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Swarovski Idyllia parrot cocktail ring
I would probably have worn something like this when I was a student but now all i can think of is how delicate it would be, how much I would bang it, and that it would be too over the top. But if you...
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Art Rings by Thomas Mandelstam
This is not something I would wear but it looks like a piece of art. It is composed of gold plated silver, enamel, resin, tourmalines and citrine. The website has all kinds of paintings to be worn as...
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Why does no one wear brooches anymore?
I have been wearing this gold-coloured sweetie brooch on my denim jacket. I love the idea of brooches. I love looking at brooches – they are often like both jewellery and art. But for some reason I...
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Beautiful animal rings
Look at the gorgeous garnet in the dragon’s mouth! I was at the local auction house Kaplans recently, to look at a bracelet, and I fell in love with these rings. The starting prices of all of them were...
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Tanzanites
This is one of my favourite rings. It has a genuine Tanzanite set in the area of Tanzania on the little African map. I love Tanzanite. Cheaper ones are very light in colour, but the most expensive...
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Garnets
My birthstone is ruby, and I really love rubies. Unfortunately though, good ones are expensive so I only have a few tiny ones as accent stones in a ring and a pendant. For more slender budgets, a good...
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Typewriters
When I had to make my choices at age 15 in school, I wanted to be in the practical stream so that I could learn what I thought were more valuable life skills – domestic science and...
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Tennis bracelets
I have always loved tennis bracelets (so called because Chris Evert lost her diamond bracelet on the court at Wimbledon in 1978, and play had to be stopped to find it) but would never be able to...
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Round shelf unit
This round shelf unit has been incredibly useful. It holds a lot but does not take up much space or make a room look cluttered. They come in other colours and cost about $30. I bought it from a local...
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Odin pendant
I love ancient Celtic and Nordic symbols – particularly jewellery featuring the intricate knot-work of both Celtic and Nordic culture. Unfortunately though, mass-marketing to tourists and the rise of...
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Mixing metals
When I grew up, mixing metals was a no-no. But now I do it quite often. I love the look of stacked silver and gold bracelets or rings. I absolutely adore my Seiko watch which is mixed metal. I am...
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HimlaKatten chain and pendant
I used to wear this HimlaKatten/Opera & Co necklace quite often, but a few years ago I sold quite a lot of my heavy jewellery in favour of lightweight chains. It was a heavy silver chain with a...
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Thor’s Hammer, Mjölnir
I wrote quite recently about how I like Thor’s Hammer/Mjölnir pendants but don’t wear them because they have been co-opted by certain factions of the white supremacist movement. I don’t normally...
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Interesting necklace
I watched an episode of Friends recently (there are reruns every evening) and spotted this very striking necklace on Phoebe. I loved it because used to wear a lot of dramatic jewellery, such as this...
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Kinz Kanaan jewellery
Because my earlobes are tiny, I generally wear very small studs in my ears. I have been using Kinz Kanaan earrings almost all the time for more than two years now. They are reasonably priced and very...
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Kinz Kanaan does it again!
I have written about Kinz Kanaan’s delicate earrings several times. After my last post I bought a second ruby stud, so that I have a matching pair. The earring came, as always, beautifully presented....
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Iris glass
I really love Iris Glass, particularly the very pale variants. Iris glass has stripes, usually in pink, white, blue, and green. Rods or filaments of different colours are put into clear glass and...
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Nomination and other Italian link bracelets
Two people contacted me yesterday asking about Nomination bracelets, after I mentioned them in a post. Italian charm bracelets (the largest company is Nomination) are not well-known in all countries,...
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Mourning jewellery by Margaret Cross
Some cultures talk and celebrate death more than others. Irish wakes and Xhosa funeral feasts are two examples. When I was young you used to frequently see black armbands denoting someone in mourning....
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Dawn Gill Designs
One of my regular readers and frequent commenters is Dawn Gill, of Dawn Gill Designs. I would like to give her a shout out on my blog today, and feature her shop. You can find Dawn’s LinkTree here. The...
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