Business cards December 2006

Avators

New additions

My my love

A delicate and lovely necklace. 14KGF chain and clasp with red enamel heart pendant.

Holiday Giveaway

Urban Bloom is participating in a holiday giveaway contest and the lucky winner could receive one of my necklaces as well as other handmade goodies from shops like Juniper Designs. If you comment on a post at Creature Comforts with your email address, you could win. BIG. Make sure you also look at her new shop Wren Eleven.

Fall/Winter '06

Perennial Beauty collection cont'd

Additions to the winter collection

Perennial Beauty collection

Additions to the shop

recognition

I was inspired to do a mock version of the Urban Outfitter's campaign "Pattern Recognition" to introduce my Winter 2006 collection.

More from Winter 2006

New styles...

In store for winter...

Fall into Winter

Filling the shop for Winter 06-07

Top: Cluster of Swarovski crystal, pearl, dyed jade with gold plated leaf charm
Bottom: Silver plated rhinestone star, pink mother of pearl stone, sterling silver chain and clasp

New locket for winter 2006-07

Etched gold plated heart locket on pink crystal chain, 14K gold filled chain, gold plated clasp

Momento

Brass or black metal intricate patterns on sterling silver or 14K gold filled chain

New for winter 2006

Brass insect charm on vintage plastic gemstone, 14K gold filled chain

Subtle silver in Winter 06-07

Top: Silver plated leaf, cloudy white moonstone, tiny pearls, sterling silver chain and components


Bottom: Sterling silver chain and components, vintage glass flower (also available in pale pink or pale blue)

Bursting with gems at Bonnin Designs

Shari Bonnin is a woman who much like myself suffered from the attitude "I should be able to do that" whenever she shopped. Lucky for us, Shari turned that attitude into a fantastic jewelry collection. Shari's shop has fantastic earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings that have been featured in shops and on celebs. Her blog, Thifty Boutique. recently featured Urban Bloom's Be Elizabethan necklace in sage as as the pick of the day. The beauty at top left is my pick from her site.

Welcome October

I heart

My father gave my mother a gold heart locket on their first wedding anniversary. Inside was a tiny piece of paper cut into a heart with the handwritten words "I Love You." If I'm not mistaken there was also an inscription on the back. I remember opening up the locket when I was a kid and reacting with the same excitement and surprise each time I saw the note - kinda like jack in the box. Years later he gave her a diamond heart necklace while was open in the center.

This Love me tender locket necklace is quite different than either of those heirloom pieces but has the key charms in fashion today - a heart, lock, and key all in one.

More for Fall '06

I have so many new designs coming to the shop and I'm excited to preview them on the blog. The silver pod necklace is one of my favorites because it's all sterling silver and great for work and weekends.

I was talking to a coworker yesterday and she was shocked that I make jewelry because I never wear any myself. I suppose it's like a fashion designer who wears all black. This necklace is the exception - I think I need one for myself!

This sterling silver bracelet is also part of the new silver collection I'll be adding to the shop. It has mother of pearl beads on a gorgeous chain. It's a bit tough to capture the elegance and luminosity of the stone and metal here but hopefully you can see it's beauty. Oh! It's also not heavy at all - none of my jewelry ever is.