Susan Eisen is Crazy About Jewelry

Crazy About jewelry

The Column

by Susan Eisen

As printed every Sunday in the El Paso Inc. publication.

August

8/28/2005

YOUR WISH IS OUR COMMAND

We have been blessed with the opportunity to create whatever you desire. A customer I have known since my early days on Montana brought in two rings and a pair of earrings she had just inherited. She wanted us to design a fabulous new ring for her that was different and unique. We came up with this contemporary style ring that really expresses her artistic personality! Bring us your unused jewelry and we will do the same for you.

ENCIRCLE ELEGANCE

You may have seen all the wonderful new designs coming out with small diamonds encircling larger ones. It really livens up a ring to have a row of small diamonds surround a center stone and make it pop. If you're ready for some "rejuvenation therapy," bring your ring in for us to refashion into a state-of-the-art design.

8/21/2005

MEDICAL ID GOES HIGH FASHION

I was thrilled when I got the call from a New York television studio for an order of one of my "high fashion" sterling and gold medical ID bracelets for one of their stars. She wanted to wear it on the air while filming five different shows! If you have a medical condition that needs identification in case of an emergency, don't fret. I can make you a fashionable bracelet that is in style and a piece of jewelry you'll cherish forever...and it could possibly save your life!

LOVE RED?

If you love red, you need to come by so we can talk about the new red diamonds now surfacing on the world wide gem market. These red diamonds are natural diamonds with a sophisticated treatment that turns them red. They are very bright and lively, so if you are interested in getting one, give me a call!

BLACK CHAINS

One of the newest crazes is black plated gold chains accented with rubber, gold, or silver. If you want that dramatic look on your neck with a fabulous pendant, give one of them a try. It's very sheek and something you can't find everywhere. Bring in that piece you want to jazz up and I will show you these great new chains.

8/14/2005

YELLOW GOLD NOW

Just as we see white gold and platinum take center stage, the style for yellow gold hits center stage. Alicia Keys, at a recent music awards, wore a large yellow gold circular diamond pendant. Jewel sang a recent concert with a large yellow gold and pearl necklace. Hold on tight, we're in for a ride from white to yellow!

MISH MASH

When I visited the New York Accessories Show I saw tons of what I call "mish mash," a variety of charms, beads, and pendants all worn together in an asymmetric design that spells "abstract." My research as a jewelry designer puts me in touch with trends in fashion accessories and fine jewelry. Go ahead and try wearing several different necklaces together you normally wouldn't have dreamed of wearing before - it's a real knockout!

EAR CHARMS

On a recent jewelry buying trip to New York, I spotted these great new diamond accessories for the ear - ear "charms"! I was really impressed with the antique and modern designs I saw. Take an ordinary pair of gold or diamond loops, add a beautiful diamond charm, and you'll feel like a million bucks!

8/07/2005

WIDE WIDE WIDE

Wide rings are coming in very strong by many of the American jewelry designers whose work I watch hit the market. Filigree styles in white gold with open spaces and lots of small bead set diamonds are popular and look great on a finger that can wear a wide ring. Getting a second ring to wear, just to have fun, looks great when it's wide and makes a statement. Our new wide ring collections are coming in soon, so come have a look!

HAMMER IS HOT

In my goldsmith days, where everything I sold was handmade in my workshop, I loved putting a hammered texture on the gold. It really made the light shine in different directions and I am thrilled to see it coming back on a lot of yellow gold fashion pieces. Get out those old pieces of yours and bring them in for us to hammer! You'll be right in style.

CIRCLES ARE IN

Every magazine I read and every show that I go to has jewelry with oodles and oodles of circles. Thin profiled circles made with white or colored diamonds and suspended from other geometric diamond pieces have an artsy look to them. Let me liven up your jewelry wardrobe with a circle and you'll see what I am talking about.

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