Autumn decor

orchids, luna moths, and beautiful baubles

new earrings from Joli look like candy fruit on her handmade ming tree. 

enamels and vintage reproduction from La Vie Parisienne

photos: Ann Katrin Gunilla

Wendy Mink: briolette Jewelry

Wendy Mink is a designer based in
NYC, where she has her own shop.
My favorites are the turquoise drops.

COLLABORATION: Margaret's ring

Meet Margaret.
Shes Beautiful, Fiesty, Fabulous, and she has found herself a Man!



Margaret and I spent months deliberating on what would be the perfect ring for her, and the structure changed many times.  When the design was finally ironed out, it was to be a wide graphic band with flowers and vines sliced out, accented by gypsy set diamonds. Margaret's inspiration was a camilla cut out band from Chanel, but we improved it.  Making a ring like this is difficult, and we had to send off to our friends in Utah to custom form a special mold  with all the correct cut aways. The pattern we agreed on mimics flowers and vines, but their forms register a bit like little clouds. the design is entirely random, and every which way the ring rotates creates a different scene.

In the end, the ring was completed not 24 hours before Margaret got hitched! 

When they arrived for the reception, It was in a beautiful ballooned tut-tut! So pretty!
It was such an honour to be part of this event.
Yay! i love love, dont you?
-B
ring photos: Ann-Katrin
text/iphone pix: Bernadette

A GIFT FROM MOUNT VESUVIUS: CAMEOS FROM TORRE DEL GRECO

Our newest arrivals are antique cameos from Torre Del Greco, Italy, which is the last cameo carving academy located on the foot of the mount Vesuvius.

These seashell and lava carved goddesses inject little Italian glamour and are the definition of classic.

The school buys their seashells from the sailors who gather them on Mediterranean seashores and beaches. Supremely detailed cameos may take weeks for a master carver to complete.

Above:Victorian shell cameo with elaborate hairstyle

Below:Lava carved cameo of the goddess Venus