london calling

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These earrings shimmy and shake with the best of them. Why not add these to your lovely lobes whilst you're hanging out at Glastonbury in your very best wellies and bring some Kate Moss chic to the occasion. Murky green-grey glass beads with 14 kt gold-filled findings. 1-3/8" in length. $23

at first blush

One of my favorite authors, Atul Gawande, wrote a phenomenal article about blushing that you can read here. His writing is, well I guess the best way for me to describe his writing is it makes me want to be a better person. Blushing 'combines physiology and psychology, in that it's uncontrollable and external, like a rash but, at the same time, it requires thought and feeling at the highest order of cerebral function. It's an effect of embarrassment and people strive not to show it when they are. But unlike sadness or anger or even love, it is fundamentally a moral emotion. It keeps us in good standing in the world.' I can't lay claims to this necklace keeping you in good moral standing but the palest greys, peaches and pinks certainly will flatter your face, whether or not you're blushing. An extra long necklace at 35-1/2 inches (you can wear it fast & loose or wrap it around twice) with sterling silver clasp. $53

red snapper

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I never liked sushi until I was 38, when I finally went to a restaurant where the sushi was good. And that I found this place in landlocked Pittsburgh, just another reason it's the most livable city. Umi is an experience; a lovely little jewel box of a restaurant, you have to climb vertiginous stairs, with a dizzing mural of an asian boy riding a really long fish/whale? to get there. It's worth the trip. The walls are brushed in pale gold, I know that sounds opulent but the whole asthetique is very understated and sensual, it lets pure beauty show through. And the sushi chef at Umi, I call him the fish-whisperer, an artist that compliments the flavors of fish in uniquely mouthwatering ways. So I named this after one of my favorites. The red snapper is paired with a mint leaf and plum paste that has a bite, my crafted version has coral, turqoise, carved beads and sterling silver beads and chain with an unusual side clasp. 20-1/4" in length with a sterling silver clasp. $53

by the sea

Stretching out the last lazy days of summer, finding treasures in tide pools. These earrings dance above olive glass drops with shimmering cut glass crystals reflecting the colors of the sea. 14 kt gold-filled findings, just a hair under 1-1/2" top to toe. $23

hippy dippy do

Carla hippy

Hippy Dippy Do

I see you got a boyfriend

Tossin' off, too

He made you a bong

In wood shop

Go ahead hippy

Hippy Dippy Do

It's late, I've gone all day without caffeine, without really much of anything to eat, the Prednisone is making me bonkers and when I was thinking of a name for this necklace an old mixed tape (from a suitor of the nineties, a nanosecond relationship that went down in flames) with Rocket from the Crypt came to me. Now I'm not espousing cannabis. God knows whenever I inhaled I prayed for it to end, and it always seemed to last an eternity. But back to the necklace, it's actually different types of turquoise, the main pieces being the equivalent of the island of misfits turquoise, but I love the earthiness to them. Accented with a couple sky blue beauties and a few golden agate beads. I envision adjunct professors at a prestigious college in the Northeast, sipping spiked cider and the woman wearing this necklace has a way of making them all heady before the alcohol even kicks in. 18" in length with a sterling silver clasp. $53

susurrous sunset

I long for autumn, the colors, the smell and the susurrous sound of leaves, it's like auditory dopamine for me. Up there with rain. Oh and if I can get rain and the fall leaves at the same time?! I'll be a candied apple in your child's very sticky hands. Bring wipes. Pearls in rust, burgundy and petal lie side by side with garnets and cut crystal beads. 18-1/4" in length with a sterling silver clasp. $29

dusk before the storm

Oh I guess I could say taste the flourite rainbow but I think Mentos might sue me for copyright infringement. And this lovely tapestry of greens, blues and violets is much more soothing than 'the freshmaker' although my children might beg to differ. It reminds me of the evocative colors of water and sky just before night claims the land. 17-1/4" in length with a fancy sterling silver clasp. $37

havasu necklace

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Turquoise of a lovely pale cyan color, each stone heavily matrixed, think of it as a gem's way of telling its story. Accented with sterling beads, bone. 21" in length with a sterling silver clasp. $59