Everything's coming up roses

From ornate cocktail rings to dainty feminine earrings, rose gold is popping up everywhere. Here's just a small sampling of our favorite pieces.

Carla Amorim, Orive Si Ring, Astley Clarke, £3,695

Astley Clarke Couture, Baby Astley Ring, Astley Clarke, £1,995

Selim Mouzannar, Sapphire Heart & Bird Necklace, EC One, £8,080

Chan Luu, Graduated Rose Gold Wrap Bracelet, Fragments, $295

Anita Ko, Thorn 14-karat rose gold earrings, Net-A-Porter, £255

Macha Jewellery, Snake Bone Necklace Rose Gold, machajewelry.com, £135

Monica Vinader, Fiji Bracelet Fiji 18-karat rose gold Vermeil bracelet, Net-A-Porter, £88

Clogau, 9ct Rose Gold Heart Earrings, clogau.co.uk, £199

In like a Lion...

In honor of the arrival of March and its old adage, "in like a lion, out like a lamb," we've rounded up a few of our top leonine picks:

 

Temperley London, Lion glazed-leather belt, $545, net-a-porter.com

Letterpressed Cards, Lion, $18.50, katespaperie.com

Ceramic Lion, $135, jonathanadler.com

Hotcakes, Carved Lion Cocktail Ring, $45, clay-pot.com

Noble Lore Blouse, $89.95 (on sale; hurry!), anthropologie.com

 

Augustus the Lion print by Matte Stephens, $60, http://www.etsy.com/shop/matteart

Lion Necklace in 14k yellow gold, $559, pyrrha.com

Happy March!

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If I was a rich girl...

Oh, the things we'd buy! One of them might just be this stunning necklace by Italian designer, Ziio. It is somewhat reminiscent of one of those fantastic collars worn by the Egyptian pharaohs. This piece though is made up of Murano glass and semi-precious stones. Divine!

 

Ziio Necklace, $2936.70 (includes import fees to US), luisaviaroma.com

Alex Monroe's New Collection!

We are huge fans of London-based jewelry designer Alex Monroe. He's currently showing at London Fashion Week and just shared a sneak-peek of his new collection on his blog and Facebook page.

Alex Monroe at London Fashion Week (image from Alex Monroe's Facebook page)

 The new collection is inspired by the tale of the Peacock and the Crow. In Alex Monroe's interpretation, the peacock pieces are shown in gold whereas the crow pieces have been plated in Ruthenium giving them a slick black finish. The pairing of the two creates a really striking statement. We cannot wait for these items to hit his online store and those of his many stockists in June.

Alex Monroe's New Collection. "The Peacock and the Crow" (image from Alex Monroe's Facebook page)

It's all Greek to me in Vancouver

When you think of Vancouver these days, you think of the Winter Olympics, right? Well, not us. No, instead we're thinking of Pyrrha, an exciting Vancouver-based jewelry design duo that take their name from the ancient Greek myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha. Pyrrha's unique pieces are based on 19th-century wax seals and as such each piece has both historic and symbolic meaning. We already have a few pieces ourselves such as the Love Conquers All pendant below, and we're currently coveting pieces from the Intaglios collection (also below). They've just revamped their website, www.pyrrha.com and it's really fab. Definitely check it out.

 

Love Conquers All, $150, pyrrha.com

Aurora and Cupid, $354, pyrrha.com