Unlike my crafty co-workers, I didn’t get a chance to blog while in Vegas (to learn about some of the things I was doing instead, read Carrie’s Diary). I’m home now, ruminating over what is, each year, the busiest week of my life, and wanted to offer some of my jewelry highlights…

• The creatures of the Italian Pavillion. So many beautiful designs over there, many expanding on the animal theme we’ve been seeing. The diamond and white gold spider cuff at Joell [no image unfortunately…though one couldn’t do justice, anyway] is not to be missed.

  
  Jeweled bee by Raima

• The new companies of Fragments, including Vibe and Bylu (our JCK Luxury cover boys). Both offer fresh, new, and innovative designs in the Design Center.

  

  Ring by Bylu

• Also in the Design Center, Alex Woo is worth noting here both for her gorgeous new pieces- I love the new cuffs and the black diamond bangles- and because the lovely Haj heeded my blog advice and was one of the few representatives to hand me high resolution images on a desk- yay!

  

            Cuffs by Alex Woo

These are a few of my show picks.  More to come in upcoming issues. For now, signing off from (comparably) quiet New York City…

JCK