Ohm Beads LE Spring Flowers Collection

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A special release from Ohm Beads today sees 4 new Murano glass beads especially made for spring. These charms feature designs inspired by flowers bursting through the winter snow; the bright colors are overlaid on a white core and named for pretty springtime flowers. These charms are limited edition which means that they're produced in a set quantity and once they're gone, they're gone for good! Now I'm always a sucker for exclusive items and … [Continue reading]

Pandora LE Vintage Jewelry Set Live Shots

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Short on the heels of reporting the arrival of the Pandora Summer 2013 collection, the limited edition Pandora Vintage Jewelry set has also been released in Australia! As reported earlier, this set will include an openwork charm, pendant, Compose earrings, and ring. We only had a picture of the charm before, but thanks to Maria Ferrara, we have wonderful live shots of the pieces (please do not reproduce without credit). Aren't they … [Continue reading]

Pandora Summer 2013 Update and Travel Charms Live Shots

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The Pandora Summer 2013 collection has already started making appearances in stores on the East Coast, ahead of schedule for their June 11th launch date. Pandora has always sent the collections a couple weeks early, but what's surprising is that it's almost a full month before the release day. Another shocker is that even though the Pandora travel charms were supposed to be offered separately, similar to last year's National Icons collection in … [Continue reading]

Pandora Cherry Blossom Collection

A number of charms released in the Pandora Spring 2013 collection featured the cherry blossom motif. Normally I'm not a fan of enamel, but I love cherry blossoms so I eagerly awaited the release of this set. Cherry blossom trees line the quad of my … [Continue reading]

Trollbeads Royal Orange Review

King Willem-Alexander was crowned as King of Holland at the end of last month making him the youngest royal to rule in Europe at the moment. To celebrate Trollbeads released a limited/special edition charm titled "Royal Orange" to commemorate this … [Continue reading]

Story by Kranz & Ziegler Red Leather Review

While I was traveling on the Pandora cruise, a number of my readers on board were curious about Story by Kranz & Ziegler. In particular, my friend Donna was on a mission to find a Story retailer so that she could try the bracelets out. There are … [Continue reading]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there including those of the four-legged babies!  My husband took care of my furry son this morning and let me sleep in, and we're all going to my parent's tonight to celebrate with my mom. My mom has … [Continue reading]

My re-designed Pandora fairy tale bracelet

The Pandora Spring 2013 collection introduced a number of new fairy tale themed charms to the line and they're absolutely gorgeous. I already had completed a fairy tale bracelet, but decided to rework the design because the charms were irresistible! … [Continue reading]

Trollbeads LE Kimono Kit

One of my all time favorite glass kits from Trollbeads is the limited edition Kimono kit. Released in March, 2011, just days prior to the Great Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, a portion of the proceeds were donated to the country's rebuilding … [Continue reading]