Australian jewelry designer and metalsmith, Simone Walsh is one of my favorite indie jewelry designers.  I’ve her profiled her work a couple of times now on Splendicity and each new collection fills me with jewelry lust
Simone Walsh works primarily with sterling silver and gold to create her unique line of jewelry.  You’ll find pieced work (hand cut with a very fine saw), engraved, hammered techniques – just to name a few.
“These days I rarely aim for perfection in my jewellery, instead preferring for people to be able to see at least a little bit evidence of my having …read more

Was browsing the coolest site today.  The site is called unsungdesigners.com, and it features “emerging indie designers from all over the world.”
I especially liked these pieces from AngelRox for their beauty, simplicity, and versatility.  (All of these pictures link to the same page — they just show the skirt/dress in a different color and with different tops.)

You can see in the first photo how the bottom piece can be worn either as a skirt or as a strapless dress.  The halter top can also be worn in a variety of ways.  I like it when designs are esthetic as well as …read more