Pick of the Week – Volume 27

Joden Girl

Baubles and Bling with Unbelievable Pricing

It’s Conversion Week at Joden Jewelers!  We are celebrating the fine art of breathing new life into a beautiful but under-utilized piece of jewelry.  There’s no question that lifestyles and clothing trends have undergone significant change in the past 200 years.  Jewelry is often just as much about function as it is fashion.  Brooches, which were very popular in the Victorian era, were frequently used to fasten articles of clothing and hold multiple layers together.  But now, in today’s world, fabrics are light and airy and styles are held together with modern fasteners which have rendered brooches almost obsolete.  For the past few years, we have been converting pins and brooches into necklaces with great success.  

Another abandoned article of jewelry is the cuff link.  Once a must for the well-dressed businessman, these decorative gems are rarely worn anymore.  Because cuff links come in pairs, it’s only logical to convert them into earrings! 

These platinum and 14 karat yellow gold conversion earrings were made from a lovely pair of Edwardian cuff links.  Shown in profile, you can see how a thin layer of platinum covers the yellow gold base.  Ornate botanical engraving is highlighted in the center of each disk.  Surrounding that is a black enameled halo featuring geometric patterns.  

 

A tiny golden link has been lasered onto the top of the disk allowing an ear wire to slide through.  Because they aren’t soldered solid, the earrings have great movement, creating another element of visual interest.  You’re sure to dazzle in your Zoom meetings with these one-of-a-kind beauties.  

Previously available on our site for $1,100 – we have selected them as our Pick of the Week.  Now, just in time for the holidays, these Edwardian conversions have been price reduced to just $820.00!  Tuck them into your stocking today!

“You can go to a museum and look or come to us and touch.”

Written by Carrie Martin

Photos by Dana Jerpe and Shelly Isacco

Decisions, Decisions

Joden Girl

Baubles, Bling, and Questionable Things

We all know that I’m a fan of conversion jewelry (last weeks bow necklace!) – but even I second guess myself occasionally…  Are some pieces best left alone?  Original?  Take the above pictured Art Deco cuff links, for example.  They’re lovely.  And pristine.  Made in the 1920’s from an unbeatable trio of platinum, black onyx, and dazzling diamonds – they would add instant style to the french cuffs of any shirt.  However, I can’t help but imagine those little beauties dangling from my earlobes!  We have made some incredible cuff link conversion earrings…

 

The Joden inventory is stacked with at least 100 pairs of really great cuff links, but the customers who are buying them are few and far between.  That leaves me to ponder, cuff links or earrings?

What side of the fence do you fall on?  Are you a purist – with your vote leaning toward keeping them authentic cufflinks?  Or perhaps you’re vote is for re-purposing – giving new life to something that is longer useful?  I can’t wait to see how it all shakes out! 

Cast your vote now by sending me an email to carrie@joden.com.

Written by Carrie Martin

Photos by Shelly Isacco

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