The Story of Orange Avocado Jewelry...

• GOLD FILLED JEWELRY - The Luxury of solid gold without the cost

  Published Aug 28 2021 in

  I have incorporated elements of 14K gold filled metal into many of my designs.  I love the contrast of the gold with my fine silver handcrafted pieces.  Although I absolutely love working with solid gold and have created many pieces using solid gold, there are so many benefits of owning gold filled jewelry as opposed to solid gold as a consumer. 

  Gold filled jewelry is gold that is heat bonded onto a base metal and does not wear off like gold vermeil and gold plated jewelry.  It has 100% more gold than gold vermeil and gold plated jewelry.  As a result will not tarnish because of its high gold content. Gold filled jewelry fulfills the luxury of gold without the cost. Your gold filled jewelry will last for years.

  The following collections have 14 kt gold filled elements as a large component of the jewelry collection.

  • HERA Collection
  • Pearl Collection
  • Gold Filled Personalized Rings
  • Gold Elements Collection

  
  

• The Luna Collection

  Published Apr 07 2021 in earring studs, hand etched, hand made jewelry, LUna, moon, new collection, new collections, small earrings, spring, spring summer 2021 collection, stars, stars fine silver

  
  

  The Luna Collection is about the moon and the stars.

  My dad used to pick me up from piano lessons when I was young.  And each night from the car to the house we would gaze up at the light of the moon and stars. Each night my dad and I would look for the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper. As we navigated the dark sky together he always found these two constellations first and I always found them second.  This was the constant between us.

  This past summer my husband and I travelled to Summer land BC & we slept under the stars...literally. We put mattresses on the dock and watched the falling stars.  The black sky was lit up with all of the constellations.  This time I found the Big and Little Dipper first, on my own.  Decades later that constant & emanating light still shone. 

  I'll never forget those simple nights with my dad and that short little walk that included gazing at the moon, the stars and the big and the little dippers.  

  The Luna Collection is about those walks, the discovery of the moon and the stars and family. 

   This collection is nolonger available.

   

  Photo cred:  Kelly G

  
  

• Year 1990. Year 1996. Year 2021 - i wanted to write a poem

  Published Jan 12 2021 in Custom Pieces, extra-wide ring, key chain, sterling silver ring

  

  

  i wanted to write a poem that describes my love for you

   

  Year 1990. 

  31 years ago she went away for school.  He wrote her a poem and tucked it into her winter boots that he sent to her.

  Year 1996.

  She framed the poem for their 5th wedding anniversary. 

  Year 2020. 

  22 years later she had the first verse made into a key chain so that he can have it with him when she was not with him. 

   

  Year 2021.

  She had a 10 mm extra wide sterling silver ring made with that first verse on it. 

  Love is enduring.

  xo

  
  

• A Hundred Times 2020

  Published Dec 31 2020 in Custom Pieces

  

  Closing this year with a special commission. “I hope to remain, the earth beneath your travelled feet, the place you walk to a hundred times.” A mother wrote a poem to her daughter and ended it with this heartfelt sentence. Created four rings to be given to her kids and herself with the inscription “A hundred times”. Family is everything. ✨

  Thank you for sharing your stories with me this past year. You let me into your lives with your words both happy and sad and all so meaningful. Then we created thoughtful pieces of jewelry together.

  I always head into the new year with the intention of expanding my jewelry techniques and sharing it with you; always feeling that I am just barely scratching the surface of what I can learn. Such a big wide world out there and that’s the exciting part of this jewelry adventure. And I am so grateful.❤️

  #ahundredtimes #family #sterlingsilver #bespokejewelry #littlefish #bigworld

  
  

• A Generation of Jewelry

  Published Nov 20 2020 in Custom Pieces

  

  The beauty of bespoke jewelry is the ability to make something out of nothing.  This customer wanted to gift her mother a set of jewelry that represented the extended family.   I always say to my customers that "less is more".  I also believe in creating pieces that are big in inspiration:  Thoughtfully designed jewelry.  The collection began with fine silver organic shaped links representing her 3 children linked together with gold jump rings representing 6 grandkids & a bracelet with bronze links for the 4 great grandchildren.  The heart necklace was from her husband to her.  The heart necklace was especially poignant as her husband was ill and in the hospital at the time that this set was created.  She will wear this set knowing that her family is close by.