14K GOLD HOOPS

10k Yellow Gold Round London Blue Topaz Gemstone Earring Studs (6mm, 2.00 cttw)

Add a colorful update to your everyday studs with these gemstone earring studs. These friction-back post stud earrings showcase their vibrant hue against their 4-prong yellow gold setting. This basket setting is able to showcase the classic round shape of the gemstones. The studs are 6mm in size, creating a classic stud earring design that is appropriate for all occasions. These colorful earrings will draw attention to the ears and are appropriate for all occasions. A great addition to your jewelry box.

“… And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; …”

Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare

This handmade, asymmetrical necklace in 14K gold filled wire and London Blue Topaz faceted rondelles, was inspired by sonnet no.18 by William Shakespeare, which is another of my favourite written pieces. No, it IS my favourite written piece. I recite it, quietly to myself many, many times each month and over the years I must have recited it hundreds of times. And how someone decided centuries ago, to put a few words together and with those words bring tears to my eyes today, is something I will never understand. I do hope I have done the sonnet justice.

I started by shaping the flowers and wire wrapped them in different looks and techniques to add texture and then added one gorgeous London Blue Topaz to each centre and embraced that topaz with a coil of wire. The larger of the flowers also got two round 14K gold filled beads and one smaller, slightly lighter in shade, London Blue Topaz on the petals. One of the flowers also doubles as the hook style clasp, with the hook hidden under the wrapping. The flowers are connected with a 14K gold filled chain that is slightly textured.

The focal is one of the flowers but with an addition of a flawless Whiskey Quartz smooth briolette. It is simply stunning. From the top of the briolette a little cascade of London Blue Topaz rondelles falls.

With the yellow gold and the blue topaz, it will be like wearing an eternal summer around your neck

A Fall 2008 Preview piece.

Cendrillon is the old French word for "little ashes" (an early version Cinderella).

A fabulously decadent necklace; the Cendrillon piece is comprised of over four hundred petite faceted rondelles of teal Apatite, crystal Quartz, and gray Labradorite with plenty of golden blue flash. Each of these has been placed on a 24K yellow Gold Vermeil ball pin and individually wired into a fine chain. The intensity of gray graduates subtly from shaded charcoal in the front to a lighter ash in the back. This process is very labor intensive and it takes over eight hours to create each necklace - but the result is well worth it; a stunning and flexible piece that drapes with each curve of your neck and shoulders. The elegant focal of this piece is the asymmetrically placed faceted oval of Swiss Blue Topaz. The Cendrillon necklace closes with an intricate and ornate filigree latch of 24K Bali yellow Gold Vermeil. 16" in length, 17" with full extension. A sterling silver signature tag imprinted with "jlee" finishes off the piece.