Beautiful POLINA

POLINA turned out beautifully .. even before she is done I could visualise this would be one beautiful addition to the LizC Collection.

She is BOLD yet dainty .. pretty curves and lots of filigree . . NICE !
K . . you are wonderful customer to work with and I look forward to work with you again.

POLINA's specs:
18k White Gold
8mm OEC, 6-prongs
in short basket with long scrollwork,
surprise ruby melee N/S side
extending to the foliate band
4 elongated diamond foliate pave band sides with milgrain edging
2mm bandwidth






POLINA at home.. thanks K for the great handshot :)



and what a bonus !! A video .. with compliments from K



Thank you!

liz xo

Another GAYNOR ANTIQUE BUTTERCUP PENDANT

This GAYNOR ABC pendant is made for Elaine .. it is nice for a change that i come face to face with my customer. Yes Elaine is local ! .. and she is really a sweet lady :) She broke into a wide smile, when I present GAYNOR to her.

Rose gold appears to be a popular choice amongst my customers ..

18K Rose Gold
7mm OMC in KLM color





Elaine, I hope you are enjoying GAYNOR in all her splendor :)

liz xo

ANTIQUE BUTTERCUP EARRINGS AND PENDANT

The Antique Buttercup (in short ABC :) has made it to the list of my customers' favorites.
These beautiful pieces are made for Andrea. Here are the specs:

18k Rose Gold
Earrings are each 6.5mm OMC (Old Miner's Cut) in N/O color
Pendant is a 7mm OMC in N/O color

As you can see the set turned out .. I guess very well from A's email ..

Hi! Liz. The buttercup earrings and pendant arrived. OMG! They are so amazingly beautiful! I love the color, I think the OP looks perfect in rose gold. The settings are gorgeous and so substantial. I am speechless. :)




I realised that I did not post my first project with Andrea which is the SASSY band with 5 small ASSCHERS.
Specs:
18k WHITE GOLD
4mm in J color ASSCHERS (Lizzies)



We are now in discussion with the next projects and i am really excited :)

Thank You A and I can really say I enjoy working with you.

liz xo

MAISIE

Stunning MAISIE ! .. HANDMADE Bezelled set H&A Octagon with natural blue sapphires, channelled set and pretty engraving with open scrolls...that how to describe her... but we all know pictures speak a thousand words and i have taken lots! Enjoy ..

THANK YOU Anna !

liz xo






Here's a video of MAISIE ..

A New Project In the Making

Antique Setting, H&A Octagon, Bezel-Set, Blue Sapphires, Channel-Set, Engraving . . . the finished piece will be an Antique Bezel-set Ring .. And with a stone like this . . .






. . what would you expect ???

Come back to check out . . I am pretty sure you won't be disappointed :)

liz xo

ONE VERY SPECIAL PROJECT COMIN' UP !

I am so happy to be working on this project .. it will indeed be a very special one. R had worked with me before on many, many pieces and now she has commissioned to do up an antique e-ring with a 'french' touch :) She tells me the 'french' touch holds a lot of meaning for her. There will be lots of milgrain, with blue sapphires side and of course diamond melees and a BIG Krupp-inspired Asscher cut of a ~6 carat size! I have taken some pictures of the stones and perhaps you can have a some ideas on the project. I am hoping to get the metalwork soon and already R has been lining up some other exciting new projects in the pipeline... Yay!






liz xo

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

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