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Can you decode the imagery on this antique locket?

March 7, 2017

I saw some truly spectacular pieces of jewelry at the Original Miami Antique Show. I’m still deep into editing the many, many photos I took….and I look forward to sharing those treasures with you soon.

One of those pieces was a locket – a locket so fantastic and utterly, utterly, odd – that I just couldn’t wait any longer to show it to you.

My favorite part of this locket is the mystery that it represents. This portrait is so very strange that nobody – not the jewelry store who owns it, not me, not any of the other collectors who have looked at it – can figure out what the heck it means. This kind of design from this era was certainly intended to reference or represent something specific, but it remains a enigma for now.

Unless, of course, you can help me solve the mystery?

My favorite MaeVona engagement rings.

March 2, 2017

I recently had the great pleasure of working with wonderful Scottish engagement ring brand, Maevona, to run their social media accounts while their designer, Maeve, was on maternity leave.

I enjoyed the challenge of taking the helm of a completely new set of social media accounts, but I think that my very favorite part of the experience was getting to know MaeVona’s engagement rings. There’s nothing like spend a lot of time taking pictures of a jewelry line to really learn its ins and out – with the rings on my own hands and through my camera lens.

Many of MaeVona’s designs are inspired by the designer’s home country of Scotland – by Scottish towns, wildflowers, or famous locations. That inspiration mixed with Maeve’s fresh, modern aesthetic makes for a line of truly interesting and beautiful pieces.

I’ve handed the reins of MaeVona’s accounts back to Maeve, but I find myself still thinking about those fabulous rings. And I still have all the pretty photos I took…so I thought I’d share some of my favorites with you!

Here’s the lovely Vaila. How great is the gallery on this design? That’s the bit under the diamond. It has a vintage vibe that I’m totally into.

At the other end of the spectrum: here’s the glamorous Paisley Tri. Its details are much less subtle, and just as fantastic. This piece turns up the volume on a standard solitaire in a more creative way than just making the diamonds enormous.

A whole stack of what I like to call MaeVona’s “simple with a twist” round brilliant cut solitaires. Iconic, but not boring.

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.)

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