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Gleaming Things - Beautiful Jewelry

Archive for the ‘Resin, plastic & acrylic’ Category

October 9th, 2008

Is that a rabbit ring?

No it’s a Labbit ring!

Labbits are part of Tarina Tarantino’s “Kidrobot”collection, a collaboration with Frank Kozik.  The rings are a strictly limited edition - and they’re sold blind, so you don’t know what kind you might get!
image: Tarina Tarantino
Tags: frank kozik, kidrobot collection, labbit rings, rings, tarina tarantio

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September 23rd, 2008

pretty flowers from Shanalogic

Before I get to the jewelry - I just have to mention that this is my 100th post for Gleaming Things :-)  Can you tell I’m tickled pink to be writing this blog?
Okay, now the jewelry…
My passion for vintage-look flower jewelry continues unabated, so today’s pick for jewelry that makes Chloe drool is the “Bloom” […]

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September 19th, 2008

Friday Etsy finds

Amber is one of my favorite materials for jewelry - I’ve got a few pieces of it… but this ring is sure begging to become part of my jewelry collection :-)
It’s a clear and black resin ring, with little chunks of Baltic amber embedded in it.  The ring is  hand-created by Sylwia Calus Design in […]

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September 5th, 2008

Teddy Bear bracelet from Betsey Johnson

When I was in my pre-teen and early teen years, stretchy bracelets with chunky plastic beads were one of the hot accessories to have.
I had one with multi-colored hearts that I wore until it literally fell apart :-)
Betsey Johnson seems to have been inspired by those late eighties/early nineties trends when she created this charming […]

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August 29th, 2008

hand-painted lucite jewelry from Alexis Bittar

I think this “Long-stemmed Iris” brooch by Alexis Bittar is just exquisite:

It’s made from hand-painted & hand-sculpted Lucite, Swarovski crystal and gray pearls.  The details and delicacy just blow me away - it’s worthwhile taking a look at the zoomed in image on the website!
image: Sak’s 5th Avenue
Tags: brooches, long stemmed iris brooch by alexis […]

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August 19th, 2008

bangle bracelets from Andrew Hamilton Crawford

 I think these thin damask resin bangle bracelets from Andrew Hamilton Crawford are gorgeous!  The resin is wrapped with a thin layer of sterling silver to create the “damask” effect - and even better, they come in lots of different colors like amber:

 Sky blue:

 Cream:

And lots more!
image: Zappos 
Tags: bangle bracelets, Bracelets, cuffs, resin bracelets, thin damask […]

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August 12th, 2008

jewelry wardrobe essentials - all the links

I thought I should make it easy for all my lovely readers and post all the links for my jewelry wardrobe essentials in one easy-to-find post :-)  I’ve included my picks for budget and high end as well - you can go from $4 to almost $10,000 in this series!
In no particular order, here are […]

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August 11th, 2008

vintage flowers from Tarina Tarantino

 I’m a sucker for vintage flower jewelry - I even wore vintage porcelain flower brooches in my hair last year when I got married!
I think that’s why I’m so excited to see Tarina Tarantino’s new “Floriculture” collection of jewelry.   She’s designed it around a collection of vintage resin flowers - which means that each one […]

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July 25th, 2008

making your own tattoo-style necklace

I normally just write about commercially available jewelry, but I couldn’t resist throwing in a piece I made for my sister-in-law’s recent birthday.
She had really liked a tattoo-style necklace that I had posted about awhile back.  When you wore the necklace - it looked like you had a tattoo of a bluebird across your collarbones.  […]

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July 18th, 2008

isn’t Zappos just for shoes?

Everyone knows that Zappos has a great selection of shoes, but did you know that they sell jewelry as well?
From great designers like Tarina Tarantino:

“Baroque” carved lucite earrings.
 
Betsey Johson:

“Carats” charm bracelet.
 
Jules Smith:

“Star Struck” star necklace.
Happy shopping :-)
images: Zappos
Tags: Bracelets, charm-bracelets, designer jewelry, Earrings, jewelry, necklaces

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