Make a statement with these beautiful strand bracelets in fall/winter colors…
To view them at www.lauragibson.com, please click here.
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Breezy Blues
Perfect for the warming weather – combine this beautiful new collection, with a white, gray or pastel top.
Made of Silver with Chalcedony, Amethyst, Turquoise, Apatite, Peridot and Iolite gemstones… this lovely color combination really stands out!
To view them on http://www.lauragibson.com, please click here.
Labradorite – a fascinatingly beautiful mineral
Labradorite hails from the northern Canadian province of Newfoundland.
This beautiful and unique stone, produces a colorful play of light, resulting in an iridescent display of colors.
According to an Eskimo legend, the Northern Lights were once captured in the rocks along the coast of Labrador. As the story goes, a wandering Eskimo warrior was able to free most of the lights with a mighty blow from his sword. But some light remained trapped, creating this beautiful mineral.
Traditionally, Labradorite is thought to bring good luck. It is also thought to provide relief from anxiety and depression and to dispel negativity, bringing clear understanding, perseverance, strength and enhanced intuition in times of change.
Laura Gibson was recently interviewed for Prism magazine where she talks about the use of this beautiful stone in her jewelry line:
To view all jewelry containing this magnificent stone on http://www.lauragibson.com please click here.
The Antiqued Brass Collection is here!
We’ve been working hard to create this beautiful collection for you. While we still love designing jewelry in high carat Gold and Silver, we thought that we would try something different. The Antiqued Brass Collection allows for a dramatic, larger look at a very affordable price.
The collection features oxidized Brass adorned with semi-precious stones like Peridot, Agate and Whisky Quartz. Each color group has a matching set within it – if you enjoy wearing similar necklaces, earrings and bracelets together.
Necklaces come in varying lengths; so you can wear one in traditional fashion or layer it. There are also some beautiful bib style necklaces – perfect to create a fashionable bold look – very “of the moment“.
Please visit www.lauragibson.com to view the whole collection.
Accessory report courtesy of www.whowhatwear.com
I love how these designers use the fall colors…
My husband and I went with our two girls to Nova Scotia a few weeks ago (I think I mentioned earlier we have a little place there) for Canadian Thanksgiving and the fall colors were so gorgeous and vivid.
It reminded me that the sight outside my window there four years ago had inspired my Autumn Collection – rich greens, saffron yellows, carnelian oranges, ruby reds and deep, chocolate browns, mimicking the heady fall colors in the leaves. We only had a chance to stay few days, but we had such a great time building fires every day and all day… So funny to have that experience and then come back to the crazy Tucson heat!
And now, as fall winds down and we move into winter (well, we’re supposed to be in winter by now), I think of all of the organic earth tones that I like to wear at this time of year and started to go hunting for some choice designers out there thinking the way I do; I can just see all of my Earthly Collection pieces on any one of these stunning creations – Diana Von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Eileen Fisher, even the hip design house Rebecca Minkoff is doing all their fall lines in the rich colors I’ve loved for years.
You can find a wonderful selection of my designs currently on sale too, just check the website for all the details.
Gorgeous Fall Colors on Sale Now
I’ve got to take some time this week to elaborate on my passion for the fall season and all the gorgeous colors that remind me of this beautiful time of year, but for the moment, here are a few pieces from my collection that are currently featured on my website. They are 60% to 70% off retail which is such a wonderful incentive to add these stunning colors to your wardrobe!
Here it is – the Laura Gibson Jewelry Blog
So here it is, my very first blog entry – if you’d asked me two weeks ago if I’d be online sharing my thoughts, ideas and ramblings in a blog, well, I would have just winked and thought, “Sure, that’s going to happen!” But then I started reading and then writing, and now here I am – an official blog author.
Until now I’d never blogged before and barely understood what it was until I saw the film, “Julia Julie” (or is it Julie Julia?) starring the incomparable Meryl Streep and the lovely Amy Adams. But now that I understand it, I can genuinely see how important a tool it is for staying in touch with my loyal customers, and I’m really excited about getting started. So here’s a bit of “me” to share. Ever since I was a child, I liked making things with my hands. I made macrame in the 60’s (I know this dates me but who cares, 50 is the new 40 right?) and would string turquoise Heshi beads in high school, and learned to knit when I was pregnant with my first child. My home is filled with needlepoint pillows and tons of colorful afghans that I crafted over the years.
I actually didn’t start making jewelry until 1996 when I tried my hand at beading with Swarovski crystals; it was always about the amazing COLORS that got me going (and still is), though now I use 18K and 22K gold as well as sterling silver and genuine gemstones. I have always played with color, from the time I was very young – draping my mother’s chiffon scarves into dress designs, and using all of the purple and teal colored crayons in the box to create an abstract design. I think my sense of color came from my mother and grandmother; my mother sculpted (see, it really does run in the genes) and my grandmother painted. I wasn’t particularly drawn to either, so I never considered myself as having ANY artistic talent. It was not until going to the Tucson Gem Show in 1996 that I discovered not only a hidden talent, but my true passion!
I am often asked by my customers what inspires me? The answer is pretty simple – COLOR. Sometimes its the falling of autumn leaves or the tones of color in a woman’s dress; most often though, I just take one of my many t-shirts (and there are many I assure you) and select interesting color combinations that will go with it. Recently I was doing a great deal of traveling to trunk shows for my boutiques and shop owners and I wanted to wear something that would go with all of the t-shirts and sweaters I’d planned to bring. That season, I mostly had red, hot pink, orange and teal blue tops. Those hues and tones inspired a totally new color combination which I truly love. Other times I just want to design a piece that will look beautiful with a particular coloring; my brother always loved women with red or strawberry blood hair and blue eyes and I made a piece for my sister in law that would capture all those vibrant shades – of course that is her coloring! Imagine those bright, rich colors in stones done in a piece on a strawberry blond with blue eyes – stunning.
I always tell women to choose whatever compliments their hair and eyes OR goes with the colors they like to wear. I have gray hair and brown eyes so when all else fails I wear deep black tourmalines, watery, sparkly labrodorite, and bright quartz; all of these look so great with whatever I have on. I never fail to get a compliment when I wear these gemstones because they bring out the color of my eyes and hair.
Simply put, mostly I just love bright, dynamic colors so I incorporate so many varieties of color in my designs, so that they will go with the many bright scarves, tee’s and clothing I wear.
Well, that wasn’t so scary, I guess I’m going to get the hang of this blogging after all.
Laura Gibson Jewelry 
