HOT AUGUST NIGHT

On a hot summer's night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?  "Only if the other hand held this!" you say.

Here is a deceptively simple necklace designed for she who loves all things earthy:  shining faceted nuggets of highly polished natural golden agate are interspersed with faceted fat rondelles of yellow serpentine and tiny spacers of natural olive shell heishi.  Hanging as focal is an unusual carved jade cicada; finished with green and golden freshwater pearls, this 19-inch piece closes with a sterling silver toggle clasp.

Misty Dawn

Morning fog wafts over the meadow, bringing with it a refreshing feeling of tranquility and joy, and all because you have this necklace!

Perfect Storm

These may not be 30-foot swells, but this piece will certainly make waves!

Here is a fun and, again, elegantly simple piece: graduated tumbled nuggets of royal blue Afghani lapis lazuli join with sterling silver rounds of varying sizes. 

Beyond the Reef

What lies beyond the reef?  The Deep Ones know…

In this case, what lies beyond are wonderful faceted nuggets of genuine chrysocolla in shades of the sea. 

On the Amazon

On the Amazon, the prophylactics prowl,
On the Amazon, the hypodermics howl!
On the Amazon, you'll hear a scarab scowl and sting zodiacs on the wing...

Annapurna

Displaying the clear, clear blue of the Nepalese sky with the greens of the sea that once covered this land, you’ll feel like you are atop a peak in the Himalayas with this simple, rich, and oh so wonderful piece around your neck!

Peanut Butter n’ Jelly 

Sticks to the roof of your mouth and tastes great with bananas!

(But this looks better around your neck…!)

Nuggets of matrixy genuine turquoise join with Bali sterling daisies, genuine tiger eye rondelles, and sterling silver rounds, from which hangs a gorgeous sterling bezel-set agate pendant, whose unique character speaks for itself!

Vertigo

Stare into the eye… you are feeling heavy, spiraling down into the depths of oblivion… or maybe you’re losing yourself to the beauty of this mystical piece!

Briolettes of genuine carnelian, goldstone, hessonite garnet and royal orange chalcedony team up with long nuggets and faceted tears of banded sardonyx, deep copper biwa pearls and dangles made of black onyx, faceted golden freshwater pearl and deepest, black zoisite.  This fiery lot serves to augment a fantastic Tibetan dzi-style ladder pendant set with Bali sterling silver beadcaps.  Black onyx ovals and goldstone rondelles, separated by Bali sterling silver daisies, end this piece, which closes with a sterling silver “S”-clasp.

Elysian Fields

Mmmm… can you smell the fresh lilacs and violets?  Do you see the clear blue sky overhead?  The rich green grasses of the fields?

Close your eyes…  let your imagination go… for bliss and peace you will surely find with this creation of divine inspiration wrapped about your neck.

Here is a simple, dainty, and very gemmy choker made of genuine gemstones:  icy blue natural blue chalcedony drums, rich amethyst rice beads, aquamarine barrels, green apatite rondelles serve to highlight five genuine aqua blue Peruvian opal barrels and two absolutely marvelous blue Peruvian opal nuggets.  All gemstones in this piece are 100% natural and untreated.

Tigris

One of the boundaries of the cradle of civilization, the Tigris River breathes its essence into all living things and gives life to all it touches.  This brilliance is capture here, for this piece shall surely breathe life into whatever else adorns you.

Beautiful little golden tiger’s eye short barrels are separated by faceted peacock freshwater pearls.  Touched by Bali silver daisies and open-worked silver beads, this necklace features a fantastic sterling silver pendant set with magnificent hawk’s eye in  two different cuts: square and tear.  Matching earrings make a set of this piece, which ends in a sterling silver toggle.

Green River

Take me back where the catfish bite, walkin' along the river road at night, barefoot girl dancin' in the moonlight...

And wearing this! 

Here is a simple piece, one which draws one down to that ol’ river, invites one to just sit back and rest a spell, and let oneself go in the soothing, green depths.

 Make MinE Mango

Sparkle enough to rival the lights of Las Vegas!

This charming woven bracelet is made of Swarovsky crystals in shades of hot pink, bright orange and dusky chartreuse, which are flanked by tiny Czech seed beads.

Wearin’ O’ the Green

Vintage emerald aurora borealis faceted glass beads join together with black aurora borealis Swarovsky crystals to highlight an annealed dichroic glass art glass pendant.  This piece closes with a gold lobster claw clasp.

GRAPES ARE WRAPPED

$65.00

Serengeti

Metallica

Hush now baby, don’t say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It’s just the monster beneath your bed
Under your pillow, in your head!

Ummm… yeah.  Well, place this wonderful necklace of genuine pyrite leaves, pyrite-bearing lapis lazuli rounds and brass spacers around your throat, and you’ll ward off that nasty creature of the night!

Nature Walk

High Altitude

Up up and away!

Think of the deep blue of the sky at altitude, the brilliance of the golden sun dazzling the eye… 

Tiny barrels of genuine lapis lazuli are separated by great, solid brass heishi spacers.  Intermittent leaves of iron pyrite bring texture to this necklace, along with their center stones of pyrite-sprinkled lapis.

Anaconda

Waiting to wrap itself around you!

Beautiful in its simplicity, this piece is made of lusciously unique Brazilian Kambaba jasper rectangles and deeply toned smoky quartz rounds.  An eye-catching faceted freeform of Kambaba jasper is focal; sterling silver beadcaps and daisies finish the piece.  Surprisingly comfortable around the neck, “Anaconda” closes with a sterling toggle clasp.

Arielle

Moon Over Miami

BIG SKY

Varying sizes of genuine freshwater pearls surrounding tongues of genuine blue denim lapis, offset by tiny Czech seed beads and finished with a sterling silver clasp. Simply elegant.

$125.00

Desert Sun

Golden.  Warm. 

Radiant in its simplicity, speaking quietly of the stillness of the desert, the lowering sun slowly descending from the zenith….

Here is a simple choker made up of a rare Oregon stone:  golden quartz rondelles and drums, joined here and there by sterling silver short cylinders.

Good Morning Sunshine!

“On a pineapple planet, in a pineapple town
He’s got a pineapple job, keeps him pineapple down
He’s a pineapple swinger, goes to pineapple bars,
Drinks pineapple stingers, drives a pineapple car
Got him a pineapple lady, and a pineapple baby
One fine pineapple day…”

Pineapple quartz nuggets are separated by white freshwater pearls and gold Czech seed beads.  Closure is a gold toggle.

Singing the Blues

Blue, blue, and more blue.  We like blue.  Blue is good.  Blue is the color of the sky.  Blue is the color of love.  Blue is the color of this necklace.  Blue is the color of blue things.  Blue is… blue! 

And you’ll get just that with this necklace made of blue quartz nuggets, blue shell pearl rounds and blue fiber optic rounds.  Approximately 18” long. 

Rainy Days and Mondays

Although this piece is composed of freeform flat nuggets, it is surprisingly light and airy.  Blue quartz flat nuggets join with faceted rectangles of the same stone, which are framed by royal blue shell pearls and white freshwater pearls.  Closure is a sterling silver clasp.

Approximately 18” long. 

east of the sun

An eye-catching piece with a decidedly oriental flare!  Acting as focal point is a wonderful 2” trapezoid of honey jade, carved with the traditional dragon and peach.  The remainder of the necklace is made of black Thai terra cotta beads, bright red shell pearl nuggets, carved antique jade fat coins, sterling silver findings, and two wonderful hand painted (on the inside!) glass beads: one a horse, the other a grasshopper--click on image for closeup.  Closed with a sterling silver clasp.  Heavenly… and utterly unique!

West of the Moon

A hard left at the comet and three blocks from the nebula… and there west of the moon you’ll find this wonderful jade necklace.

Tongues of genuine olive jade are separated by faceted rondelles of yellow turquoise and tiny gold vermeil beads.  Hanging as focal is a wonderful Chinese “Lucky Bat” of jade, which is framed by two yellow jade rounds.

Santa Barbara

Here is a minty fresh piece, humming with pastel colors!  This wonderful, airy delight is made up of genuine peridot disks, smithsonite rondelles, pink Peruvian opal nuggets, rich blue apatite flat cylinders, sterling silver daisies and beads, and a wonderful aqua blue chalcedony briolette.

Sky Shades

Ahhh… the deep, rich blue of a midwinter’s day… the soft greeny blue of a tropical sunset, you know, that part of the sky just above the bands of orange and yellow and red…

The wonderful variety of shades the sky can show was the inspiration for this simple necklace, which is made of turquoise puffed ovals, nuggets and rounds, Russian amazonite faceted ovals and rounds, and brushed black onyx rounds.

Water Colors

Sometimes it is best to let the stones speak by themselves…

Inspired

Inspired is what you will feel when you put this eye-catching choker about your throat…

Or, if you will, the name of the mine where this gorgeous, one-of-a-kind gem chrysacolla focal bead originated: the Inspiration Mine.

Eastern Sky

Hark, it is the east, and turquoise is the sky!

Here is a simple choker made of charming tubes of carved turquoise, yummy, icy green smithsonite rondelles, and shining black art glass disks.  In the center of it all is a deep teal cylinder of genuine apatite; tiny sterling beads separate, and a sterling silver “S”-clasp closes this eye-catching necklace.

Call of Tibet

Here is a tribal look from the Himalayas!

Tibetan turquoise barrel beads (turquoise pressed into beeswax) join with young amber rondelles and silver-plated copper beads of various sizes and styles in this fun and chunky tribute to the country at the top of the world!

Treasure of the Czar

A fantastic Pietersite oval pendant is framed by faceted red tiger eye briolettes, hawk’s-eye rounds, green goldstone and kyanite drops.  Bali sterling silver findings and a sterling silver clasp complete the piece.

Meridian

You could go halfway around the world and not find a better necklace.

Flat rectangles of brilliant blue dumortierite are flanked by twinned blue-flash moonstone rondelles with blue fiber-optic rounds.  A flat teardrop of genuine hypersthene hangs as focal in all its scintillating, mirrored beauty.

$45.00