Blue Star Flower Pearl Pendant

 

 

Made of blue Topaz with an 11mm fresh water pearl, this beautiful sterling silver pendant was originally make for a friend. The Blue Star Flower pendant can be made in any color you wish. The pendant can also be made into a ring or earrings.

Sotheby's Auction: Diamond and Tourmaline Earrings

 

Diamond, Tourmaline and Platinum earrings will be auctioned at Sotheby's April 18, 2012. Signed by T & Co. Tourmalines are 24.83 cts t.w.

 

Sofia Vergara Diamond Earrings at Golden Globes

Sofia Vergara wore a beautiful set of Harry Winston diamond earrings to the Golden Globes.

Chandelier earrings are definitely in this year.  I love this woman - she is so funny!

Kate Middleton Diamond Earrings

Kate Middleton wore an elegant set of diamond earrings for the royal wedding.  The diamonds have a pave set tear drop, with a pear diamond suspended in the center.  The earrings are meant to symbolize an oak leaf with a center acorn.


The earrings were inspired by her family coat of arms which has oak leaves and acorns Kate’s parents, Michael and Carole gave her the earrings for her wedding day.

Reese Witherspoon Emerald Earrings

Reese Witherspoon has arrived on the Oscar’s red carpet wearing stunning emerald earrings, and a matching ring.  I just loved her hair and dress.

Eva Longoria’s Pink Earrings on Cannes Red Carpet

Eva Longoria was elegant as always as she attended the Robin Hood premiere at Cannes.  She sported very pretty, pink earrings which are being reported as being coral.  They look like conch pearls but perhaps are a little bit too big for being conch.

Conch pearls are a delicate pink color, rather rare and generally expensive.  You can also get them in colors of beige, yellow and white.  Unlike like oyster pearls, they do not have nacre but display a flamelike effect called “chatoyancy”.

Topaz and Aquamarine Earrings

These earrings were made with a combination of aquamarine and topaz gemstones.  I wanted to create something that was elegant and beautiful.

Green Amethyst Earrings

I made this pair of 70 carat green amethyst (prasiolite) earrings for a client. The gems are among the best that I have seen for this type of stone.

I used a thick gold setting to match the large size of the earrings. The earrings are just under 2 inches long.

Angelina Jolie wore a similar set in emerald to the Oscars.

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• Green Onyx Earrings
• Angelina Jolie Emerald Earrings
• Green Amethyst Gemstones
• Citrine Earrings

Sapphire Flower Earrings

This is a set of blue and white 18 kt gold and sapphire flower earrings that I recently made for a client. These earrings can be made with diamonds or white sapphire surrounding stones. Not many people realize that you can get white sapphires that rival the elegance of diamonds.

Green Onyx Angelina Jolie Earrings

I have received enormous demand for earrings that are similar to those that Angelina Jolie wore to the Oscars. Unfortunately making these earrings in Emerald would cost roughly $1,000,000. As an alternative, I have found exceptional quality green onyx which is also know as Chrysoprase. Below is a picture of a set of earrings that I made for a client for her wedding.

See also: Green Amethyst Earrings

These were made with 18k yellow or white gold. Email me if you are interested in something similar.

Angelina Jolie Red Carpet Earrings with Citrine

Angelina Jolie recently made a splash on the red carpet at the Oscar's by wearing some fantastic emerald earrings. The sheer size and rich color made her a standout among all the stars. Since then I have been asked by a number of clients to create them earrings with the following two qualities: they must be big and beautiful; they must have lots of color. Since emeralds this size are beyond the budget of most, we have been looking at other natural stones. Take a look at the set in Prasiolite (also called green amethyst).

Below are a set of citrine stones that would make similar earrings.

The earrings would have a total weight of 49.47 cts!! They consist of two high quality, cushion cut citrine stones weighing a total of 16.88 cts and two teardrop (pear) citrines weighing a total 32.59 carats. The color is a wonderful deep orange which makes it much more desirable (and valuable) compared to the yellowy / lemony citrines that you typically find in your local jewelry store. They would certainly make you stand out in a crowd! Please email me or send me a note if you are interested in something similar.

Related Articles:

• Green Amethyst Earrings
• Angelina Jolie of the red carpet
• Angelina's earrings with affordable Prasiolite (Green Quartz)
• Angelina’s earrings with Green Onyx (Chrysoprase)
• Super-sized Aquamarines for earrings or pendant

Angelina's Oscar Earrings and Ring with Green Quartz

Earring Stones

Center Ring Stone

I have had a number of requests for earrings like Angelina Jolie's but using a more affordable natural green stone.  I managed to pick up a matching set of Green Quartz (also called Prasiolite or Green Amethyst).  The color is a beautiful, rich green. 

The earrings would have a total weight of 70 cts, consisting of a cushion cut top stone and a tear drop (pear) bottom stone.  The ring stone is also a cushion cut stone and weighs 28.6 carats.  In terms of size, I think the stones are similar to Angelina Jolie’s jewelry.  The ring stone is 19mm wide. The top stone for the earring (the cushion cut) is about 14 mm wide and the tear drop stone is almost 27 mm long.  I chose these stones as the best matching set out of a very large package that my Brazilian dealer had.  This is an excellent color for green quartz.  Email me if you are interested in something similar.

Although these are a different shade of green from emeralds they have their own special beauty.  Their large size and fire will make the same statement that Angelina's did on the red carpet.

Related Articles:

• Angelina Jolie's earrings with stunning citrine 
• Angelina's Emerald earrings on the red carpet
• Prasiolite Earring Design 
• Super-sized Aquamarines for earrings or pendant
• Enormous Green Beryl

Spectacular Aquamarine for Earrings or Pendant

My Brazilian dealer was in town.  He had these spectacular aquamarine stones.  They have a total weight of over 140 cts and are 2.8 inches long.  I have shown them above next to a pen, so you can get a sense of just how large they are.  They would make a truly unique set of earrings or, set individually, they would make outstanding pendants.  The earrings would cost approximately $8,500 and a pendant would be about $4,250.  This works out to less than $61 per carat, which is a really good price for aquamarine this size and clarity.  

Can you imagine walking into a party wearing these stones?

I also think that if they are surrounded by small pave diamonds, then they would really show their beauty.

Let me know if you are interested in a personalized design using these stones.

Aquamarine, Tourmaline Earrings

Aquamarine is one of my favorite gemstones.  The pink tourmaline creates a wonderful color combination. I tried to create earrings that have a soft and delicate touch.  The aquamarine stones weight 3.75 carats total weight. Email me if you are interested in these or similar earrings (I can set these earrings with stone of your choice.)

Gold Mesh Earrings

I went to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art a couple of weeks ago. There is a room called the "Treasury" which contains fantastic gold pieces from ancient Central and South America. I came across an outstanding piece of jewelry that was hundreds of years old. It was a nose flair or ornament. It kind of looks like an upside down fan which clips into your presumably pierced nose (like a bull's nose ring). What was amazing is that the fan was made from an extremely delicate mesh of 24k gold rings that were separated by thick gold wire into compartments. Given that nose flairs are out of vogue (thank god), I decided to design a set of earrings based on the same principal. The handmade gold mesh will also hold a number of small bezel set stones. I think the earrings will look best with primary color stones which will seem to float in the gold mesh.