Fleur de Lis LACE - She's Got it!

Rebecca finally got her Fleur de Lis LACE and with here's what she wrote me . . not one but two separate occasions .. :)

"Dear Liz....

Well, you did not disappoint! The matching band to FLEUR is perfect! I love it! The milgraining is wonderful, and the scale is perfect! ....... I did not wear Fleur until the band was completed as I wanted to wear them as a set, and they are stunning together. The low profile of Lace really shows the Fleur de Lis of the ering. I am very glad you offer the higher value diamonds as they do make a difference with colors ...... The band and Fleur is everything I could hope it could be.

I can honestly say, this finally, is what I wished to wear for my wedding set. Thank you thank you thank you."


"Wore the rings today on errands, and the same response. A store owner who knows my jewelry flipped when she saw the set! She asked who did it? I told her that I have a friend who is a jeweler in Singapore, and she said, no wonder the sapphires are so incredible! "


I am truly grateful for these photos Rebecca has taken. As you may already know, the FLEUR DE LIS ring was sent to her early after which she placed the order for the FLEUR LACE so I never got the chance to shoot both of the ring together but here they are .. courtesy of R! .. THANK YOU!


So nice !






This is my favorite .. so dreamy and magical .. Well done R !


Another LizC piece is in the pipele with this set .. so stay tuned!

liz xo

ADDISON

It was great to hear again from Susan again, with whom I had worked before .. on a modified version of the LI-ANA.

Though a simple design, the presence of ADISSON is OUTSTANDING!! The main stone belongs to Susan and she had arranged to send it to me. The sides are diamonds of FG VVS quality .. very sparkly and full of fire! I am waiting for Susan's handshots .. and will post once i get them. Meanwhile enjoy ..

How I Miss Her ! .. a wonderful customer, a great ally and a wonderful person

I am blessed with many wonderful customers who have turned friends .. Moni you are definitely one of them! It's funny because i have some who say to me that they sometimes regret knowing me... because i tend to ... ahem empty their pockets! .. but hey how else would it be possible to be able to own large and/or pretty pieces of beautiful jewelry at a fraction of the costs !

In this post, I like to pen my special thanks and tribute to Jennifer or J as she often calls herself. We did quite many projects together; some of which became very popular with other customers as well. J was more than a customer, she is a great friend who stood by me during one of my darkest period of my life in 2006 when i disappeared from the jewelry scene. Well, I am so glad I returned to do the work I am so passionate about. Thanks to all my great friends who helped me one way or another. Let no ocean or land be obstacles in the way of great friendship. Lest i forget, these are for you, J .. our projects together :)


DREAMRING .. Both J and I named this piece after the movie, DREAMGIRLS. We both watched the movies at each end of of the Globe .. she being in California and I in Singapore .. LOL. It was one movie which inspired me back to my work..of one Jennifer Hudson who lost her chance of becoming the next American Idol, only to become an Oscar winner for best supporting actress. Way to Go, Jennifer !

Back to DREAMRING.. the center stone is the CAC with small cutlet and the sides are natural blue sapphires and finished off with clear pave rbs and pretty open scrollwork on the basket gallery and sides of the band.




ADRIENNE ... this project was named after J's sister. ADRIENNE is also quite a favorite among my other customers. The ADRIENNE allows a band to sit flushed against the ring.





ANTIQUE BUTTERCUP in white gold. If memory is right, this project was initiated by someone who did not think that it was going to be a fine piece. Midway she dropped it. I however had a different vision and I continued. I am so glad I did because the ABC (Antique ButterCup) became one of the most popular of all my pieces. In fact, J liked it so much that she got a second piece done up in Rose Gold :) See below.




2nd ANTIQUE BUTTERCUP in rose gold basket with diamond pave accent.

The emphasis of this ring is of course the 'buttercup' bowl holding the main stone. You can see how the bench perfected the sharp curve on the inside of the W-bowl - very nicely done! The other feature that stands out is the band which gives it a very antiquey look. Because of the weight of the basket vs the thin band, the ABC is best with a main stone of 8mm or less.



GRACE in rose gold basket. This piece was the brainchild of Moni V. The center stone is a Marigold Cut, flanked by clear trapezoids and baguettes. When i picked up this ring from my bench, I thought it has to be the most handsome of all my rings. You really have to see it personally to really appreciate the understated elegance of this ring. This octagonal bezel ring head will be great for the Octagon Hearts & Arrows.



THE ELEGANT EMERALD .. the center Emerald is a 'squarish' emerald with dimensions of 8x7mm.



JENNI is a start to many later JENNIs.



JAN (a classic favorite). JAN was one of the first projects of LizC Jewelry. Naturally it was named after one of my first customers JanDR. JanDR made lots of jewelry pieces with me and has encouraged me all the way to be where I am today. Sadly I have lost touch with her and hope that if she is reading this post, she would contact me again. It's a long shot but you never know.





MONI with the Emerald cut and side baguettes



MONI - with center stone changed to the Passion Cut



MONI - transformed again to the Emerald Cut in blue sapphire color



OPHELIA with the Octagon H&A. The original JanDR's OPHELIA is here. J's OPHELIA is with the Octagon H&A .. very brilliant and full of fire ! The red rbs are natural red rubies.


so yummy :)


Thank you J for all these wonderful projects and i hope you are doing just fine !

liz xoxo

Andrea's 5-stone Asscher Ring Band

Andrea's 5-stone Asscher Ring Band is a version of SASSY and here she is .. all done up ..










Thank you for taking the chance with me and i hope you come back for more :)

liz xoxo

Moni's BOLD & BEAUTIFUL .. pictures!!!

Moni's BOLD & BEAUTIFUL .. completed with lots of pictures !!!

... so bold and beautiful !











Moni, thank you so much for this beautiful project .. xoxo

liz

Moni's BOLD & BEAUTIFUL

I am featuring here the metalwork of Moni's BOLD & BEAUTIFUL Krupp Ring. Moni wanted a unique basket gallery of little bezel round baubles set in the formation of V and inverted V. We also borrowed the 'tube RBs' band of LA ENCHANTADORA and expanded it to a half eternity band ... so here we have it ! ... BOLD & BEAUTIFUL metalwork in 18k Yellow Gold to complement the Krupp Stone of lightest yellow color.



Here are some pictures of the Krupp Stone (inspired by Ms. Liz Taylor's Krupp Diamond) which is the Asscher cut to a rectangular dimension . Moni's stone was taken under incandescent light and is actually much ligher than what you see here. As mentioned above, this will be a yellow gold ring and will indeed be BOLD & BEAUTIFUL ! :)



Can't wait,
liz :)

A Beautiful New Piece

At total of 17 cabochon beautiful blue sapphires (4.90tcw), chequered-set with pave diamonds of 1.09tcw .. 18k WG ring with a hefty weight of 13.2og. I simply love it!

Click on pictures to enlarge !

AQUILONE D'ORO (Golden Kite) And A Tribute to Moni

Finally the AQUILONE D'ORO (Golden Kite) got to Moni's hot little hands and this is what she wrote me ..

"Liz I have to say that you and Chris have both outdone yourselves with this pendant. I mean the pictures were gorgeous but in person it is far above exquisite. The yellow sapphires are blazing with color and the bail is just perfection and in the future it will probably be my bail of choice whenever we do a pendant of course design permitting. The husband was floored at it's beauty, he gave you high praise and says to continue with the fabulous designs. Liz again thank you for making my idea's come to reality you have no idea how badly I missed working with you."

I am really glad to have such a great customer and friend like Moni. Thank you for allowing me the free hand to design, putting thoughts and ideas of hard metal and stones .. to Pieces of Art.

This is the first project that started it all ..

SPY ANTIQUE EARRINGS

OCEAN MISTIQUE

VENUS OF LOVE

EMERALD FILIGREE PENDANT

ANTIQUE BUTTERCUP

BREATHLESS

DONNA

ELEGANCE

GRACE

MICROSET BAND

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LA ENCANTADORA
(THE ENCHANTRESS)

AQUILONE D'ORO
(GOLDEN KITE)

Altogether so far we have done 12 projects . . And this list does not stop here. We have at least 5 more INTERESTING project coming up :)