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Turn it up with NeverNoT Music’s bangin’ boombox jewelry.

What, you never saw boombox jewelry before? This NeverNoT collection offers the exuberant music-inspired designs you didn’t know you were longing for.

NeverNot Music Let's Go Dancing pendant with diamonds, malachite, turquoise, sapphire, chrome diopside, and emeralds

The 90’s kid in me squealed with joy as soon as I saw the colorful boombox jewelry in the email pitching me NeverNoT’s newly launched Music collection. This line is so whimsical and joyful and fun – exactly what we need to keep ourselves going during this blisteringly hot summer.

NeverNoT describes this launch as a High Jewellery homage to the universal power of music.

In the brand’s own words:

NeverNoT Music is a tribute to the songs that shaped us, the melodies that hold our memories and the rhythms that unite us. It celebrates music as a bridge between past and present – a timeless reminder that while trends may evolve, the emotional power of music remains eternal.”

This boombox pendant above is the “Let’s Go Dancing” pendant, which is my personal favorite and features malachite speakers ringed with blue sapphires, set in a 14K yellow gold boombox adorned with diamond pavé. The center of the boombox showcases a Mother of Pearl cassette tape in the player. Above that is a row of gemstones buttons in emerald, turquoise, and chrome diopside.

NeverNot Music Let's Go Dancing pendant with diamonds, malachite, turquoise, sapphire, chrome diopside, and emeralds. Back.

The back of the NeverNoT Music Let’s Go Dancing pendant (and every style of this fabulous boombox jewelry) features elaborate details and and engraving of the brand’s name and the phrase “Turn it Up.”

I think my favorite element of the back is the tiny gold buttons on top and the in/out cable ports. It’s all just so clever and whimsical and delightful!

The Let’s Go Dancing pendant with the malachite speakers is my personal favorite of the collection, but there are many beautiful versions of this fantastic NeverNoT boombox jewelry, available in yellow gold or white gold and in small or large size.

Don’t worry, I’m going to show you allll of them.

  • NeverNot boombox jewelry; Put the Record On pendant with diamonds, sapphires, and emeralds.
    NeverNot Put the Record On pendant with diamonds, sapphires, and emeralds.
  • NeverNot boombox jewelry; Making Noise pendant with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pink, blue, and yellow sapphires.
    NeverNot Making Noise pendant with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pink, blue, and yellow sapphires.
  • Back of yellow gold pendants.
    Back of yellow gold pendants.
  • NeverNot Feel The Rhythm pendant with emeralds, tsavorites, rubies, pink, blue, and yellow sapphires, and black diamonds.
    NeverNot Feel The Rhythm pendant with emeralds, tsavorites, rubies, pink, blue, and yellow sapphires, and black diamonds.
  • NeverNot Feel The Rhythm pendant with diamonds, black diamonds, garnet, Mother of Pearl, and spinel.
    NeverNot Feel The Rhythm pendant with diamonds, black diamonds, garnet, Mother of Pearl, and spinel.
  • Back of white gold pendants.
    Back of white gold pendants.
  • NeverNot Don't Stop the Music pendant with diamond pave, turquoise, lapis, and Mother of Pearl.
    NeverNot Don’t Stop the Music pendant with diamond pave, turquoise, lapis, and Mother of Pearl.

Take a scroll through the slideshow and let me know which one of these makes NeverNoT Music pendants makes your heart sing!

The NeverNot Music BoomBox jewelry is current available for preorder through Moda Operandi. See more from NeverNot on their website here or Instagram here.

Want more jewelry? Shop my themed curations on ShopMy or browse Diamonds in the Library’s Archive in my Index of Pretty Shiny Things here.

All images c/o NeverNoT.
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BoomBox jewelry from NeverNoT's Music collection.
BoomBox pendants from NeverNoT's Music jewelry collection.
NeverNot boombox jewelry; Feel The Rhythm pendant with diamonds, black diamonds, garnet, Mother of Pearl, and spinel.
NeverNot boombox jewelry; Let's Go Dancing pendant with diamonds, malachite, turquoise, sapphire, chrome diopside, and emeralds
NeverNot boombox jewelry; Put the Record On pendant with diamonds, sapphires, and emeralds.
NeverNot Don't Stop the Music boombox pendant with diamond pave, turquoise, lapis, and Mother of Pearl.
NeverNot Feel The Rhythm boombox pendant with emeralds, tsavorites, rubies, pink, blue, and yellow sapphires, and black diamonds.
NeverNot Making Noise boombox pendant with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pink, blue, and yellow sapphires.

What I’m Reading: Vol. 133.

What I'm reading. Photo of bookshelfes by Susan Yin on Unsplash


Hello darlings,

I can’t believe it’s June, can you? This year is flyyying by.

I’m excited to have a break from travel for a few months. As much as I enjoyed my recent adventures in Mexico, Paris, and NYC, I’m an introvert at heart and I’m excited to have some downtime in my cozy house to catch my breath for a while.

Mr. DitL and I have been working on a corner of our house that’s intended specifically for reading time and we’re both very excited to finally have our reading chairs in place. Mine is this petite recliner from West Elm that I find spectacularly comfortable. I’ve been visiting it in the store for literal years to make sure it’s really a good fit for me (a perfectly comfortable chair is no small achievement when you’re 5′ 2″ and have chronic pain) but now that it’s here I couldn’t be happier with it.

Are you gearing up for summer travel, my lovelies, or will you you be relaxing at home or perhaps at your neighborhood pool like me?

xoxo,
Becky

What I’m reading

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman: (Bookshop.org | Amazon).

These books are extraordinary. They’re my first ever experience with the LitRPG genre, which sort of feels like reading a video game. They’re irreverent, outlandish, and cartoonishly violent. There’s a talking cat that wears a tiara, an Uzi-toting Jesus, and a t-rex who dreams of being a ballerina.

They’re also the most astute commentary on the nature of humanity, the importance of community care, and what’s necessary to survive under the leadership of an oppressive regime that I’ve read in a long time. I finished the most recent book in this series last week and Mr. DitL and I started listening to the audiobooks together two days later. (The audiobooks are truly excellent: the narrator is incredible.)

Here’s a mini summary of the setup: a man in his late 20’s is trying to get his ex-girlfriend’s spoiled cat down from a tree when aliens abruptly take over Earth. The survivors are invited to enter something called a “World Dungeon” where they will have the opportunity to compete for the right to a future life while being broadcast to the galaxy on an alien reality tv show. But what is the true cost of survival, and what are the forces running this vicious game, anyway? One man and one cat are trying to find out.

The Saint of Steel Series by T. Kingfisher: (Bookshop.org | Amazon).

I’ve been on a mission to read everything T. Kingfisher has ever written since Swordheart made my Best Books of 2025 list and I have continued to love every single one of the author’s books.

The Saint of Steel series follows the final paladins of The Saint of Steel, a war god who mysteriously died, sending most of his highly trained sacred warriors into violent rages. Only a few survived, and the ragtag group of deeply broken ex-worshippers are now scrambling to figure out a new purpose in life now that their god has left them.

We follow the surviving brothers (and sisters) of the Saint of Steel as they find their new places in the world, each one encountering a mystery that brings them new purpose and discovering love one by one. If you love the trope of “this big dangerous warrior is actually a teddy bear but it only comes out around one specific person” this series is for you.

Not quiiiiite enough romance to feel like Romantasy, I’d call this fantasy with a love story in the center instead. Absolutely delightful. It’s set in the same world as Swordheart and there is a little bit of character overlap, but you do not need to read one to understand the other.

Want more? Visit my Books page here, or go straight to my ShopMy list of fiction I love here.

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Even more treasures from Spring NYCJAOS 2026.

I saw so many wonderful things at Spring NYCJAOS 2026 that I couldn’t fit them all in one post…so here’s the part two I promised you!

The most spectacular Victorian diamond flower necklace! Seen at Keyamour during Spring NYCJAOS 2026.


Even more treasures from Spring NYCJAOS 2026.

We already talked about Spring NYCJAOS 2026 in Part One of this recap (summary: it was awesome! I saw so many wonderful things and people!) so we’re just going to dive right into the jewelry goodness for Part Two.

Without further ado, her are even more treasures from Spring NYCJAOS 2026.

The most spectacular Victorian diamond flower necklace! Seen at Keyamour during NYCJAOS 2026


Starting off big with THIS NECKLACE. Diamonds! Flowers! Perfection!

I spotted this beauty twinkling in Keyamour’s case on my initial walk into Spring NYCJAOS 2026 but her booth was too crowded at that moment for me to stop by. It took me another couple of days to get my hands on this exquisite treasure, but I was determined to touch it.

And touch it I did!!! Sigh. It could only be more spectacular if it had come with a tiara frame for converting it into a tiara. If it were mine, I would have a tiara frame made.

Wearing a full suite of Ariis Jewelry's diamonds - a pear diamond necklace, diamond earrings, and a pinky ring at Spring NYCJAOS 2026.


I loved getting to see Ariis Jewelry again at Spring NYCJAOS 202! We’ve looked at their designs in the past and their specialty is what I like to call “non-basic diamond basics.”

The pieces I’m wearing here are a perfect example of what I mean by that: the diamond drop earrings with their interesting drop surmounts, the necklace with its fantastic zig-zag chain, and the bypass pinky ring are all so cool but would also go with literally everything.

These are all great pieces, but I especially love that pear diamond necklace…it looks great on me, if I do say so myself.

This Vctorian turquoise flip ring has a rotating panel that can be plain gold, pearls, or the word 'Souvenir'. From Maryanntiques.


This ring appears to be a lovely but typical Victorian era turquoise ring…but it’s actually three rings in one!

When you turn the tiny wheel at the top or bottom, the central panel rotates to give the wearer three design options: a plan gold panel, a panel with the word “SOUVENIR” in black enamel, or a panel of pearls.

So so so so cool. I saw this treasure at Maryanntiques.

Gold octopus stud earrings by Delphine Leymarie, seen at NYCJAOS 2026.


These delightful octopus stud earrings are another piece by Delphine Leymarie. They’re just so adorable, what can I say?

She also has these little octopus-topped pearl pendants I really enjoyed, too. I didn’t know I loved octopus jewelry, but apparently I do.

A pair of solid gold earrings from 300 BCE!! Tops are newer. Seen at E Foxe Harrell during Spring NYCJAOS 2026.


So there’s always antique, vintage, and new jewelry at this show, but Spring NYCJAOS 2026 also had a small selection of truly ancient jewelry, including these earrings from E Foxe Harrell.

Are you ready for it? These earrings are from 300 BC. The tops are new, but the lower element is a genuine ancient relic that you can wear on your ears.

I think the expression on my face adequately captures how extraordinarily cool I thought this was.

I loved this antique sapphire and diamond ring from Christoffel Jewelry. Seen at NYCJAOS 2026.


This antique yellow sapphire and diamond ring from Christoffel Jewelry was probably the piece from Spring NYCJAOS 2026 that I was the most tempted to buy for my personal collection.

I love its elongated shape, its elegant use of negative space and – most of all – that sunshine yellow sapphire.

Extraordinary antique opal bracelet by Marcus & Co with garnet and sapphires, seen at Lauren DeYoung during Spring NYCJAOS 2026. Close up


THIS BRACELET. It’s so wildly, spectacularly extraordinary that I’m not sure I have anything coherent to say about it.

This world-class treasure is and antique gold bracelet by the famous Marcus & Co., featuring a jaw-dropping opal surrounded by vibrant green garnets and blue sapphires.

A huge thank you to Lauren DeYoung for letting me try this on. Let’s all note the fact that it fits me perfectly, so if any of you want to buy it for me, it won’t require any adjustment.

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