tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83424409387884829092024-10-06T22:18:15.059-07:00Diamond Dust and SparklesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206755681559989013noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342440938788482909.post-58151366000843271422012-11-16T11:45:00.000-08:002013-02-13T08:07:26.474-08:00

Next month I will finally be doing something I have long dreamed of - I'm going to the Big Apple! Being December it will be lovely and chilly - maybe even snowy - so it will feel like "proper New York", and I can't wait to wrap up warm in the multicoloured patchwork scarf my Nana knitted me when I was 18, and stroll the streets of Bleecker et al.The reason I'm going to New York is

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I've just returned from a lovely few days in Barcelona with the boy, before which I  bought myself a striking neon orange T-shirt from H&M in the hope that it would be lovely and sunny, which it was, though I did worry that I might end up looking a bit washed out in a colour so bright... In fact the tee has ended up being a bit of a mood brightener. I'm wearing it right now and I feel

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Yael & Tal is a playful jewellery brand founded only last year by Israeli jewellery graduates Yael Serfaty and Tal Salomon, who created a collection inspired by the way photography captures split-second moments, but that I adore for its sense of the everyday.When I saw their work the phrase that came to mind was 'hoi polloi'. Not because I thought low of their designs but because

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Uh oh. I've been bad again and left it a little while since last blogging. But BaselWorld, teamed with coming back to Professional Jeweller with WatchPro now a standalone magazine has meant, naturally, life has been mad busy. And I hate to admit it, but I like my weekends away from the computer after all week, 10 hours a day, in front of one...! Phew.So, let's talk about jewels. Look at these

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Well jewellery has brightened my day today, having come across the sculptor and jeweller Ineke Otte, a native of Holland who takes inspiration from almost anything that comes her way. The detail, playfulness and creativity of her jewellery is like nothing else. She even uses 3D printers to create some of her pieces, such as the oversized chain necklaces, below. Try wearing a necklace made from

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This little beauty caught my eye yesterday as I trawled through the rails in H&M in search of an elusive pair of black jeans (always the way, eh?). Distracted by its rainbow sparkle, I leaned in for a closer look and moments later had it my hand, on the way to the till. It's not often that I write about high street jewels, and I know this necklace nods towards the designs of two particular

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When it comes to fine jewellery I can be particularly picky. But when I find something I love I don't forget it in a hurry. While clean lines and a minimal look are something I appreciate, I also love jewellery that looks as though it has been hewn, crafted and is a little bit rustic. So comes Anne Sportun, a Canadian jeweller who has been making her unique style of jewels since the

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I'll admit, I'm a sucker for colour at the moment (well, pretty much all the time)... And with blossom on the trees, crocuses in punchy purples and oranges popping up and the birds already singing bright and early, the need to throw on some colour each morning is filtering its way into the jewels I'm wearing. Other than my beloved Alexis Bittar bangles, most of my jewellery is simply silver

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So it's Monday again! But at least (after the weekend's gorgeous weather) it can still be a sunny one, thanks in part to these multicoloured leather neckpieces by Rosita Bonita. They're new arrivals at EC One, where I have been helping out for the past few weeks, and also happen to be a new entry on my jewellery wishlist. Rowena Harrison (aka Rosita Bonita) founded her

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I have to thank a friend of mine (she knows who she is!) for introducing me to Sophie Bille Brahe's work, and getting me down to London Fashion Week - more of that to follow - in time to get around the Exhibition and the British Fashion Council's Rock Vault space earlier this week. It was there that I managed to catch a glimpse of Sophie's work before the doors closed at 7pm and I wasn't

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So OK, OK, I know I get into a habit of writing about the designers I love, but hey, if they keep making gorgeous jewels I will keep writing! Once more it's the turn of Lindsay Pearson, the designer of my much-adored YES necklace, a silver ode to all things positive. I wear it a lot but it's also my talisman for days when I know things might be a little tough. Step up her Pear Pearl. This pretty

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Spooky, kooky but also elegant, Rachel Entwistle's jewellery caught my eye last September at IJL. I wandered past her stand and did a double take - something she says is a classic reaction to her arachnid and entymology-inspired jewels. At first glance they appear to be sweeping silver, oxidised and vintage chains with an air of Deco but a closer look reveals little spiders, ants, bats

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Patsy. Edina. Alexis. Wait.. Alexis? Yes, that's right. Two of my favourite things have joined as one. It's no secret how much I love Alexis Bittar, and it's also part of his typical ad campaigns to feature the glamorous, great and sartorial. They're women who are OTT but fabulous. Joan Collins? Check. Lauren Hutton? Check. And now Patsy and Edina. OK, OK, so they're fictional

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Well, let's start the week with something bright and fluffy. I saw this and smiled. Pom pom. Even the name is fun to say. OK, so you might risk looking a bit like you've escaped from a travelling circus but, admit it, this is one seriously fun necklace. Made using bunched cotton pom poms strung onto a black glass bead necklace, this piece of loveliness comes straight from the treasure 

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Ms. Cicolini's name has been buzzing around in my head for a while. Her jewels keep popping up here and there so I thought it was about time that I featured her work on Like Gold Dust. She takes inspiration from the architecture, patterns, colours and textures of the Silk Route between Europe, Africa, India, Arabia and China. Alice Cicolini's work is handmade using detailed and

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Last week, with things looking a bit overcast ahead of this chilly snap that we're now experiencing (blimey, have you been outside today? Sheesh...) these courting love birds arrived in my inbox. Normally I don't sway too much towards things sent to me by PRs, unless it's for work of course, but this new collection from Van Cleef  & Arpels brightened up my day so much that I

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El pasado día 13 de Enero, tuvo lugar en el Real Casino de Tenerife un desfile con motivo benéfico, destinados a la Asociación Española Contra el Cancer, AECC. El duro trabajo realizado por parte de diferentes colaboradores que se volcaron con la causa, asi como en especial por parte de Malen y Carmen Nives de la Boutique Diseño, mereció la pena puesto que el desfile resultó ser un completo

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Those of you who know me will know I have worn a Zoe & Morgan sugar skull style ring every day for a couple of years now. It's a men's ring but with a little re-size it's become a part of me, and I only take it off to sleep (its thorny shank, based on a rose stem, makes it a little spiky when you want to get cosy).Imagine how thrilled I was then, when last week I met up with my

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*Marta*Gold Skirt-ZARAHand bag-UterqueT-shirt-Vintage*Vir*Hand bag-H&MT-shirt-Léo Guy ParísBracelet-Bimba y LolaXXX DOD

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I was having a lovely chat about engagement rings earlier on with Sarah Raffel, the founder and director of Brazen Studios in Glasgow, for a piece I'm writing at work. The subject also touched on commissions, which always intrigue me. I guess it's just the way that people get so thrilled (even those of us who think we don't have a creative bone in our body) being able to let their imagination run

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I first saw these necklaces in Grazia a couple of months back, pre-Christmas, and completely fell for them. Swarosvski's collaborations with jewellery and fashion designers keeps getting better and these are right on the money. I loved the combination of neon - something common in Shourouk's crystal and mixed-material embellished pieces - and the floral designs. The fact that the

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Well, well. It's time to get blogging once more. I've been such a bad writer in recent months that really I should hang my head in shame (I'm doing that right now, by the way).*Hopefully* as a sort of new year's resolution I will endeavour to keep up my blogging better than last year. This will also mean I can quite simply write about all the fabulous things that I love. And there was A LOT &nbsp

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A few days ago we decided to take a break and go to Taizé,in France.We met a lot of people and some special persons who we will never forget.Thanks for everything.                                XXX DOD

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Try to guess...                         Marie AntoinetteXXX DOD

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