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2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Jewelry
Wearable treasures and trinkets perfect for under the tree
By Seattle Mag November 25, 2013
This article originally appeared in the December 2013 issue of Seattle magazine.
!–paging_filter–pDon’t be afraid to give jewelry as a gift—pick something that has personality, but is versatile enough for everyday wear. Common Objects cocktail sword necklace, $64, from Venue (Ballard, 5408 22nd Ave. NW; 206.789.3335; a href=”http://www.venueballard.com” target=”_blank”venueballard.com/a).nbsp;img src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/1213_cocktailsword_giftguide.jpg” width=”350″ height=”525″ style=”vertical-align: middle; margin: 10px;”/p
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pWishbone cuff with small diamonds makes a demure statement, $352, from E. Smith Mercantile (Pioneer Square, 208 First Ave. S; 206.641.7250; a href=”http://www.esmithmercantile.com” target=”_blank”esmithmercantile.com/a)./p
pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/1213_wishbonebracelet_giftguide.jpg” width=”350″ height=”525″ style=”vertical-align: middle; margin: 10px;”/p
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pElsa Peretti’s sweet Bean pendant in 18K rose gold, $695, available ata href=”http://www.tiffany.com” target=”_blank” tiffany.com/a, is a nice entry piece into the world of Tiffany Co./p
pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/1213_beannecklace_giftguide.jpg” width=”350″ height=”232″ style=”vertical-align: middle; margin: 10px;”/p
pRose gold Herkimer diamond a href=”http://shopbaleen.com/collections/rings/products/rose-gold-herkimer-ring” target=”_blank”ring/a and a href=”http://shopbaleen.com/collections/earrings/products/rose-gold-herkimer-e…” target=”_blank”earrings/a, both $44 and handmade by a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/article/raindrop-shaped-ba…“Baleen/a in Seattle./p
pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/herkimer_prong_ring_detail.jpg” alt=”herkimer” width=”500″ height=”500″img src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/herkimer_earring_detail.jpg” alt=”earrings” width=”500″ height=”500″/p
pDesigner Shannon Koszyk’s a href=”http://www.shannonkoszyk.com/catalog/ui/product_detail.php?pid=1363cid=1…” target=”_blank”Victory Angel/anbsp;necklace, 548.00./p
pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/victory-angel-necklace.jpg” alt=”shannon k” width=”500″ height=”500″/p
pA bit of bling for under the tree: The proprietary Lighthouse diamond from a href=”http://gordonjamesdiamonds.com/” target=”_blank”Gordon James Fine Diamonds/a, price available upon request./p
pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/gjfd-lighthouse-diamond-ring-women.jpg” alt=”diamond” width=”500″ height=”375″/p
pEarth-friendly rose gold and sapphire slice diamond earrings from a href=”http://albertoparada.com/” target=”_blank”Alberto Parada/a, $3,750, available at a href=”http://www.agjeweler.com/” target=”_blank”Goldfarb Jeweler/a./p
pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/462.jpg” alt=”parada” width=”500″ height=”333″/p
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