Show Me Your Dream Jewel

Alchemy Mechanical Chain. Susan Cohen the Designer behind Circa 1700 has created a chain in 18K gold ... [+] which starts out as a long lariat and then can be wrapped and draped around the neck and wrist in multiple ways

Before 2022 comes to a close, you may want to add a few new jewels to round out your collection. For those of you on IG, there are hashtags that read #showmeyourdreamearrings, #showmeyourdreamnecklace—you get the picture. Here are some covetable jewels that you might want to consider while you still have time to put one or more pieces on your holiday wish list, leave screenshots on your computer or subtly hint about to your loved ones. Or maybe you would prefer to purchase one of these desirable pieces for yourself to commemorate a special event that took place in 2022 or as a pick-me-up after facing the challenges of the past few years.

Here are a variety of dream jewels to consider:

Silvia Furmanovich's Silk Road Marquetry earrings capture the imagination with an exotic motif with daring color combinations reminiscent of mosaic tiles or Persian carpets.

Silvia Furmonavich Silk Road Marquetry Earrings

Ileana Makri's creativity knows no bounds. She puts her spin on the classic line or ‘tennis’ bracelet in 18k gold with diamonds in every panel with an unexpected pop of color from two streams of emerald cabochons on top and bottom of the bracelet.

Ileana Makri emerald gold and diamond bracelet

Emeralds and Rubies are the perfect combination for the holidays and beyond in this ultra-modern take on a Toi et Moi Ring in high-karat gold by Darius, set with a Muzo emerald cut emerald and an antique Burmese ruby.

Darius two stone ring

Cece Fine Jewellery's 18K gold Wildflower hoop collection features thia ‘Poison Ivy’ vitreous glass enamel styles. Cece based her collection on what she describes as "the bewitching power of wild, untamed beauty of the flowers that grow across the rugged moorlands of the English countryside." She views the collection as "the enchantment found in the darkest of places, a symbolic representation of being a free spirit in a world of order and conformity." She adds, "poison ivy looks to the ritualistic celebrations of ancient folklore, where the plant was used for its strength and abundance; entangled into crowns, wreaths, and wands to bring luck & protection to the wearer."

Cece Jewellery Wildflower collection enamel hoops

Kim Dunham creates the most intriguing signet rings, customized for each client based on events, stories, hopes and dreams in their lives. Kim describes the inspiration for the signet pictured below, "You are the key holder to a happy home and your endless creative endeavors. Neroli blooms and softly fills the air with an intoxicating fragrance, transforming into its bounty to be shared. The stars shine brightly through the forest that soothes and inspires you. The path through the celestial sky is infinite. Indeed, everything is a miracle."

Customized Signet Ring

Erica Molinari has followed her true passion and is creating her own vitreous glass enamel pieces in a variety of looks and motifs. After taking classes and learning the fine art of hard/hot enamel, one of Molinari's collections features iconic motifs inspired by antique and ancient jewelry with enamel in a range of colors between two sapphire crystals. This collection is entitled ‘Through The Looking Glass.’ The motifs are meaningful in all of the designs. This one is on target with what we are hoping to a feel— the hummingbird and flowers in gold represent the joys of life and pop from the regal blue, allowing us all the shine of happiness.

Under The Looking Glass Collection

Who doesn't love wide curb chains, stars and diamonds? For their 15th Anniversary collection, Jenny Klatt and Stephanie Wynne Lalin, the designers behind Jemma Wynne have combined all three into one 18K buttery yellow gold bracelet that harks back to different periods. These were times when the curb chain was at its height of fashion in jewelry—in the symbolic Victorian era, the cocktail parties of the ‘50s and the disco night spent dancing under flashing lights in the ‘70s. The stars add a touch of celestial magic and just the right amount of sparkle to what is sure to become 0ne of this decade's most iconic bracelets.

Bracelet

If you haven't heard of Gwen Barba yet, you are sure to be hearing this emerging designer's name soon. Her collection revolves around minimalistic shapes from nature. She then adds a dose of feminity and surprising elements. She is a bench jeweler who creates her own models and CADS and figures out the technical aspect of each design. Although these are pretty pendants on their own with vines and blossom and seedling motifs sprinkled around matte-finished shapes, they are bells, yes bells, that ring very lightly, not in a loud —turn it down sort of way. These are more melodious and a temporary distraction like worry beads when you have a stressful moment at work or in daily life. And they turn into a lovely holiday gift— particularly if you are familiar with the saying, "Every time a Bell Rings, An Angel Gets His Wings." Here left is the Lulu Bell is in 18K yellow gold and, right, the Blossom Bell is in 18K yellow gold with 14K white gold flowers.

Lulu and Blossom Bells

Heavenly Vices’ Lock Stories collection of five different symbolic locks complements her existing collection of meaningful and sentimental jewelry. This ingenious necklace replaces a clasp with a fully functional combination lock with some of the most recognizable talismans and motifs from the Victorian era. Four free rotating rondels comprise the combination part of the lock and feature a word in the Roman alphabet, Victorian symbols and a Braille word that corresponds to the theme of the lock, in this case, Flor, Spanish for Flower, in a nod to the Victorian Language of Flowers. When locked, the rondels are scrambled, and only when they are lined up to spell the word will the key release. The flowers in this lock include a tulip for ‘declaration of love’, a pansy for the French ‘pensee’ which means think and came to mean ‘think of the giver’ or ‘think of me’ in Victorian times, a rose for romantic love and a forget-me-not for remembrance in life and then also in passing.

Heavenly Vices' three sided Flor Lock

Jessica McCormack has an uncanny sense of how to create pieces that give a nod to the Georgian and Victorian eras and then are transformed into contemporary pieces that will endure. These collet rhodium plate settings for the emerald cut emeralds are fashioned in an 18th-century manner, but then Jessica lightens it up and has some fun with shape and brighter color settings in heart and kite shapes. These are elegant yet offer a touch of whimsy and a lot of movement and sparkle when worn.

Emerald and diamond multi shape earrrings

Links aren't just for necklaces and bracelets. Nadine Aysoy cleverly creates rings with moveable links in her Catena collection. Here the 18K yellow gold creates the design and shank for a large center diamond and pave accents in white gold. The ring is a statement piece —and can be purchased as a ring for any finger. It can also provide an engagement ring style for women who want something unexpected, dynamic and a ring that stands out among both the traditional and alternative variations.

Catena Diamond Center Ring

The James Banks collection takes flight with some of the most beautiful butterflies flitting about the trend towards new beginnings, metamorphosis and renewal. Many of the designs feature tri-color gold, textural elements such as the seeming pleating effect like in these Chocolate Albatross half wing studs with diamond accents.

Tri-color 18K and 14K gold Butterfly Stud earrings

Nak Armstrong's tanzanite and rose gold tile necklace riffs on the riviere of the past with smaller square cut ‘tile’ shaped stones. The color is sophisticatedly vivid, and it's a necklace that will work with other layered diamond contemporary and antique versions of line (tennis necklaces) and larger Georgian or Victorian rivieres in round and oval mine cut or cushion cut diamonds and other gemstones.

Nak Armstrong Tanzanite Tile Riviere Necklace

Venyx World's 18K yellow gold and black rhodium Aestrea earrings light up the face like stars light up the evening sky. They are filled with the mystery and hypnotic feeling of the constellations and celestial motifs with Ethiopian opals changing colors with the wearer's movement. The mix of metal colors adds to the mesmerizing feeling of the stars dancing in the dark at night.

Astrea Earrings

Jade Trau has created the necklace every woman needs for her jewelry wardrobe or collection—the diamond necklace that can stand alone or be the first necklace of a graduated layered look. This style is elegant, current yet timeless and mixes different bezels and shaped diamonds. Although it is offered in different color golds, the yellow gold feels like the most modern and will also effortlessly mix with other color metal and gemstone necklaces, chains, pendants and charms.

diamond necklace

Have you searched for the perfect pair of single-drop earrings? I know I have and found them in antique styles, but they are harder to come by in contemporary collections. Kristy Stone, the designer of Retrouvai, felt the same way and has created an array of different gemstones and cuts for her one-of-a-kind heirloom bezel earrings in yellow gold. The wink at the past styles but the bezel's textural interest creates a modern setting. These are 14K gold with intense rhodalite garnet oval stones. These are the type of earrings that will become their own heirlooms one day, hence a perfect name for these styles.

Heirloom Bezel Earring

Michelle Berlinger designer for Berlinger’s diamond rings are perfect for the woman self-purchaser or those who have hinted for a special gift. Michelle's compositions for her 14K gold Mosaic collection of rings are intricate, geometric and create a look that harks back to the Art Deco period. Yet they are always designed with Michelle's unique take on how the mosaic patterns should lay out and which diamond cuts work the best in each of her rings. They also are a contender for an alternative engagement ring. While there are numerous styles from which to choose, featured here is the emerald, carre. trillion, round and a center stone of a more significant emerald cut.

Mixed cut Mosaic Diamond Ring

Nak Armstrong's 18K gold Flora Bypass Hoops are exotic in their different cuts and colors of gemstones, including emeralds accented with labradorite, blue zircon, blue and green tourmaline. They evoke the feeling of leaves swaying in different directions in a breeze. The composition is such that they seem like a tropical island paradise inspires them and, like all of Nak Armstrong's pieces, create a sense of movement and fluidity.

Flora Bypass Hoops

Anita Ko's 18K rose gold Shaker necklace dangling with precious pearl-shaped gemstone is dainty, feminine, colorful and is packed with style and wearability. The gemstones include diamonds, multi-color sapphires and emeralds. It can be worn alone, with thinner diamond or colored gemstone chokers and a range of graduated pendants with charms. It can also work with Anita's bolder chains and pear-shaped pendant necklaces in a range of colors that are featured in this necklace.

Shaker Multi Gemstone Necklace

Christina Alexiou's 18K gold snake heart with diamond accents blends two iconic motifs into one—the heart and the snake. Since Victorian times, they have both symbolized enduring love. The diamond accents continue the theme as they are indestructible and represent the permanence and everlasting bond that two people share when they merge their lives together. Although much of the meaning might veer towards romantic love—these sentiments can also reflect the emotions and continuity that pertains to family and friends.

Snake Heart Charm

Sofia Zakia's Cathedral Book Locket with Australian opal center"is evocative of both the tiniest antique lockets and of magical books filled with adventure and fantasy." Sofia explains. She has created this 14K locket to immortalize her clients’ story; therefore, these lockets come with varied covers, some with gemstones, others with hand engravings or customizable text. She exclaims, "Be the librarian and curate your own tale with these wonderful little talismans."

The locket is also customizable inside. Interior engraving, if chosen, is in a serif font. The limit for the line count to 20 characters and atotal character count to under 300.

Cathedral Book Locket

At Estate Diamond Jewelry, the designers are experts in the antique business and, therefore, can create pieces that combine the best of bygone eras with current styles. Platinum is slowly making a comeback for daytime and evening in everything from earrings to rings. These earrings mix Art Deco inspirations in linear-shaped earrings with baguette and old European cut diamonds with the rarity of deep pink morganite pear-shaped stones. Morganite has become a popular choice in designer collections, but they are traditionally paler pinks—this color is awe-inspiring, and the total look is one of classical elegance.

Diamond and pearl shape Morganite drop earrings