Jewelry designer Annette Ferdinandsen uses precious metals like sterling silver and gold to create delicate jewelry pieces that have been inspired by the natural world.
You find some unique elements from the sea and the land in her collection from Ylang 23.  There are maple seeds, coral branches, sea plants and flowers, all interpreted in elegant metals, pearls and semi-precious stones.
Here are a few of my favorite pieces – it was definitely a challenge to narrow it down to just a couple!
The “Calla Lily” necklace features sterling silver leaves and a delicate Calla Lily bloom made from Mother-of-Pearl:

Feather earrings are a …read more

Oh my goodness.
I am drooling over here.
Bluefly has teamed up with Circa, one of the top buyers of fine estate jewelry, to offer some amazing pieces of jewelry.
How amazing?  Let’s look at the list, shall we?  Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari, Tiffany & Co and Cartier… on sale!
The catch?
The sale is over tomorrow – so check it out ASAP if you want to own a piece of jewelry like this  spectacular turquoise necklace from Tiffany:

image: Bluefly

Delamina is a new jewelry website, offering unique, high-end pieces with a twist:
“Delamina is designed for women who do not just wait around for someone else to buy them that beautiful piece of jewelry, but feel that it is appropriate to reward themselves for their many accomplishments – big and small. Delamina also offers several personalization and search features that save time when in a hurry.”
I’ve spent some time browsing (and drooling) through their online shop and picked a few of my favorites to share:
18kt gold Sea Branches earrings by Ian Saude with 10.75 cts. of brilliant-cut & briolette green …read more

Jewelry designer Jacquie Aiche creates lovely and unique pieces of jewelry using white, pink and yellow gold, accented with diamonds.  Her jewelry is all completely handmade – no machine-made pieces here!
ideeli is featuring Jacquie Aiche’s work in a one day sale, with some jewelry being offered at up to 52% off!
You can get the gold peace sign necklace for $562 (normally $1125.00)

Her gold XL feather pendant is $1157 (normally $2315.00)

And the slinky Cleo snake ring with diamond eyes is on sale for $592 (from $1185.00)

What is ideeli?  ideeli is a member’s only shopping site, with exclusive discounts on high fashion …read more

Take a close look at the hot new singer, Duffy’s necklace:
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It seems familiar somehow…
In fact, that’s from the same collection of jewelry that Charlotte wore in the Sex and the City movie!  I actually wrote about the “Alhambra” collection from Van Cleef & Arpels last June.
Duffy is sporting the short Alhambra necklace, created from gold & mother of pearl:

image: Van Cleef & Arpels

Have you heard about ideeli?  It’s a combination of high-fashion shopping, deep discounts and social networking.  I’ve been a member for awhile now and wanted to make sure you, my lovely reader get a chance to get in on the fun!
It’s an invitation-only community and I happen to have a special invitation just for Gleaming Things readers   Just click here and enter the code gleam to join.
Why join?  ideeli offers short-term sales on high-end brand names – you can get deep discounts on names like Dior, Fendi, Marc by Marc Jacobs and much more.
You can save up to …read more

Did you catch Susan Sarandon at the Golden Globe Awards last night?  Check out the spectacular diamond necklace she was wearing, on loan from Fred Leighton:
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Fred Leighton is of course, famous for their spectacular collection of antique and vintage fine jewelry, as well as their annual collections of jewelry.  Most award shows will have at least one celebrity sporting an amazing piece of jewelry on loan from Fred Leighton – and that should tell you how much the jewelry is worth when a celebrity can only have it on loan!
The Fred Leighton website it worth a …read more

Did you catch Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing With The Stars judge) at the 35th annual People’s Choice Awards yesterday?  Here’s a close-up if you weren’t able to catch a good shot of her fabulous necklace:
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Those chunky faceted stones have been showing up in a lot of different jewelry pieces lately.  You can find them in high-end necklaces from Kenneth Jay Lane:

“Gold Large Faceted Crystal Necklace” image: Bluefly
Prefer a bracelet instead?  The “Ice” stretch bracelet comes in at just $28 from Rimistyle:

image: Rimistyle
This pendant by designer Rachel Leigh adds some different colors and shapes into the mix …read more

As we usher in the new year, we take a look back at the Best and Worst of 2008, along with a look ahead to 2009. From all the Splendicity bloggers, here are some of our favorite (and not so favorite) things from the world of beauty and fashion.
Tracy at Hot Mama Daily tells you about the top 5 Hot Mama moments of 2008 and her top 5 favorites beauty products too. She also clues you in on the worst hot messes of the year.
Dexie rounds out the year with her round-up lists at Style It Less, including under $100 …read more

This is the time of year when I like to browse through my archives and share my favorite posts with you, my lovely readers
There are fashion & jewelry trends I like, celebrity fashion and some “just because” picks.
In no particular order…

I love most of Paraphernalia’s jewelry, but this series of bold necklaces is particularly yummy.
Finding celebrity jewelry is a challenge sometimes, but I think this jewelry from the Sex and the City movie is worth it!
More movie jewelry – I had several reader requests to find jewelry from the latest James Bond flick “Quantum of Solace“.  I tracked …read more