Black Friday- The Nugget Jeweler, Alexandria VA

This is an original from The Nugget Jeweler, Alexandria VA.

Diamond, gold, enamel?  Beautiful- one of a kind. 

The Ear Vine by Alex Simkin

Please don't hold the waxy model against these really pretty earrings.  

These were a surprise at the last gem and jewelry show.  We spent an hour at the booth, trying on earrings and matching sizes and styles to our ears.  These are totally different from any other earrings I have worn- they have to be fitted to your ear and you, the wearer, have to learn how to put them in.  Mine are completely comfortable except that when one brushes against my hair, my first impulse is to swat it off because I think it is a bug.  Each earring is one piece, almost like a bobby pin, that slides up the front and back of your ear, gently pinching it between the bent metal.   

The lady in the instructional video makes it look easy.  Initially, all of the hand motions are totally backwards to what you want to do.  Ear Designs by Alex Simkin

The ones we picked were pretty, subtle, and fun.


Mine are like this but with amethyst.

I got these for my mom.

 

My youngest got these in blue glass and my eldest got them in opal.

They have more dramatic offerings, too, with cuffs that fit over the top of the ear (not pictured), combined with these decorations from the top, down the side both in and out of the external ear fold, along and beneath the lobe. 

Worn by a person, not an android, the long gold wire is hidden.

I tried to rock the totally bejewelled ear, but I was too self conscious.  I felt like this: 

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Not the goal...

But I love the smaller ear vines.  Give them a try!

Success!

I've been looking for these since I saw them in a magazine.  I always have a brown or black hair elastic around my wrist, making me look unfinished.  But tonight, during a fantastic WalMart splurge-a-thon getting the eldest ready for university, encompassing anti-roach spray, Jamaican cola that tastes like bubble gum, and coat hangers, I found them!  Hallelujah!

The metal on mine is gold toned, and two are shiny, and one is matte.  Not so heavy that they won't stick in my hair, they're not cheap looking on the wrist.  These are genius- where have they been all of my life?  The only problem is that they are hard to find...I've been actively looking for over six months.  

This May Not Be Jewelry...

It's definitely adornment but might be clothing.  It's pretty and versatile, though, and would make anything you own a little more modern/medieval.  How many items do you have that can do that?  Wonder what it sounds like when you walk.

Made by Fanniechiavoni, available at http://www.notjustalabel.com/shop/62245.  She also has some fantastic PVC and steel chain bustiers and a steel cropped top that is the BOMB. 

Black Friday

Ladies and gentlemen- Black Friday presents the Lotus Arts de Vivre snake cuff!  18 karat gold, silver, wood, and precious stones, this jaw dropping boomslang is available on www.1st.dibs.com.

Black Friday will be a somewhat regular event featuring black jewelry-  quixotic and aesthetically tense.    

 

Keeping Track?

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Doesn't everyone keep a list of the jewels that got away?  The ones that haunt you because you did not get them and feel the hole in your psyche until this day?  Yeah- you know it.  This is for you.  

Silence and Empty Space

Glass Ball Necklace

Urban Aviary http://www.urbanaviary.co/.