rock chrystal

 













i love to buy special pieces and this certainly is one!

two cusps of rock chrystal captured by a twiddled wire for this edgy pair of earrings.

come to think of it: how many thousand years to form these chrystals?

ps: the new sunnies have just arrived from the UK this afternoon! so keep posted for the new styles next week...

wedding pieces

don't know what's wrong, but i haven't yet been invited to a wedding this year...

in my books, above pictured earrings are called the wedding pieces ever since i sold them to a bride-to-be last summer. aren't they just lovely? always two and two toghether.

145.- the pair.

friday pieces

it's been a while since we last indulged in friday pieces! very unjustly so (maybe because it's such fiddly job taking the pictures).

seeing these fresh colours: is it spring yet?

blue notes... off to a summer holiday!

exceptionally not on a friday: here as promised a nice specimen of the friday pieces. these earrings i've both ordered as an asymetric and a symetric pair (for the latter, it's the earring as shown on the right). your choice!

this is the colour i want to see for the next 2 weeks: blue skies! 

this evening we're driving to ticinio and then to italy, so ciao ciao... and as i heard a guy say: don't forget to be awesome :-)

a good dangle

...never hurt anyone :-)

these grecian blue earrings are made with andalosite, kyanite and aquamarine and are 10cm long.

being somewhat past the prime of youth (like me) shouldn't prevent anyone from having fun with accessories. of course you want to watch out that quality is up to scratch and that you find the right length/width, your own dangling-earing-golden-ratio, so to speak.

but whom am i'm talking to? you ladies have been very favorable to the friday pieces, they're #1 of my jewellery sales! (no party poopers my customers, thank you very much)

it's the moment to come clean with my latest crime: after studying the line sheet very closely for many hours i've placed a new order and... it's already on its way to zurich! i'm so excited to get the new pieces that i'm actually monitoring the shipment: from kahului to honolulu to louisville... delivery is scheduled for next week, so expect to see many new exciting pieces.

enjoy your long week-end!

friday pieces

it's our favorite day of the week again...

this friday it's the turn of a smaller pair of earrings that could even qualify as sensible (which must be the exception of the hawaiian collection) and that could get the approvement of your mother-in-law BUT still manages to look lush and tropical... and to put you in a good mood.

the stone drop is a pink sapphire, i had the same with a green chrysoprase. Had??? yeah, both pairs are sold. but fear not, i'm already taking care of supplies :-)

the full tilt mambo

 




 

can't believe it's already friday again! ... when am i supposed to get the work done?

i leave you for this week with this lavish pair of earrings made on special order with chrysoprase, an asymmetric pair, as you can see, which adds to the specialness.

i should have photographed this pair hanging so that the light could come through the stone, maybe another time 'cos i'm running out of time today!

obviously this is a rather extravagant pair to be worn when you're in an excellent mood (don't forget: life is short!).

if you feel it's a bit too much for you we could simply take off stones and/or gold chains, shorten gold chains... in short: make a custom made pair for you. wouldn't that be lovely?

the friday pieces (they're back!)

beurk... it's wet and grey today and we wish we were on a far away tropical island.

well, isnt'it time I showed you some of the hawaiian earrings: lovely & lavish. can't wait for warm summer nights.   

sold yesterday

another beautiful pair has gone. in good hands, i might add.

the same style but with stones of rutilated quartz - a wonderful grey-green colour - has sold last week. 

i'm really happy and excited to see that this collection of earrings - the friday pieces - despite my apprehension that they might be too hollywood, is selling well and if it continues i will be able to order new earrings when i next meet the supplier in october!

i look forward to that already. 

bella ragazza

my friend milena has just spent 4 weeks in calabria, south italy and she's now in the right frame of mind to wear this dramatic pair of earrings :-) 

friday pieces - worth the wait

yes, they're finally here! (and assembled).

sisters, this is jewellery to wear when you want to pull out all the stops :-)

as you've seen above, the shop will be closed tomorrow saturday and the whole of next week. let's say the goodies are ready for inspection from august 7. or you can run now... i'm in the shop until 6.30

see you back soon.

friday pieces

i'm afraid this is not the best of pictures but you still get the idea (i took other stones in grey/green colour).

"your order is in production and looking lovely" has been the mantra sent by the supplier everytime we were in touch for the past few month. talk about the carrot stick that is being held in front of the donkey's muzzle...
 
production complete, payment made and received, proceedings for the shipping agreed upon (honestly: can you believe swiss customs makes the supplier send the findings (metal hook piercing the ear) separately to my home, while the rest is sent to the shop. i will then have to mount the findings and clasps myself, thank you very much!) but now i'm finally in a position to tell you delivery is on it's way!

at times i can foresee the future. for example i just can tell that the minute the earrings arrive i'll hold every single pair of them to my face, look into the mirror and chose a pair for myself, merci beaucoup!

friday pieces

how's your work-morale today? well, friday afternoon... and considering that thousands of kids are being set free for a 5 weeks summer holiday we wish that was us. maybe that's why you're looking at the friday pieces just now?

to change a little from the usual, today i'm showing you a pair of earrings that you WILL NOT be able to buy for the good reason that i didn't order it.

i mean, we're fond of a smouldering good look, but this might just set off the smoke detectors. who would buy this pair with the incredibly real looking pierced orchid on dusty universitätstrasse in zurich? exactement, not you, not me! i'd say the distance to the next tropical beach is just one step too far...  

i am confident that next friday i can tell you that the earrings are on their way. meantime, for this week i leave you with the words of my supplier: sending you tropical breeze and sunshine from Hawaii! (even if i'm not there myself).

Barbara sent & friday pieces

where did this week go?

as i didn't post the last two days i'm doing a double today. first up ceramics (what else? these last days were a real whirlwind for ceramics, why is anybody's guess) with a triptique of pictures that barbara sent me today. she said she took the photos just before a thunderstorm and well, the blue hues look kind of stormy! (looks very beautiful but in truth they are less blueish).

i'm glad to have sold many beautiful pieces the last two weeks but i miss them in the shop, i really do.

next up are - guess what - the friday pieces!

 

so what do you say... elegant, refined and totally wearable, n'est-ce pas?

the friday pieces

wowwowwow, july is approaching fast!

but between us, i wouldn't be surprised if there will be a delay in delivery of the earrings...

however, hopefully not too much because we want need this stuff for summer. i just CAN see you coming out of the water with wet hair like a mermaid and those earrings shimmering against your lightly tanned skin...

pah, it's always nice to dream, isn't it?

the friday pieces

friday! sunny day!

i'm sorry i'm a bit late and i guess most of you have already left the office for the week-end, nevertheless here they are: the wonderful friday pieces.

i love the little feathers and let me tell you that i cut off the long end of the gold chain on the picture because it goes on and on and on... but it doesn't really matter as i've decided to take the symmetric version, i'll get the pair as the piece shown on the right. i feel a little sorry as i think the asymmetric version is stunning. pfffff, i'm too reasonable. 

the friday pieces

after a two week detox programme i hope you looked forward to the friday pieces!

so here comes your weekly dosis again. if all goes well the earrings should be in about mid-july.

this is precision work! the hoop earrings are embellished with small aquamarines in various shades of blue and greyblue.

makes me dream of another holiday at the mediterranean...

the friday pieces

 

















friday! need we say more...

but, as you've been warned, from today i'm off on my summer holiday!!! so i leave you with this bold asymmetric number. hawaï anyone?

alohas from the border to italy

the friday pieces

i was looking forward to this post all week, because i'm so excited with these new earrings. can't wait for them to arrive. no, they're not everyone's cup of tea, i know that. it occured to me that in the worst case scenario i will get to keep them all for myself! i mean is this so terrible a prospect? hi, hi... 

so this week we're on a symmetric pair, that makes it easier, doesn't it? but they're still quite something! did you notice the gradation of shades in the stones getting darker towards the bottom? (of course the stone drops will hang down from the middle once worn) i read it's green rutilated moss amethyst. sounds interesting.

have a lovely week-end everyone. and watch out for the next pair to continue our training :-)

the friday pieces

i told you back in march that i have ordered some new jewellery line (mainly earrings) from hawaï which is quite olé-olé and i do hope that you will be in the mood for this! at least i have a few weeks to motivate you until the jewellery arrives...

i don't know if it's down to a very gingery drink that i have made with my new juicer but yesterday evening i added a few more pieces to the order and i must say it were not the most inconspicuous pieces that landed on my list. for one, i took some asymmetric pieces like the pair of earrings shown here.

quite festive, aren't they? love-love-love.

so for the next few weeks, every friday i'll post a pic of a dangly pair so eventually you will find these earrings totally  wearable for cleaning the house! ok, maybe not. but for 10% of you on a nice summer evening? come on!