Nicola Yoon creates "organic jewelry" made from colorful gemstones and crystals.  The colors are bright, juicy, and I'm happy just looking at them. Peridot, amethyst, and apatite with brushed gold vermeil pendant London blue topaz with sterling silver Olive jade swing earrings

I'm currently loving the whimsical and playful necklaces and earrings made by Jill Antonishak of  Finch Metal.  With jewelry featuring paper airplanes (my favorite), swingsets, hopscotch, kites, and more, you're guaranteed to find a piece that makes you feel like a kid again.  If that's not enough, a portion of ...

Etsy seller RachelleD makes some beautiful, unique and very reasonably priced necklaces.  Most feature some kind of flower (in the examples below, the flowers are carved acrylic) along with glass beads.  She's also willing to work with you if you need a longer chain or something a big different.  These ...

A few days ago I wore a necklace I picked up at Houston's Bayou City Arts Festival last fall.  It's one of the only pieces of jewelry that I truly loved there, so I had to buy it.  After getting numerous compliments, I suppose I'll let the cat out of ...

According to the folks at Uncommon Goods, Saundra Messinger creates jewelry that's "funky, elegant, confident, and cool."  If you ask me, it's simply well-crafted jewelry with an edge -- and a secret.  This series of necklaces is actually Morse Code.  You can choose your letter, or get one that says ...

Holly Rittenhouse makes original modern earrings, necklaces, bracelets and brooches out of sterling silver and semi-precious stones.  They're beautiful and totally unlike anything I've seen before.  Many of her pieces have a machine-like/Rube Goldberg-ish vibe that appeals to me. (Pendant -sterling silver, druzy, peruvian opal, cat's eye chrysoberyl) (Sterling silver, tourmaline, smokey quartz) (Sterling ...

I've never been a big believer in astrology, but that doesn't stop me from thinking that these Zodiac Charms by artist Marc Poulin are pretty adorable.  I must admit that I'm partial to my own sign, Aries (the ram), but the Leo (the lion) charm makes me wish I'd been ...