Jewels & Moments of Yay

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed yesterday. Dragged myself out of bed for a run, and was locked out when I got home (I'm a pretend morning person, sometimes when I get into a routine I think I am a morning person, but really, really, deep-down, I am surely not) then riding my bike to work I was grazed by a car, ended up on sprawled over my bike in the middle of the road in peak hour traffic in Shanghai. Not sure if it was the fengshui of my hair style, my imbalanced morning frazzled qi or just those once in a while days, but I felt like that morning, sprawled on the road, I'd paid the cover charge for a decent afternoon. Happy days, I got one :)

Lots of moments of Yay - hanging out in the office, drinking coffee, chatting to customers, getting to see MissJessicaT, pillaging books at a friend's apartment who is leaving China very soon, and getting to the markets and creating jewelry. Definite moment of Yay - seeing strands of these gorgeous earthy green tooth pearls and getting earrings made.
I've always loved jewelry, but it all kind of started at my part-time job working for Georg Jensen while I was at university. Modern GJ is all about clean lines and organic shapes - it's understated and it's chic. This really got me into the organic shapes. I love the rough textured detail of these tooth pearls. They have a gorgeous luster and straddle the casual, office and cocktail category vamping up jeans, nice with cute little dresses and sophisticated enough to be worn to out.


Also, a huge tear drop shaped white baroque pearl pendant jumped out at me - reminiscent of that pearl painted in "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Vermeer painting (I know the pic attached is the movie with Scarlett Jo - I like this pearl better than the one in the original painting). It's this standout singular white pearl that hung on a yellow or white gold chain and it's imperfections make it less conservative and more contemp cool. Really dying to have it. Added it to the list ;)





Treasures from the jewelry markets you want me to find and jewelry you want made email me, or post me a comment and I'll sort you out. Confess! You know you're a jewelry addict!

Muchos Jewels & Love,
ClaireXXXXX