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Brown Safe is giving me new #jewelryboxgoals.

February 24, 2017

I don’t mean to shock you…but I have a lot of jewelry. It isn’t all especially valuable, but it’s all important to me and it’s a constant struggle to figure out how the heck to store it.

Thanks to Brown Safe, I now know exactly what my jewelry storage dreams look like. Are you ready for this magnificence?

Does anyone else hear angels singing when they look at that photo, or just me?

Brown Safe prides themselves in changing the way that people think about safes by providing custom options that are beautiful, luxurious, and – most of all – secure. In the words of Brown Safe’s VP, Lynel Berryhill:

Our industry, like many others, is full of low quality knock-off safes that may look nice but do little more than organized your belongings for the burglar.”

This one gives you a better look at what the custom lighting can achieve. It’s so wonderful I can barely look at it.

I currently store my jewelry in a combination of places, including a converted cigar box, an empty wine bottle (I put large cuffs over the top), a bracelet display stand, some ring dishes, a jewelry armoire, and a about 10 packages worth of Command hooks stuck to my wall.

A family owned company, Brown Safe has been producing high-quality safes in the US for nearly 40 years. In addition to the beautiful units for private homes, Brown Safe provides safes for an number of high-profile clients, from movie sets and TV shows to providing safes and vaults for the US military, embassies, and even covert government needs.

This is my dream: individual compartments in a beautiful structure that provides my pretties with a home that’s both secure and worthy of their beauty.

Brown Safe are highly customizable, offering a wide array of fabric types, alarm integration, lighting, watch storage, and drawer organization options…so I really could make sure there was a place for every piece, AND have the inside and outside of my dream safe match the decor in my boudoir. (This daydream is becoming rapidly more elaborate.)

Sweet Suzy Landa pink tourmaline delights.

February 21, 2017

I hope you’re in the mood for something wonderfully pretty today, my darlings. These Suzy Landa pink tourmaline delights caught my eye on Instagram, and I couldn’t resist sharing them with you.

A delicious pink tourmaline, set in bright white gold and sprinkled all around with bright, white diamonds.

I love the way Suzy Landa plays with texture and space. Just look how I think the fact that each accent diamond is in its own metal bezel with space in between them, and how that design is echoed on the ring’s gallery with plain metal bumps. This kind of design element is what I think of as Suzy Landa’s signature, and it serves her very well here.

Hello, beautiful!

This is the first of the Suzy Landa pink tourmaline pieces that caught my eye. It’s just so fantastic, I can’t even deal with it. It actually reminds me of this Edwardian pendant that I featured a million years ago when I was still a little baby blogger. Except that Suzy’s version is all things modern and sleek, which the antique piece exemplifies Edwardian fussiness.

I don’t mean that critically – I’m very fond of Edwardian fussiness.

The spectacular treasures of the AGTA GemFair.

February 13, 2017

This year was my very first time visiting the famous Tucson gem shows and I went straight to the top: to the crème de la crème of the colored gemstone and cultured pearl market at the legendary AGTA GemFair. I came into it expecting to have my mind blown, and even my high expectations were blown out of the water.

The AGTA GemFair is a closed show, open only to gem dealers, store owners, designers and others in the jewelry industry, so the beauties that you’re about to see are from a show that the general public usually doesn’t get to experience at all – at least until the jewels displayed there turn up on celebrities or socialites or go back to the museums they came from.

Enough chit chat. The reason I did my pre-AGTA GemFair post was so that I could dive right into the pretties in my recap without needing to take time for background. Let’s get to it!

The majority of photos I took at the AGTA GemFair were of finished colored gemstone jewelry, but I couldn’t do the GemFair justice if I didn’t play with some loose stones as well.

This particular stone looks to me like some kind of ethereal fairy dewdrop, rather than a rock from the ground – but it’s completely natural. This is a rare Mexican play of color fire opal, displaying an unusual effect called “rain” (video here).

Even better: this miracle comes from Columbia Gem House, a mine-to-market company who is leading the industry in responsible gemstone sourcing and fair trade practices. If you care about ethical sourcing, Columbia Gem House is a brand you should know.

Here’s something wonderfully unusual: The Queen of Tiye fire opal bracelet from Paula Crevoshay.

This masterpiece features five truly spectacular Mexican fire opals set among blue zicons and tsavorite garnets. The vibrancy of the stones, color contrast of the juxtaposition, and organic feel of the entire piece creates a dreamlike mix of organic lines and pure luxury that is emblematic of the famed Crevoshay’s unforgettable designs. This particular piece is named after the Queen of Tiye, the Queen of Sheba’s sister.

Look, I’m wearing a tiara!! I love when I get to wear a tiara.

This particular tiara – as well as the earrings and the necklace – are by Dallas Prince designs. I’d seen a Dallas Prince piece or two in past AGTA Spectrum Awards press previews, but I had no idea how utterly fantastic Dallas herself is until we spent at least an hour playing with her designs at the AGTA GemFair. We’re lucky I remembered to take pictures at all, I was having so much fun. (Also a sincere thank you to Mr. Dallas Prince, for assisting us so cheerfully).

These gorgeous things are by Dallas Prince as well!

The best news is that while many of Dallas’ designs feature fine gemstones, she has an affordable line too. This cuff in particular is from her chrome marcasite collection; which offers pieces that have a million dollar look at a price point with waaay fewer digits.

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