It was a really hard decision to choose which pieces of jewellery to photograph, but after careful thought, it's these three.
I got this ring in Las Vegas. It's from the Tiffany store at The Bellagio. It's the most expensive piece of jewellery I've ever bought - it was $250US - which back then was about $400NZ, now it would only be $316. Hmm. It's sterling silver and gold and I like it because it's gated and is a bit different. Also that it's from Tiffany and I got the cool little box etc.
This is a pendant by NZ designer Tania Tupu. It is a styalised franipani pattern on a velvety ribbon. I like pasifika things and I had a ring by her, so I got the pendant to match (I also have the earrings - oops). I really like her jewellery - and it is even cooler because she used to play basketball for NZ and now she designs jewellery (so there is hope for me to do something different and crafty for a living one day). Her and her husband own a shop called Coastal Merchant - it has lots of lovely NZ designed things, including clothing. They had one in Raglan (where I got the ring) and now there is one open in Nelson! Apparently they are only going to open shops in towns they would like to live in themselves.
Another ring (I have too many!). This is also from America. I bought it in Sausalito, just north of San Francisco. I really wanted to buy a genuine Navajo made piece of jewellery and this one caught my eye as it's such an unusual shade of green. The stone is called gaspeite. I have never seen anyone else with a piece of jewellery made out of this stone.
Crappy out of focus photos sorry....didn't realise until I loaded them onto the computer. Not much else to say :-)
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