Oscar Jewelry!
Some people watch the Oscars to see who wins each catagory. Some people watch to see what everyone is wearing. A lot of the people I know watch the Oscars to see the JEWELRY!
In case you don’t already know, most of the jewelry worn on the red carpet is borrowed. Big name jewelers lend big ticket items to the stars for the same reason big name designers give away clothes, to get their name out there. I think it’s an awesome way to get publicity and I hope I’m in a position someday to have someone famous wear one of my pieces!
All in all though, it seemed like people were disappointed in the jewels represented. There was almost no color and even the diamonds were understated. By far though, the trends are still clear. Bracelets and earrings–big earrings.
Here are a few designs I’ve done for some bracelets with matching earrings and ring (I had to do rings because they are MY favorite accessory.)
This wide bangle would be great in gold or silver. The rendering is with several different colored stones but you could choose any stones.
This link bracelet with matching earrings and ring would also be great in either gold or silver. This render is with diamonds but you could use color if you wanted!
This bracelet is rendered in white gold and rose gold but you could use any combination of metals and you could use silver for part or all of the pieces to lower the price.
Welcome to the new leahashley.com!
As you can see, we have a new website that launched today! Not only is it a new website, but we are launching a new brand developed for us by DownsDesign. We are hoping that this new brand will help our customers understand our goals and our process more clearly and see the value in what we do. Out goal is always to create the best piece in every way for each of our clients. We hope that by having a professionally designed website, brand and business cards, we are showing that and not just saying it.
Please browse around enjoy our new site. We look forward to your feedback and to working with you in the future to create a piece of Stunning, Custom, Jewelry just for you!
Setting Types
My husband brought to my attention that sometimes I use terms in reference to how stones are set that need some extra explanation so I thought I would write a post dedicated to all of the ways to set stones in jewelry.
Read on for pictures and explanations of prong settings, basket settings, pave, channel settings, bezels, partial bezels, and gypsy settings.
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Jewelry is only as good as the Jeweler-Revisited!
When I first started making jewelry the only problem I had was finding a good jeweler that had reasonable prices, did good work, and was easy to work with. The first jeweler I tried was terrible and I’ve paid dearly for the mistake by having to have my current jeweler fix the mistakes made originally.
When buying jewelry you should also know the difference between good work done by a jeweler, and bad work done by a jeweler. This can affect you as a consumer when you have a stone set, when you have a repair done, or even when you just have a ring sized or a chain added.
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Valentine's Designs
You obviously do not HAVE to buy heart jewelry for Valentine’s day but it does seem to be a popular theme. I decided to do a few heart pendant designs just for the special day that is coming up in a little over 2 weeks.
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