Chrissy Cook is an up-and-coming jewelry designer with a unique, elegant and modern take on jewelry as modern art.
She’s originally from a small arts community in Pennsylvania, but traveled to London, England to complete her studies in jewelry design.  She’s worked as a goldsmith for the past seven years, but has just released her first collection of sterling silver jewelry to the public.
All the jewelry is hand-made by Chrissy, using a combination of sterling silver, enamel and semi-precious stones.
Here are a few of my favorite picks from her collection:

From the “rectangle” collection, a bracelet featuring citrine, smoky quartz and amethyst.

“Curve” …read more

Fall has arrived with a gust of wind and snow in my neck of the woods… which has inspired my Etsy pick for the weekend.
The trees are rapidly losing their leaves, but at least there are leaves you can wear year-round that will never fade or drop!
Etsy jewelry designer “Made By Sam” has an extensive collection of jewelry made with semi-precious stones and metal leaves or branches – perfect for helping you remember what leaves look like in the middle of winter
Here are a few of my favorite pieces from their huge online shop:

These earrings feature matte gold-plated …read more

Eliza Page is a unique jewelry boutique, based in Austin, Texas.  They specialize in high quality, handmade jewelry, with more than half of their designers coming from inside the city.
Their jewelry is modern, elegant and very wearable!
I’m quite taken with several pieces that use large, clean pieces of faceted semi-precious stones like garnet, topaz and amethyst.  The stones are handled simply with gold bezels and findings, which means the stones really get a chance to shine on their own.
Designer Suman Sharma created these stunning smoky topaz tear-drop earrings, finished with 14kt yellow gold (also available in the same stud style …read more