi color spinels and fresh water cultured pearls.

$895.

Black Opal Eye

Lisa Joy (my best friend and companion in Tucson) actually found this Australian artist and stone cutter. For me it is a match made in heaven. He did not have these black opal beauties in his cases, but Lisa is such a talker that she got him to pull out all of his back stock for an exclusive showing.

I picked up a few of these designer black opal free form beads. I’m confident that you wont see them anywhere else and they are truly one of a kinds. This piece has a lot of character, it is a grey body color with concentric circles and lots of orange flash. It is strung to 17.5” on facetted fancy sapphire roundels. The clasp is 18K gold.

$1100.

Purple Pleasure

So fun to make, this piece easily came together out of my love for PURPLE! The central stone in this design is actually a Black opal but it screams PURPLE and lives happily next to the trillion amethyst in this lacy design. The construction is a marriage of metals in 22k and 14k gold.

It is strung to 18.75” with two differing tones of amethysts that are separated by 18k gold daisy beads. The light amethyst is a particular color called Rose d’ France. If you can never get enough purple and enjoy unusual designs, you will like this special piece. It has a lobster claw clasp.

$2400.

Hessonite Garnet Starbursts-Twirly Base

So this is my color. It is a rich, kicky mandarin-orange. These starbursts have a sterling daisy accent and vermeil (gold over silver) twirlies at the base. They hang from sterling silver earwires.

$225.

Grape Starburst

This fun and sparkly ball of amethysts is irresistible! I have added large amethyst facetted beads flanking the pendant and it looks like that whole unit is part of the centerpiece. It is strung on pink and light blue sapphires! The length of this necklace is 17”. It is strung on a flexible, durable wire. The pendant measures 1 1/4" x 1 1/16".

$325.

Texture Jasper Necklace

This jasper necklace has an unusual 1” diameter focal bead with a taupe and black pattern. Jet pebbles and facetted andalusite beads accent it. It is 17.5” long. It is strung on a durable wire with a sterling spring ring clasp.

$195.

Blue Moon Sale: $125.

Past, Present, and Future

New Design-This necklace has a focal design, which I believe are stones called “cherry quartz. There is yellow jade, carnelian, color enhanced, rust freshwater, cultured pearls, and sterling silver daisy accents. It is strung to 17.5” on a durable wire.

$95

Cherry Starburst

This fun and sparkly ball of garnets is irresistible! I have strung it just under 21” with silver jack beads and garnets with onyx accents. It is strung on a flexible, durable wire. The pendant measures 3/4" x 5/8"

$295.