Jewelry Spring 2013 Dannijo

You will never be disappointed with Jewelry brand  Dannijo...deaigned by 2 beautiful sisters team Danielle and Jodie Synder from New York.  This amazingly creative duo launched their exquisite Spring 2013 collection themed; "Peaceful Warriors mix Trippy Hippies"

You'll be amazed by their choices of gems, metal and designs incorporated in their work. In this collection, they combine beautiful natural gemstones with blings and lots of chains,  all pieces are handmade! It's a Wow!
Lets take a look at my favorite pieces of this collection... 

Guest Post by Celebrity Stylist Anya Sarre : Holiday Wear Combines Shimmer, Color, and Texture this Season

Anya says:

As the weather becomes crisp, we pile on the layers for warmth and comfort, but you do not have to sacrifice fashion flare. Combine touches of glimmer, rich color, and luxurious textures for a festive look this holiday season.

A Chance to Shine

Holiday parties are the ideal time to don sequins and metallic for a bit of shimmer. For formal and semi-formal events, pair a short sequined cocktail dress with sheer or opaque tights and sexy heels.

Metallic finishes, popular fashion trends this winter, are perfect for holiday celebrations. For a bit of shine, choose a single piece—such as a blouse, a slim pencil skirt, a tailored jacket, or a wrap—to brighten up neutrals like black or gray. Metallic-coated leggings topped with a black sweater and a studded belt or a chunky necklace in a coordinating metallic finish is sleek and elegant. If you are looking for more bling, choose a pair of fabulous shoes to compliment any look this holiday season.

The fabulous Anya Sarre!!

I have been looking for guest writer, someone who loves, adore, appreciate and an expert in fashion, styling etc...

 I am so thrilled and honor to have the fabulous Anya Sarre as special guest writer here... 

Anya Sarre is one of Hollywood's most influential trendsetters.  A nationally recognized celebrity stylist, Sarre is known for her impeccable eye and ability to tie any look together with the perfect accessory.  Named "Best Television Fashion Stylist" for her appearance on Entertainment Tonight, The Insider and countless other media outlets, Sarre is the go-to fashion expert for Hollywood's biggest celebrities.

Post by Anya:
Thurs, 6th December, 2012
Holiday Wear Combines Shimmer, Color, and Texture this Season

Jewelry Spring 2013 Tom Binns

Tom Binns is one of the jewelry designer that I really look up to, his design is edgy and certainly will make statements.  He is always very clever in his choices of colour and material used for his jewelries.  Tom Binns Spring 2013 collection some are inspired by the Maasai Tribe with lots of beautiful colors but in a whole new modern twist... I love the ones with turquoise & gold, and those chunky multi strands of pearls.

Here are some of his pieces that I am very in love with right now...hope you love them too..

Jewelry Spring 2013 - Erickson Beamon

It's almost the end of 2012 and jewelry designers have already revealed their latest 2013 collections... first and foremost, I am thrill to share with you my most favorite, the famous duo - Erickson Beamon's  Spring 2013 jewelries...

I love oversize, chunky, extraordinary, glamorous and unique jewelries. I'm the biggest fan of Erickson Beamon, love their mixture of material, gems, beads, hardware and details.   Each individual piece of their work is consider fine arts to me.

Let take a look at the pieces I love most in their Spring 2013 collection... Feast your eyes and enjoy...

adorable gunmetal earrings

Purple Glass Beads Necklace & Earrings

I have been taking a long break from this blog since June... Having sometime to visit dad, do relax & gather myself -  time flies and it's seems 2012 goes by in a blink...  I think it's time to post again. Since I love jewelry and I love designing jewelry...  Sharing is my main purpose to start this blog since 2008 - and I'll keep on posting whenever I have new creations and thoughts to share... Thanks for dropping by & comments during my absent (not including spam -lol)

I love vintage jewelry, especially Victorian... they are so elegant and timeless... This reminds me of a set of jewelry I crafted.  It's a deep purple faceted glass beads with gunmetal that looked vintage to me.

Beads & Materials: 

Various sizes of faceted  rounded & teardrops Glass beads in deep purple tone, 

&

gunmetal spacer wheels with rhinestones

Cords:

Silver tigers tail & nickel extension chain.

Findings:

  Metal findings and hardware e.g. head pins, bead caps, lobster clasp, jump rings etc...

Purple Ribbon Flowers with faceted Glass Beads Necklace & Earrings (NKERs014)

People who loves crafts must have a lot of "left-overs" materials from previous projects... As I was  digging in my ribbon box, I came across some "left-over" purplish pink ribbon roses -  It's time to create something new... Is it working? May b not for everyone  :)

Here's what I did, mixing those ribbon roses with faceted glass beads in a "feminine" necklace with a pair of matching earrings.

Beads & Materials: 
Various shapes and sizes of faceted Glass beads in purple tones, clear, peridot & light grey
&

Leaf shaped silver plated metal charms

Cords:
Nickel curb footage chains.

Findings:
  Metal findings and hardware e.g. head pins, bead caps, lobster clasp, jump rings etc...

Work In Progress:

Finally, this is necklace & the matching earrings, do you think it's too costumey?

More details of the jewelry:

Jewelry Fall 2012 - Erickson Beamon

 I am a huge fan of Erickson Beamon, famous of their boho-luxe designs and I wouldn't miss

a chance to feature their latest creation.

For their Fall 2012 collection, I spotted some amazingly beautiful jewelry from the genius duo... Here are my most favorite pieces.

The family jewels necklace, the gold cuff & the black earrings are stunning!

Marchesa Fall 2012 - Beauty & Fashion Accessories (Part 2)

In my previous post, I have featured Marchesa Fall 2012 - picks of my most favorite of the runway collection.. Here, let's look at their Hair & beauty and of course their fashion accessories .  That includes jewelries, bags and shoes that completed the whole look.

Fashion Accessories

Bags:

Marchesa Fall 2012 - The collection (Part 1)

Marchesa, a well known designer brand among the Hollywood A-lists is nothing but glamour.

This super glam brand created beautiful gowns and dresses with glittery stones, french laces, satin etc... all intricate, luxury and feminine. 

Here are some gorgeous dresses which I love, including close up photos of them... Let's feast our eyes...

Earth Tones Glass Pearls with Gunmetal Chains Necklace (NK021)

As much as I love to use crystals, glass beads and semi precious stones in my jewelry,  I now started to appreciate pearls... no matter it's cultured pearls, shell pearls, mother of pearls etc..., it has a special glossy coating that no other beads has... Elegant and unique.

Always trying to modernize pearls so that it doesn't have that matronly feel... This time, I selected earth tones glass pearls and paired with  rose gold metal tubes, gunmetal & black footage chains to assembly this what I called an unsymmetrical necklace.

Beads: 
Round Glass Pearls in champagne, dark brown & bronze color,
Rose Gold metal tubes
Cords:
Black & Gunmetal oval footage chains.
Findings:
  Metal findings and hardware e.g. head pins, bead caps, lobster clasp, jump rings etc...

More details:

Mother of Pearl Flower Pendants Necklace, Bracelet & Earrings (NK,ER, BR027)

Mother of Pearls are from sea shells, there are many shapes, colors, textures and tones with a pearl glow that makes it unique.

There's a pile of Ivory color Mother of Pearl flower pendant sitting in the storage box, it's time to make them useful...

Pairing with some metal charms and connectors, I've created a 4 layers dangling necklace and a pair of matching earrings.

Beads: 
Mother of Pearl flower pendants,
5 petal white flower with rhinestone metal charms,
Leaf shapes metal charms &
Dragonfly metal charmss

Cords:
 Gunmetal curb footage chains.
Findings:
  Metal findings and hardware e.g. toggle clasp, connectors, jump rings etc...

More details:

Ruby Crystals with Metal Dragonfly Charms & Chains Necklace (NK019)

Here are some beautiful Ruby Crystal beads in faceted coin shapes... 

paired with all white metal charms,chains and findings so that the ruby crystal beads can be the center of attraction of this necklace.

Beads: 
50mm faceted coin shaped Ruby crystal beads
6mm faceted peach pink glass beads and 
dragonfly metal charms.
Cords:
  Mixtures of different nickel chains.
Findings:
  Metal findings and hardware e.g. toggle clasp, head pins, jump rings etc...

More details:

Jewelry Fall 2012 Bottega Venetta

Bottega Veneta is one of the leading luxury fashion brand in the world, famous of  it's  signature leather weaving technique in their leather goods... nowadays their fashion and jewelry lines had also made headlines with their unique designs and craftsmanship.

For their Fall 2012 RTW collection, some beautiful jewelries caught my eyes and here they are:

Jewelry Fall 2012 Mawi

Mawi's jewelry is not a stranger to this blog and I am her No.1 fan...
Her designs are bold, fierce, luxury and unique!

(click to view my previous post of Mawi's Fall 2011 collection)

 Mawi Jewelry Fall 2012 collection, there are mixtures of costume pearls, gems, cone studs, metal tubes and some sculpted pieces etc... can't explain fully in words why I love them so much, just take a look...

Necklaces...

Glass Pearls with Gunmetal Chains Necklace & Earrings (NK,ER015)

Pearls are elegant and classy, but sometimes they may made us appear matronly if we style or wear them with a wrong outfit or choices a certain  design of the pearl jewelry.  There are many different types of pearls regardless of their value e.g.  plastic pearls, glass pearls, cultured pearls, mother of pearls, shell pearls etc... which may comes in different shapes and sizes.  It has a unique shine that is totally different from any other surface...As my favorite fashion icon Coco Chanel loved to match her outfits with pearls jewelry and accessories.

I always love to use pearls in my jewelry designs, mix and match them with "rougher" looking beads or other material to modernize them.  Here I like share this set of fashion jewelry that I handmade using rounded glass pearls with gunmetal chains and findings:

Beads:

Off White Glass Pearls in (4,6,8,10 & 12mm)

Cords:

Gunmetal footage chains in 2 different sizes

Findings and Finishing:

Gunmetal findings and finished with gunmetal lobster clasp.

Work in Progress:

With pin technique, I arranged glass pearls randomly, mixing different sizes together.

More Details of Necklace & Earrings:

Beige Agate Pendant with Gold, gray n clear tones beads Necklace

I am sure every girl has her own collection of pendants.  I have several pieces of various types of semi precious stone pendants that I normally wear with just tying it with a leather cord.
I'm gonna give this beautiful semi transparent beige agate pendant a little twist..

Beads:

Beige agate pendant, Bicone shaped gold, gray and clear tones glass beads,  Gold glass pearls & Rose gold metal tube beads,

Cords:

Tigers tail, gunmetal footage chains.

Findings & Finishing:

Metal findings with lobster clasp

Work in progress:

I started weaving at the center, after attaching the pendant with gunmetal chains then work my way to the sides and finished with fold over crimps.  when the necklace is done, I wrap the pendant with gunmetal chains to add more character to this light color semi transparent semi precious stone.

More details:

Jewelry Fall 2012 - Ben Amun

 Egyptian born Issac Minevitz is founder and designer of an exquisite jewelry brand 

Ben Amun (Named under his eldest son Ben and the king of Egypt.)  His creations are magnificent and has been a top brand in the fashion world since 30 years ago in Manhattan, focusing on the sculptural aspects of design wherein symmetry and proportion are key.  He love to use pewter,  beads, crystals, Czech glass, antique silvers and unusual materials in his designs.

Apart from being a favorite brand by the A list even the famous Jacky Kennedy, 

Ben Amun also loves to collaborate with the top fashion designers like Donna Karen by accessorizing their runway shows.  His jewelry are available in most of the major city in the world, even in Asia.

Here are my selections of the pieces I love of his Fall 2012 creations, and they are mostly bead work

Rhinestones Pendant with silver glass pearls necklace and bracelet (NK,BR023)

I'm sure many of you are like me who has a collection of jewelries that are just sitting in your jewelry box/storage that you have not been using for a while.  Some just ignore them or throw them away during spring cleaning but there are ways to make them modern and wearable again with a little creativity.  For example, gather pieces old earrings parts and attach them onto a plain chain to make a new necklace or bracelets, you can even add on brooches and pendants with ribbons, beads, buttons etc... and transform into a new piece of jewelry.

I have a rhinestone pendant that I think it's way too matronly to be wore by itself but I purchase it because I wanna construct a necklace and place it as the center piece. I used...

Beads

Silver and rhinestone pendant,

silver glass pearls

Cords

Tigers tails, nickel and gunmetal chains

Findings and Finishing

metal findings and finished with metal toggle clasp decorated with gunmetal chain tassels.

Details of Necklace & Bracelet: