Category: Fashion

Layer Like a Pro!

As jewelry lovers know, “barely there” jewelry is a hot category these days. Delicate rings and chains can be found on many a Pinterest board

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Humor Me!

Nearly every day I hear someone say, “I’m not a jewelry person.” And I say, “Humor me, try something on! Something in and out of

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Design Dopamine

 I expected Copenhagen, Denmark to be, as the song says, wonderful. I had not thought, however, of the expected joy in terms of brain science

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September Sapphire

It’s Virgo season aka September aka the month of the Sapphire! If you are so lucky as to have a September birthday person in your

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Report from Inhorgenta 2024!

Thanks for following along with me as I attended Inhorgenta, HH’s favorite trade “fair” (we sayshow, they say fair) held annually in Munich! What does

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Your Time to Shine!

Having arrived with wisdom and gravitas at age 50 and beyond, we are faced with changes that constrain and require management (I never dreamed all

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Performance

How many times have you heard that 24-karat gold should not be used for jewelry because it’s too soft and shows every blemish? What if

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Mengagement Rings!

Mengagement is a cheesy name, but it’s a good cheesy name! I wish I’d thought of it first! Increasingly, men are receiving engagement rings from

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The Mystique of Jewelry

The mystique of jewelry has been with us since the dawn of human history. Every ancient culture unearthed comes alive when we discover its remarkable

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Coils are Cool!

Ah, the ingenious Niessing coil*. What would I have worn for the last twenty-two years without it? Once in a blue moon, you’ll find me

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Stacking Earrings

We all watch trends come and go like fast cars on a highway. I know I am not alone in feeling overwhelmed by the pressure

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Sarah – Claire – Sarah

My mother Claire was sandwiched between two fashion- and jewelry-loving Sarahs, her mother and moi. She left me several pieces of jewelry that I wear

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Down the Doughnut Hole

Doughnut or tire, call it what you wish, but if you’re like me, you just can’t get enough of this shape. I suppose they aren’t

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