The Mysterious World of Runes

Right about now, everyone seems to be going wild about rune inspired jewelry, and it seems like few people do it better than jewelry designer Natalie Padveen, who not only owns Mystic Fe Designs, but is also the lead designer of the avant garde jewelry company.

She was inspired for this new line of rune jewelry when she went on a visit to mystic Iceland and, there, took to the stories describing the Nordic runes and their ancient powers.



The fact that rune is actually derived from “runa,” a word that used to mean a mystery or a secret, shows itself quite well in her new collection.



Specifically, the collection revolves around five main runes — Good Luck, Good Health, Peace, Protection, and Love. They are depicted in myriad ways, some involving silver, others using diamonds and 14k gold. Whatever the case, however, they are not only beautiful but will surely invite good fortune and prosperity.

Year of the Snake 2: The Ring

As promised, here is the second, snake themed piece by the innovative and elegant designer, Roberto Coin. I find this ring extremely interesting. This piece comes from Roberto Coin’s Animalier collection, from the Cobra category.

Yet again, this is unquestionably serpentine, yet it is not so over the top that it becomes a stereotypical, cliched mockery of itself. This designer makes you work for it. He will not point out the obvious, he will not do what you expect, because to do that would run the risk of creating something kitschy and potentially disastrous.



As you can see, this rose gold ring represents the scales of the cobra. Speaking of the metal, the rose gold is absolutely gorgeous. It is inherently soft and feminine, yet somehow evocative and sensual as well — two things which are definitely snake like. The scales are made of complimentary pink enamel and diamonds. The pink shade lends a sense of whimsy to the entire piece. After all, when as the last time you saw a pink cobra?

Chocolate Diamonds from Jewellery Trade

Chocolate is sinful, decadent and delicious! And now it is available in jewellery. Not to eat, mind you, but sumptuous gems. All carats and cuts of diamonds, created with the rich color of chocolate, are as luxurious as the word chocolate implies.

While chocolate gemstones are available at many online jewellery sites, the leading authority and purveyor of chocolate diamonds is Jewellery Trade, a family with five hundred years of jewellery experience, and one who presently focuses on collecting rare, naturally colored diamonds. All of their stones are taken from one mine in Australia called Argyle. Not surprising, considering the company’s history and expertise, it appears as though Jewellery Trade owns the trademarks to Chocolate Diamonds and Chocolate Pearls.