Pendant Statements

The recent honey my heart gem stone necklaces have been simple and I wanted to change that. While I love the simplicity of a single stone and chain, I also love a necklace with lots and lots detail. Details like large pendants, mixing gem stones, coordinating colors, and finding balance. Each of these details come together in our new Pendant Statement collection.


I like the look of asymmetry. This piece of blue chalcedony adds a little bit of fun to the balanced green chalcedony chain.


Lapis + chalcedony.




Tear drop aquamarine connector.


Chalcedony + pink quartz + aquamarine.




Forest green quartz connector.


Pink chalcedony + pink quartz + green quartz.


I think I need some deep v-neck blouses.

Walks Around Campus

Gorgeous afternoons have me taking longer lunch walks and enjoying the UCSB campus. It's really a great place to be, with lots of nature and great views. Being outdoors for a portion of the work day is a refreshing break from being indoors most of the day.



Reflecting pool.


The lagoon from the Art Building.




The sky at the end of the day.

Do you get a chance to take in the outdoors during the work day?

Simple Statement Earrings

I purchased some gorgeous chalcedony briolette strands and knew they would be prefect accents to/updates for a prior collection (Statement Drops). The strands held soft pink, creamy blue, minty green, and bright orange chalcedony briolettes, all colors I am liking for Spring. The briolette shape is perfect as a pendant, a charm that can stand alone or as an end piece among other charms. I really love it's similarity to a tear drop shape. With some wrapping of the top with gold fill wire, the briolettes were ready to be attached to other jewelry components. While the briolettes would be great as pendants on necklaces, I wanted to pair them with my simple statements. The briolettes at the bottom are a great anchor for a bright and flirty pair of earrings. Hope you like them!














Happy Thursday! Hope you have a great rest of the week.

Put a Heart on It: Bright Gift Tags

I think I always have to add a heart to things I create. It's some sort of necessity. The Bright Gift Tags were great on their own, but I had these glittered hearts that had to be place atop the gift tags. I had to put a heart on it ;)


Neon green twine was also a must.










Here are the tags in action on gift bags for my cousins :)

Simple Statements for Spring

After a visit to the Gem Faire last month, I came home with a lot of hand selected gem stones. These stones are wrapped in 24k gold, are faceted to reflect light and accentuate the color, and are so light weight. They are a perfect update of one of our styles (Simple Statements) and reflect Spring time nicely.


The necklaces hold larger gemstones for a fuller look. Above is pink chalcedony.


Sun stone. I wish I could capture how wonderfully the specks in the pendant sparkle when they catch the light.


Soft blue chalcedony reminds me of the soft blue sky.


Labradorite and moonstone. Both have an excellent blue flash when the facets catch the light.


The bracelets hold smaller gems for easy wear around the wrist. I tried to find gems with colors that would look great on any skin tone.




Hope you all like them! I will be sharing more and more of the Spring collection in the upcoming weeks.

Bright Gift Tags

A recent purchase of brightly colored gift tags inspired me to create some fun packaging. Washi tape and twine were added to complement the bright colors, and the gift tags were done!






Bows were tied to the tops and then the tags were affixed to white cards.






Tags attached to bags with heart paper clips! They can also be taped to the top of wrapped gift boxes. Adding them to any present is like a cherry on top of an ice cream sundae.

Weekender: This Is Your Library

We spent Saturday night at the Downtown LA Central Library for This Is Your Library event. This event was a late-night talk show style conversation with 4 awesome LA people: NBA champ John Salley, actor Colin Hanks, Unique LA's Sonja Rasula, and author Mark Danielewski. They spoke about their connections to LA, current projects, and their connection with the library.


The host getting the audience warmed up with jokes. He was fun.


John Salley spoke about his childhood (originally from Brooklyn), vegan lifestyle, first PETA experience (it included leather pants!), and basketball. He is a 4 time NBA Champion and won his rings with for Detroit (basketbaaaaall), Chicago, and the LA Lakers. I loved his humor and quickness with the jokes/stories, his analysis of the Lakers' season, and I really loved his statement about Kobe being the best.


Colin Hanks spoke about "Dexter", his childhood in Sacramento, collecting records, and more basketball. He likes LA's other team (the Clippers), which made for a lot of fun back and forth with Salley.


It was Sonja of Unique LA who got me interested in attending this event. She's such an awesome person and I wanted to support her :) Loved that she spoke about growing up and going to the Central Library. Also loved hearing how her life journey and events brought her to create Unique LA. She does so much for independent designers and the LA community.


And Mark Danielewski shared how his Burning Man adventure turned into inspiration for a character in his new book. It was spiritual and funny.


The night ended with music on the patio and a little bothering of an NBA star. So happy that John posed for a photo with us. He is 6'11". From a few feet away, he didn't seem that tall. But once we all gathered together, I felt like a shrimp!!

Hope you all had a great weekend. Happy Monday :)