Showing posts with label pave'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pave'. Show all posts

Will Phil be right? Say it ain't so!

February 2, 2010


Say it ain't so!  Six more weeks of winter?  Well, can't say that I'm surprised, living in the cold and wintry Chicago suburbs (and hailing from Pennsylvania, to boot).  We're used to it here.


Poor Girls' Pave

Poor Girls' Pave was just listed on Etsy tonight. It's a 17-inch-long necklace with four sparkling colored pave orbs,  a double-bead dangle with elegant bead caps and an antique brass chain with a pewter-like toggle clasp. Whew!  That's a mouthful ~ just go to my Etsy store to see it and you'll see what I'm talking about.  Time to put the kids to bed. Lost is on tonight! Ciao.

"Each one of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us."
~James Harvey Robinson
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Pave' Challenge Complete!

November 13, 2009

I can't believe it -- three days and I've completed my first jewelry design challenge.  I have to admit that I was REALLY impatient to see what I would come up with...I pictured a totally different necklace but my muse came up with something else.



I guess my love of vintage-inspired jewelry is apparent here.  It's funny because the design came together in about 15 minutes while I perused a jewelry supply store's wares today.  I picked up two antique brass chains  (one with metal ball charms) and fused them together to make the final product.  I then added the four infamous pave' charms and the piece de resistance -- a double-jeweled charm hanging in the center of it all.  I made it about 26'' so that it can be worn long but it can also be clasped for a shorter length as well.

I even picked up the last four pave' charms they had so that I can create another necklace with them.  At least that's the plan, anyway.  I had to laugh, though, as my five-year-old son saw the necklace and said, "They look like disco balls, Mommy."  And he was right. 

Hope you like the necklace.  Let me know what you think.  Ciao for now.

"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."
- Socrates

  
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November Magazines' Jewelry Picks

November 10, 2009

POOR GIRLS' PAVE

I am so inspired by the current Pave' craze that I am challenging myself to create a necklace with these four charms as the starting point.



I don't know why I call this November Magazines' Jewelry Picks when, let's be honest, it's really Kathy's Jewelry Picks!  Anyway, I got it all from Lucky Magazine's "The Lucky Fall Jewelry Guide."  The first section on page 147 entitled "colored PAVE'" really rocks.  Three artists I love who are showcased here:

  • Betsey Johnson, www.betseyjohnson.com, for fabulous toggle bracelets
  • the "Grayce" line by Molly Sims, www.hsn.com, for vintage-inspired jewelry
  • Simply Vera Vera Wang, www.kohls.com , for multi-strand necklaces, lariats and a fabulous Pave' jet-tone crystal dome ring ($12.60 on sale!) 
I also love Betsey Johnson's rhinestone and hematite earrings, $55.00, on Lucky's pave' page.  (Molly Sims' "Grayce" line is also featured in the "Celebrity Designer" section of In Style's November issue.)  I love her  "Fireball" necklace for only $30.00.  On her hsn.com site I love the Ball Station graduated 33' necklace, although it's pretty pricey at $98.95.  She also has a fabulous 52' lariat necklace, pricey at $99.95 (a girl can dream, can't she?) 

And Vera Wang's line for Kohl's has not only pave' rings but multi-strand, lariat and ribbon-adorned necklaces for super-reasonable prices.  Check out these sites and peruse the goods.  If nothing else it's a fun time (at least it was for me!)  And inspiration abounds.  

SO, I'm making the challenge public, which should motivate me to find the creative time to get the necklace done.  I'm thinking of a multi-strand necklace, perhaps with some ribbon involvement....wish me luck!

Time for some time without the stressors of the day, hectic schedules, kids, sick kids (yes, again) and  mom responsibilities.  Ciao for now.

"Understanding is the reward of faith.  Therefore seek  not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
- St. Augustine
 

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Charm Bracelet Diva's Word of the Week : Pave'

October 26, 2009

Pave': pronounced pa-vay, is French for "pavement", a technique whereby the suraface of the jewelry is covered, or paved, with stones. The technique displays an illusionary bigger look because its multiple gemstones are usually combined with other types of gemstone settings to add more effect and beauty. The stones are set so closely together that no metal shows. The pave' setting is best for round, oval, princess, emerald, square and baguette cut gemstones.  Go to www.viridiangold.com/jewelry-information-10.html and  www.en.mimi..hu/jewelry/pave.html for some more info about pave' jewelry.

Pave' jewelry is quite trendy these days.  Lucky Magazine's November issue showcases some spectacular pave' pieces in its Fall Jewelry Guide.  (More on that in a later post.)  They came up with pave' pieces for all budgets.  My favorite is the goldtone "Fireball" necklace, $30.00 from Grayce by Molly Sims, www.hsn.com.

I would love to see a gorgeous pave' bracelet.  If you have a photo, please send it on.  Ciao for now.

"it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive."
-Bruce Springsteen
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