Somehow, 2022 is upon us, which is weird because it feels like nothing has changed for two years…but then again, hindsight is 20/20. The chaos of 2021…and 2020…and 2019, which have blended together in the most confusing way, is a..
Embody the charm of the pearl next door with Mikimoto “My dream,” Kokichi Mikimoto once stated, “is to adorn the necks of all women around the world with pearls.” In 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto would make headway on this dream b..
Vocab lesson! If your heart beats out of your chest like a Looney-Toon when you see an exquisite piece of gold jewelry, you might be a “chrysophilist”—a person who loves gold. We prefer simply saying “a person with taste&rdquo..
Beauty in the sky with diamonds Diamonds and fine jewelry are the perfect couple, coming together seamlessly like peanut butter and jelly, a tiger and stripes, chips and queso, Houston and flooding. Unfortunately, many people seem to hav..
There’s no such thing as too much of a good ring If you want to ring in 2022 with a look that makes a big...well...statement, a statement ring is your secret weapon. Statement rings, also called cocktail rings, first emerged in America in th..
The call of the wild As the verdant days of Texas summertime draw to a close, and leaves begin to change, you might find yourself longing for the warmth and sunshine of brighter days. We know that autumn and winter in Houston is less “howlin..
Tiny, but mighty! “And though she be but little, she is fierce!” wrote William Shakespeare in A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Granted, the playwright was specifically talking about a seriously peeved Athenian lover here, but the senti..
Long ago, the Ancient Greeks believed that diamonds were the tears of the gods fallen to Earth, or fragments from a shooting star. This Olympic-sized sense of majesty has become so essential to the very concept of diamonds that they have almost becom..
You’re a rare gem, darling, and you deserve an appropriately fabulous gemstone necklace to express it! Gemstones are fantastic choices for statement jewelry because they add color and personality to a piece, while still looking classic and clas..
The golden age has returned! Yellow gold is having a major moment right now. Well, actually, it never really stopped having a moment, considering people have been using yellow gold continuously since 3000 BCE...but...you know what we mean! Favored fo..